Monitoring, programming and visualizing S7-PLCs over Ethernet

Highlights ?

Parallel communication to 32 PLCs with up to 16 TCP connections ?

Direct PLC to PLC communication, also as projected connection ?

For all S7 Engineering Tools inclusive TIA Portal ?

Web based confi guration, protocol support of RFC1006 and DHCP ?

Full access to PROFIBUS diagnostics and services in STEP7® ?

Automatic DP/MPI baud rate detection

As directly mountable or as firmly attachable DIN rail mountable device the adaptors netLINK- and netTAP-

MPI are replacing expensive CP communications processors and allow the programming, visualization and

control of S7-200®, S7-300® or S7-400® PLCs over Ethernet.

The provided driver integrates into all well-known SIMATIC S7® engineering tools like STEP7® or TIA portal

as PG/PC programming interface. The device is setup within the engineering tool or with conventional web browsers over the integrated web configuration pages.

The adaptors are suitable to program or change S7-PLC control programs and may serve to engineer HMI

devices with the visualization software WinCC. By supporting the „ISO on TCP“ RFC1006 Ethernet protocol

any third party or SIMATIC® visualization stations can be coupled to the PLC. Once integrated into the office

or plant network and connected to the internet also remote maintenance and logging over a router is possible since plain TCP/IP protocol access mechanisms are used.

Organized in a network direct communication between two or several PLCs over Ethernet can be realized.

Even a coupling of PLCs with no own Ethernet port is possible using two adapters in conjunction. Featuring

full PROFIBUS diagnostics and Master Class 2 DPV1 services enables unrestricted DP Slave device configu-

ration and parameterization in STEP7®.

Power is supplied by a 24 V DC. If supported by the S7 PLC the netLINK-MPI adaptor may be powered over

the DSUB9 connector alternatively and its extra feed-through DSUB9 connector allows the connection of

further devices to the same MPI/DP network.