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Offline: Add Devices manually to PLANT

The device network of your application is reflected in the PLANT in PLCnext Engineer. By structuring this tree, the communication network is modeled. Structuring means inserting the devices as node into the tree.

PLCnext Engineer provides several methods for structuring the PLANT:

Any combination of these methods is possible depending on the existing network. For example, you can drag the controller from the COMPONENTS area into the PLANT and then scan the network for installed Profinet devices and Profinet I/O modules.

Further Info
You can replace a device (controller, device, module, submodule, etc.) previously added online or offline to the PLANT by another device type. See the topic "Replacing Devices" for details.

What do you want to do?

Insert Profinet devices in the 'Device List' (station editor) of the Profinet controller

Insert Profinet/Axioline F I/O modules in the 'Device List'/'Module List' (station editor)

Insert controller/devices to the PLANT via drag & drop from the COMPONENTS area

Configure an INTERBUS system

Edit the PLANT structure via the context menu

Further Info
Continue with configuring and parameterizing new devices.

Note
Profinet devices can be added to the COMPONENTS via libraries or by importing device description files (*.GSDML) and field device configuration files (*.FDCML). The respective commands are available under 'File > Import...'. After importing the device descriptions, these devices are available in the 'Local' folder of the 'Network' category (COMPONENTS area). Refer to the topic "Importing Devices via Device Description Files" for details.

Note
Creating and using device templates:
You can save a configured and parameterized device instance added to the PLANT to a device template. This allows you to reuse the device with its specific configuration in the same or any other project several times. The device templates are managed in the 'Device Templates' folder in the 'Local' folder of the 'Network' category in the COMPONENTS area. Refer to the topic 'Device Templates' for details.