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Commissining the Driver
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Commissioning the Driver
General
Information
All statements in the following sections referring to STEP7 or configuring or
setting parameters for CP-PtP, CP341 or the Driver are related to the STEP7Version 5.3 SP3.
Operation flows, names and directory names might be different in other STEP7
versions.
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Installing the Driver on the STEP 7 Programming Device / PC
Prerequisites
To make the driver installation possible, a STEP7-Package and the
Parameter Assignment Tool CP: Point-to-Point Communication, Parameter
Assignment must have been installed before.
Installation
Installation of the driver consisting of driver code and driver specific configuration
screens for STEP7:
Insert your Modbus ASCII Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive and follow step-bystep the instructions that are automatically displayed by the installation program.
If the installation program fails to automatically run, perform these steps:
1. Using Windows Explore, navigate to the CD-ROM drive and go to the directory
MODBUS_ASCII_SLAVE and double-click Setup.EXE file to start the
installation procedure.
2. Follow step-by-step the instructions that are displayed by the installation
program.
Result: The driver and the parameterization masks are installed in the following
directory: [c:\Program Files\]SIEMENS\Step7\S7fptp\S7Driver where the
contents of [ ] are selectable during the installation procedures
The directory includes the following files:
•
S7wfpnab.dll
•
S7wfpnax.cod
•
S7wfpnbx.cod
Loadable Driver CP341: MODBUS ASCII Slave with 32-Bit Extensions
6ES7870-1CA00-0YA0; Manual Edition 1.0
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