Siemens Connectivity
The communication driver for the S7 protocol is implemented as a Siemens Ethernet device. It offers high-performance device polling and supports various data formats. Please note that the driver is for TCP/IP networks only.
Key Features
Communication with CPUs S7-300/S7-400/S7-1200/S7-1500.
Communication with CPs 343/443.
Communication with Sinamics.
Data types: BOOL, BYTE, BYTE ARRAY, WORD, WORD ARRAY, INT, INT ARRAY, DWORD, DWORD ARRAY, DINT, DINT ARRAY, REAL, REAL ARRAY, CHAR ARRAY, DATETIME, DATETIME ARRAY.
Data areas: DB (Data Blocks), M (Merkers), I (Inputs), Q (Outputs).
Polling optimization.
To get an access to a DBs in PLCs S7-1200 and S7-1500 you will need additional settings on the PLC-side. The required actions are described later in this section
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