Page 2 - New Functions in Version V4.02; Overview; New and Modified Functions in STEP 7 Version 4.02
New Functions in Version V4.02 2 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0 C79000-Z7076-C552-01 1 Overview New and Modified Functions in STEP 7 Version 4.02 The information in this supplement will familiarize you with the additional functionsof STEP 7, version 4.02 in a short and concise manner. You...
Page 3 - Creating and Editing Projects; With the aid of password protection you can:; You can use the menu command PLC; Additional Settings in the SIMATIC Manager; The tabbed dialog box which you open with the menu command Options
New Functions in Version V4.02 3 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0C79000-Z7076-C552-01 2 Creating and Editing Projects New Function: Password Protection for Access to Programmable Controllers With the aid of password protection you can: Protect the user program and its data in the CPU agains...
Page 4 - Configuring Hardware; New CPU Parameters; CPU Parameter; Can be set in the “Protection” tab.; Improved Copy Function
New Functions in Version V4.02 4 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0 C79000-Z7076-C552-01 3 Configuring Hardware New CPU Parameters There are many new components in version 4.02; for example, racks, C7 controlsystems, or CPUs in the hardware catalog. It is not possible to list all the updateso...
Page 7 - Configuring the DP/PA Link; Link” container) to the DP master system.; set the properties of the PA subnet.
New Functions in Version V4.02 7 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0C79000-Z7076-C552-01 Configuring the DP/PA Link The DP/PA link is a DP slave which for its part (acting as a kind of “master”)“opens” a PROFIBUS PA for connecting PROFIBUS PA devices. The PROFIBUS PA must be running at a trans...
Page 8 - Configuring Software Redundancy
New Functions in Version V4.02 8 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0 C79000-Z7076-C552-01 Configuring Software Redundancy The configuration of a “warm standby” system consists of: Two S7 stations with one PROFIBUS-DP master interface each (each of theseinterfaces forms its own subnet). One or ...
Page 9 - Creating a Catalog Profile; Edit Catalog Profiles.; A More Convenient Way to Download Hardware Configurations; Download and follow the dialog boxes, you can
New Functions in Version V4.02 9 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0C79000-Z7076-C552-01 Creating a Catalog Profile If the hardware catalog supplied with STEP 7 is too large or too difficult for you touse, you can create your “own” catalog. In this way different catalog profiles areproduced. T...
Page 10 - Configuring Networks and Connections; Configuring Connections while Configuring a Network; Function
New Functions in Version V4.02 10 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0 C79000-Z7076-C552-01 4 Configuring Networks and Connections Configuring Connections while Configuring a Network The application for configuring networks can also be used to configureconnections. To configure a connection, si...
Page 11 - Connecting an S7-200 to the Multipoint Interface; The following restrictions apply:; Using Upper and Lower Case for Shared and Local Symbols; No Distinction Between Upper and Lower Case Characters
New Functions in Version V4.02 11 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0C79000-Z7076-C552-01 Connecting an S7-200 to the Multipoint Interface If you wish to connect an S7-200 to the MPI subnet (in addition to programmingdevices, operating panels, or S7-300/400s), you must select a transmission ra...
Page 12 - Effects on Existing Programs
New Functions in Version V4.02 12 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0 C79000-Z7076-C552-01 Effects on Existing Programs If you have been using this criterion to distinguish between different symbols, youmay experience difficulties with the new definition if: Symbols differ from one another onl...
Page 14 - Creating User Programs; Operation; New menu command Edit; Additional Functions
New Functions in Version V4.02 14 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0 C79000-Z7076-C552-01 6 Creating User Programs Operation New menu command Edit Select All: The effect depends on the context in which the command is used (see online help). Selected networks can be cut, deleted, and copied, a...
Page 15 - Displaying Reference Data; New Menu Command: Filter and Display; Creating and Displaying Messages; Assigning Value Ranges for Message Numbers; The menu command Edit; Printing Messages; Menu command File
New Functions in Version V4.02 15 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0C79000-Z7076-C552-01 7 Displaying Reference Data New Menu Command: Filter and Display You can use this menu command to call up the reference data and to set the filtersbefore the reference data are displayed. If a program is ...
Page 16 - Debugging User Programs; Operation to display the mode of; Debugging in Program Status: Procedure; Open to open the logic block to
New Functions in Version V4.02 16 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0 C79000-Z7076-C552-01 9 Debugging User Programs Programming LAD/STL/FBD S7 Blocks: Test Environment for Debugging inProgram Status The execution of test functions is dependent on the mode of operation set (processoperation or...
Page 17 - New Functions: Forcing with S7-300 Modules; Force
New Functions in Version V4.02 17 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0C79000-Z7076-C552-01 New Functions: Forcing with S7-300 Modules The following table provides an overview of the functions and summarizes thedifferences between forcing and modifying. Feature / Function Force Modify with S7-40...
Page 18 - Diagnosing Hardware; New Function: Diagnosing Hardware – Quick View; Short information (“Diagnosing Hardware - Quick View” dialog box) or; Select the menu command Options; Diagnosing Hardware” in the “View” tab of the dialog box.; Archiving; Archiving Projects with “Long” File Names
New Functions in Version V4.02 18 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0 C79000-Z7076-C552-01 10 Diagnosing Hardware New Function: Diagnosing Hardware – Quick View In the SIMATIC Manager you can specify which of the following options should bedisplayed when you call up diagnosing hardware: Short ...
Page 19 - Printing; Improved Print Functions in the SIMATIC Manager; You can use the menu command File; on the default printer.
New Functions in Version V4.02 19 Supplement to the STEP 7 User Manual V4.0C79000-Z7076-C552-01 12 Printing Improved Print Functions in the SIMATIC Manager You can use the menu command File Print Object List to print a list of the selected objects on the default printer. The list contains the object...