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Example — PROFINET Communication with OPC

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11.3

Using Symbol Files

Specifying the Use of Symbol Files

The PROFInet tool “SIMATIC iMap” creates a symbol file for the OPC server.
Read the documentation of SIMATIC iMap for information on creating a symbol
file.

Activity

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You can define hierarchically structured symbolic names for all OPC variables and use them in
your OPC client programs. You can extract these symbols from a STEP 7 project.

You can open the Configuration Console from the Start menu (Start

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Configuration Console).

Select “Symbols” and select the symbol file you want to use (browse for the symbol file or
create a new one with “Edit List”).

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Click the “Start” button to start the Symbol File Configurator.