Technical data

Configuration software for SINAUT ST7

1.6 Configuring networks and network nodes in STEP 7 / NetPro

Software

System Manual, 07/2009, C79000-G8976-C222-07

Note

If there is an asterisk after one or two addresses, the WAN address is not unique and must

be changed.

Time Slots

- Only in networks with a suitable polling mechanism

In the

Time Slots

tab, you can specify which time slots are used for transmission in the

Polling with time slots

and

Multi-master polling with time slots

modes.

To allow communication, at least one time slot must be selected since the master can only

poll within the selected time range.

Figure 1-27

Properties - SINAUT Dedicated Line

dialog,

Time Slots

tab

When setting the parameters for time slots, follow the steps below:

1. Specify the

No. of time slots

per minute. The

Length of one time slot

is calculated from

this.

2. In the

Master stations

list, in the

Stat. Addr.

column, select the station address of the

master station of the subnet.

3. In the

Time slots

list, in the

sec to sec

column, select the required time slot for calling this

master station.

4. Click the

assign station # to slots

to assign the selected time slot to the selected master

station.