Interface add/remove does not work

Hello All,

Why does my Add/remove select button not work in my simatic manager?

I cant add or remove interfaces.

Any ideas?

Thanks guys in advance for any info

Hello,

do you work on a Windows 7 System?
If yes then the interfaces are installed plug&play and the add/remove had no function.

Why you need this?

Regards

Christoph

Thanks for the answer, I do work with windows 7, I did not know that this was a feature with this OS.

I was trying to select this PC adapter I am trying to use, but maybe I dont need to.

So it should just come up as a selection once I plug it in?

Thanks

Hi,

the Adapter should first detected in Windows as new device and the driver should be installed.
You can check this in the Windows Device Manager.

After that the interface should be displayed in the PG/PC Interface list.

Regards

Christoph

Is there default settings in the properties tab for MPI that will work if I dont know address or transmission rate, Highest station address and timeout? Will it let me pull off the blocks without these set right?

I would imagine that these need to be set up to match the existing plc?

Can I search the system to find the correct settings?

Thanks

Hello,

you can use the PC Adapter.Auto and search for Network parameters.

If no Parameters found then you must try all the settings until you find the devices.

Regards

Christoph

Great. Thanks for the info.

How do I search for the network?

Cant seem to find that tab.

Thanks again

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