Example of changing PLC drivers and nodes

Let's say we need to change the PLC driver for a number of objects on a diagram in the configuration or project. We also need to change node numbers for some of these drivers. The diagram used in the example is from the IGSS Demo configuration.

We use three different drivers in our configuration or project: the 7TAB, the 7TS7 and the 7TTP6. These have already been set up in the System Configuration module. All the objects on the diagram have previously been set up with the 7TS7 PLC driver. Now we need to change the PLC driver for some of the objects. We also need to change some of the node numbers.

We find to the diagram on which the changes have to be made, in this case the diagram called Manufacturing, and activate the Property Table View either from the Diagram menu or with the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl-H.

Go to the diagram Manufacturing and activate Property Table View.
In the tree view click on the left click on the + beside Manufacturing, the + beside Objects and then select Standard.
In the table view to the right find the column called Driver and place the mouse cursor in the first cell with the name 7TS7 (DemoStation) and with the left mouse button pressed drag the cursor down to include the 6th cell, which is opposite the object S2 in the first column.

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Double click in the 6th cell to make the drop down box arrow appear and click on it to reveal the choices avaiable.
Select the driver called 7TTP6 in the drop down box and, making sure the cells above are still selected, click anywhere away from the column and the change of driver takes place.

Our next task is to change node numbers for the other driver used here in the Manufacturing diagram, i.e. the 7TS7, from 0 to 1.

In Property Table View, some changes are done simply by inserting the required value in the cell as opposed to being presented for a drop down box selection.

Find the column called Node and beside the first instance of the driver 7TS7 (in the 7th cell from the top) click and drag the mouse all the way to the bottom.
Key in the value 1 in the last cell of the column and press the ENTER key.

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Now the node number for driver 7TS7 should have changed to 1.