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15.3 Assigning a name to a PROFINET IO device online

Assigning a name to a PROFINET IO device online

The devices on your PROFINET network must have an assigned name before you can

connect with the CPU. Use the "Devices & networks" editor to assign names to your

PROFINET devices if the devices have not already been assigned a name or if the name of

the device is to be changed.

For each PROFINET IO device, you must assign the same name to that device in both the

STEP 7 project and, using the "Online & diagnostics" tool, to the PROFINET IO device

configuration memory (for example, an ET200 S interface module configuration memory). If

a name is missing or does not match in either location, the PROFINET IO data exchange

mode will not run.

1. In the "Devices & networks"

editor, right-click on the re-

quired PROFINET IO device,

and select "Online & diagnos-

2. In the "Online & diagnos-

tics" dialog, make the following

menu selections:

• "Functions"

• "Assign PROFINET device

Click the "Update list" button

to display all of the PROFINET

IO devices on the network.

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