Interface Description
IGSS offers an interface for connecting IGSS to Simatic S7/400, Simatic S7/300 and S7/200 using TCP/IP network.
The driver uses S7 functions for exchanging data between IGSS and Simatic S7 Series PLCs. The driver can only be used on network which allows TCP/IP traffic through port 102 (check your firewall settings).
The Simatic PLCs must be equipped with an Ethernet interface port or Ethernet CP board. Applicable CP boards are e.g. CP443-1 or CP443-1 IT for the S7/400 and CP343-1 for the S7/300. The PC must have an standard ethernet NIC installed.
The IGSS32 system polls the PLC equipment cyclically according to one of four user-defined time intervals. The time intervals are configurable from 100 milliseconds to 999 seconds. The system automatically groups process data in data blocks – thus fully exploiting the the communication link in relation to the present configuration.
Technical Data
| Electrical Interface | : | IEEE Ethernet |
| Protocol | : | TCP/IP |
| Types of data | : | String, Fixed Point 8, 16, 28, 32, BCD 16, 32, Float 32, Timer, Counter, etc. |
| PLC types supported | : | S7/200, S7/300 and S7/400 directly on CPU port. S7/200 equipped with CP243-1 or compatible. S7/300 equipped with CP343-5, CP343-1 or compatible. S7/400 equipped with CP443-5, CP443-1, CP443-1 IT or compatible. |
| Addressing | : | Node (PLC), Data type, index, bit offset. Simatic S7 Mnemonics are displayed. |
| Supported platforms | : | Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 |
| Max. telegram size | : | 240 bytes pr. Telegram |
| Transmission speed | : | 10 Mb/sec, 100 Mb/sec |
| Throughput | : | Up til 15 telegrams pr. Channel pr. Second (depending on available bandwidth). |
| Max. number of channels | : | 32 channels |
| Max. number of nodes | : | 255 nodes |
| PC hardware requirements | : | Standard NIC (Network interface board) |
| PC software requirements | : | Standard Microsoft Windows Protocol stack |