
216 Siemens Simatic S7 Driver Online Help
The Most Common I/O Driver Problems
Some of the most common problems people encounter when setting up and using I/O
drivers result from one or more of the following:
• Using incorrect or faulty cable connections. To verify your connections, refer
to the cable diagram in your hardware documentation. Another test that
usually verifies the cable’s wiring is correct is to attempt to communicate to
the hardware with the programming software through the same cable.
• Specifying an incorrect communication processor, virtual field device, or
connection name for the process hardware in your driver configuration.
Review the driver configuration and your process hardware.
• Failing to run SAC. You cannot access data from your I/O driver in a picture
or operator display until SAC is running.
• Setting the write protect switch on the hardware. If the I/O driver reads values
but does not write values, make sure the switch is not set. Also, start the
Power Tool and verify that the Disable Output and Enable Block Writes
options are not enabled for the datablock.
• Attempting to communicate to areas of memory not defined in the controller.
Verify that each datablock’s address is valid.
See Also
Getting Technical Support | Checking Communication
Tools for Troubleshooting the SI7 I/O Driver
The Statistics View in the SI7 I/O Driver Power Tool
The Power Tool displays communication statistics for each datablock, device,
channel, and the entire driver. Displaying these statistics is useful for narrowing
down which part of the driver is not functioning. To view the statistics, select a
datablock, device, or channel from the Tree Browser and select Stats Mode from the
Display Mode menu.
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