Installation manual

Preface
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S7-400 and M7-400 Programmable Controllers Hardware and Installation
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Finding Your Way
The manual offers the following access aids to make it easy for you to find specific
information quickly:
• At the beginning of the manual you will find a complete table of contents and
lists of the figures and tables contained in the manual.
• In each chapter you will find information in the left-hand margin on each page
that gives you an overview of the contents of the relevant section.
• After the appendices you will find a glossary containing definitions of important
terms and concepts that are used in the manual.
• At the end of the manual you will find a detailed index, allowing you to quickly
find the information you are looking for.
Specific Information for S7-400
You require the following manuals and manual packages in order to program and
commission an S7-400:
Manual/
Manual Package
Contents
Standard Software
for S7 and M7
STEP 7 Basic
Information
• Installing and starting up STEP 7 on a programming device / PC
• Working with STEP 7 with the following contents:
Managing projects and files
Configuring and assigning parameters to the S7-400 configuration
Assigning symbolic names for user programs
Creating and testing a user program in STL/LAD
Creating data blocks
Configuring the communication between two or more CPUs
Loading, storing and deleting user programs in the CPU / programming device
Monitoring and controlling user programs
Monitoring and controlling the CPU
• Guide for efficiently implementing the programming task with the programming
device / PC and STEP 7
• How the CPUs work (for example, memory concept, access to inputs and
outputs, addressing, blocks, data management)
• Description of STEP 7 data management
• Using data types of STEP 7
• Using linear and structured programming
• Using block call instructions
• Using the debug and diagnostic functions of the CPUs in the user program
(for example, error OBs, status word)