# 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

1. In the Plant structure workspace select a controller .

2. 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.

3. 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:

1. Select the Choose button in the Accessories menu to open up the Accessories pop-up window.

2. Select an accessory type from one of the tabs.

3. Check to select a configuration in the list of Configurations.

4. Check to select an address in the list of Available CAN nodes.

   It is possible to connect several socket selectors to a controller. Each of the socket selectors have a unique CAN address. It is possible to assign one configuration to all socket selectors. The CAN node order becomes important to define the sockets in the correct order. The socket selector that has the lowest order position must be selected first, followed by rising order.

5. Select the Choose button and add one of the accessory options.

6. Repeat the procedure for each accessory that is to be assigned to the virtual station.

7. Select 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.

Relevant Information

- Pushing Configurations to a Controller