Creating a New Fieldbus Map

Select a controller in the Plant structure window .

Select the Fieldbus and SoftPLC tab in the menu bar.

Select the Fieldbus sub-tab to show the list of maps.

Select Add to create a new fieldbus configuration or double-click to edit an existing one.

The Create new fieldbus configuration dialog window opens.

Select the New tab.

Issue the configuration with a name.

Enter the Size to controller parameter. This is the receive size of the data frame to a virtual station, expressed in number of bytes. This value must be an even number.

Enter the Size from controller parameter. This is the transmit size of the data frame from a virtual station, expressed in number of bytes. This value must be an even number.

Select Add to continue with the configuration by adding items to the setup.