Siemens Commissioning PC Stations C79000-G8976-C156-07 - Manual (Page 151)

11 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
1. 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 " SIMATIC " SIMATIC
NET " 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”).
2. Click the “Start” button to start the Symbol File Configurator.