Adding an Accessory to a Virtual Station
The selected accessory must have a unique and valid CAN bus address. An accessory configuration is assigned to an accessory and the accessory is assigned to a virtual station.
Navigating to Virtual station configuration
In the Plant structure workspace select a controller
. Select the Virtual Station tab
.
The virtual station overview shows a list of virtual stations for the selected controller. The list is empty if no virtual stations have been created.Double-click on a virtual station to open an existing configuration, or click Add to create a new virtual station configuration.
To assign an accessory to the virtual station:
Click the Choose button in the Accessories menu to open up the Accessories pop-up window.
Select an accessory type from one of the tabs.
Internal I/O
Socket selector
I/O expander
Operator panel
Stacklight
Scanner
Indicatorbox
Check
to select a configuration in the list of Configurations.Check
select an address in the list of Available CAN nodes if applicable.Click the Choose button and add one of the accessory options.
Repeat the procedure for each accessory that is to be assigned to the virtual station.
Click the Cancel button to close the pop-up window.
The Accessories menu is updated and shows new assigned configurations.
An accessory address is set by a rotary switch on the accessory. See detailed product information documents for the accessory. Accessory address range is between 1 and 15.
