6 Configuration and Settings
6.1 Creating the project configuration
SINAMICS G120 DP at S7-1200
Entry-ID: 70155469, V1.4, 07/2018
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Configuring the SIMATIC S7-1200
In the device configuration
you go to the SIMATIC CPU.
Configure the PROFINET
interface:
1. In the device
configuration you open
the “Properties” of the
SIMATIC CPU.
2. Go to “Ethernet
addresses” in the
navigation tree.
3. Select “Set IP address in
the project” and enter the
desired IP address.
Enable the use of the system
memory bits, since they are
used in the control program
(MB1).
1. In the tree you go to
“System and clock
memory”.
2. Checkmark “Enable the
use of system memory
byte” and enter the
desired byte address.
The program in the application example
uses MB1 (default setting)