Create and Start the S7 Driver

  1. In System Browser, select Management View.
  1. Select Project > Management System > Servers > Main Server > Drivers.
  • Object Configurator displays.
  1. Click New Object and select New S7 DRIVER.
  • When the Create New Object dialog box displays, the Child type is pre-defined to S7 Driver, and the Name and Description fields are pre-defined to S7 Driver_n and S7 Driver n respectively, where 'n' represents the count of the number of drivers in the system.
  1. Click OK.
  • The new S7 driver object appears in the System Browser below the Drivers node.
  1. Select the S7 Driver node.
  1. Select the Extended Operation tab and navigate to the Status property.
  1. Click Start to start the driver. You may need to enlarge the pane to access the buttons that are located on the right side of the pane.
  • The Status property changes to Started to indicate the the driver has started.

NOTE:
You must not delete the driver if it is monitoring a network.