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NETLink PRO ETH 

 

 

10.3.2  Information in the Internet 

http://www.softing.com/ 

http://www.profibus.com/ 

http://www.siemens.com 

http://www.ietf.org/rfc

Summary of Contents for PRO ETH

Page 1: ...Reitzner Allee 6 D 85540 Haar Tel 49 89 4 56 56 340 Fax 49 89 4 56 56 399 info automation softing com www softing com Ethernet Gateway for MPI PROFIBUS User Manual Edition 5 2007 07 18 HW 1 1a 1 and...

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Page 3: ...of a utility model or design Copyright 2007 by Softing AG Richard Reitzner Allee 6 D 85540 Haar Note We have checked the content of this manual for conformity with the hardware and software described...

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Page 5: ...7 3 5 2 Other accessories 7 4 Installation of the driver software 8 4 1 Introduction 8 4 2 System requirements 8 4 3 Running the installation setup 8 4 3 1 Adding the interface to the PG PC interface...

Page 6: ...essing rack slot mode ON OFF 36 8 2 Example of configuration for WinCC V6 0 38 8 2 1 Using addressed mode 38 8 2 2 Use of rack slot mode 41 9 Troubleshooting 44 10 Appendix 49 10 1 Technical data 49 1...

Page 7: ...and accident prevention regulations applicable to the application in question During configuration safety and accident prevention rules specific to the application must be observed Emergency OFF faci...

Page 8: ...7 400 programmable controller from Siemens The NETLink PRO ETH is for use within a complete system only For that reason the configuring engineer user and installing technician must observe the standar...

Page 9: ...the NETLink PRO ETH without having to remove other system components there is enough space to connect existing interfaces and other contacts using standard commercial type accessories there is room fo...

Page 10: ...be used by the other protocol On both the TCP and the field bus sides the baudrate used can be determined automatically autonegotiation or autobaud The NETLink PRO ETH can draw the necessary power sup...

Page 11: ...onnector Bus connector with programming unit socket switchable terminating resistor and 1 2 m connecting cable The programming unit socket of the bus connector allows further bus nodes to be plugged i...

Page 12: ...PRO ETH indicate the operating status of the device itself LED status for operating status Power LED green Active LED green Active LED red Connect LED green Connect LED red Search for TCP configuratio...

Page 13: ...ounting rail bracket for NETLink PRO ETH Order code RS232 MPI HS The DIN rail bracket is for mounting the NETLink PRO ETH on a DIN standard mounting rails The DIN rail bracket and NETLink PRO ETH can...

Page 14: ...ention to the requirements of the SIMATIC package used A functioning network link using TCP IP must have been set up on the PCs that are used The network configuration of the PC must be known You can...

Page 15: ...O ETH from the left hand list click the Install button The following query then appears If you answer Yes to this query the NETLink PRO ETH is immediately set as the current access path If you respond...

Page 16: ...losed 4 3 2 Selecting the required interface parameterization The selection list for the interface parameter sets now contains an additional three items for the NETLink PRO ETH All relevant settings o...

Page 17: ...the programmable controller will be established The NETLink PRO ETH hardware can also be parameterized in this window Bus settings Here it is possible to state the bus configuration e g station addre...

Page 18: ...3 If the NETLink PRO ETH is configured via the NETLink PRO driver the following points must be considered If the NETLink PRO ETH is active on the bus when reparameterization is required e g a variabl...

Page 19: ...asier assignment Is the desired NETLink PRO ETH behind a router e g internet teleservice the network administrator is able to configure the router via NAT PAT So all frames going to a specific port of...

Page 20: ...ollowing dialog box will appear again This station can also be saved with OK and is then available If you do not want the name that is stored in the NETLink PRO ETH to be the same as the station name...

Page 21: ...ametrize NETLink PRO ETH button takes you to a new input form that already contains the current parameters of the NETLink PRO ETH If no NETLink PRO ETH can be accessed via the stated IP address the fo...

Page 22: ...that the device is accessible in the network and can be reparameterized if necessary Times shorter than 30 seconds are replaced by the default value 30 seconds because most DHCP servers require 12 to...

Page 23: ...involved There are various ways of implementing teleservice via a WAN wide area network Here are some suggestions Assignment of a separate unique IP address with direct access to the network Advantage...

Page 24: ...ble controller Usually this functionality is not available at S7 200 systems CPUs still exist usually older types that do not support cyclic distribution of bus parameters The autobaud functionality c...

Page 25: ...ers is possible Use of the autobaud function does not impair the functionality but initialization of a connection takes longer because the online parameters have to be ascertained Some older Siemens C...

Page 26: ...n address mentioned in section 5 1 2 1 PROFIBUS also has parameter field for selecting the bus profile and bus parameters Profile Under PROFIBUS there are usually the profiles DP Standard und User def...

Page 27: ...ascertains the bus parameters Under PROFIBUS please note that the autobaud function can only be used if the Cyclic distribution of the bus parameters function is activated in the programmable controll...

Page 28: ...ition to the parameters transmission rate and highest station address mentioned in Section 5 1 2 1 PPI also has parameter field for selecting advanced PPI As actually known all S7 200 cpus of the prod...

Page 29: ...all driver files are listed here If support is needed this data is used to obtain information about the components used quickly and effectively 5 2 Diagnostics For rudimentary diagnostics of the conn...

Page 30: ...sible a list of all bus parameters will be displayed by clicking the button Read The possibility to detect the bus parameters depends on the parameterization of the PG PC Interface It is recommended t...

Page 31: ...c used for parameterization it is possible to configure the NETLink PRO ETH via the integrated web interface s 7 3 If you have the S7 S5 OPC Server configurator available you can use the scan function...

Page 32: ...he user intuitively with information and configuration tasks 7 1 Home page The home page which is located at http ip address is a basic address and navigation starting point for the user From this pag...

Page 33: ...sible connections etc and specific information baud rate active stations DHCP status etc that could be useful when troubleshooting Device specific parameters Product name NETLink PRO ETH Product order...

Page 34: ...nnections will be displayed TCP specific parameters IP address The currently used IP address of the NETLink PRO ETH is shown e g 192 168 4 49 Subnet mask The currently used subnet mask of the NETLink...

Page 35: ...ther R S mode ON or addressed mode OFF is used for details see 8 1 4 Fixed destination address for R S mode If R S mode is activated all incoming RFC1006 requests are routed to the bus address paramet...

Page 36: ...ction 8 Device specific parameters Device name Name consisting of max 20 alphanumeric characters TCP parameters Static IP address IP address that is used if DHCP is deactivated or the DHCP timeout ela...

Page 37: ...tered a second time After you have entered changes clicking the Cancel button will discard your changes again If you click the OK button the inputs are checked for plausibility You may then be shown w...

Page 38: ...face Using PPI MPI or PROFIBUS functionalities are not possible Also the configuration tool is not working Parameters of the TCP access list TCP access list ON OFF Switch ON OFF the functionality of t...

Page 39: ...lick the OK button again After the new parameterization data have been stored the NETLink PRO is restarted to activate the new configuration It is also possible to reboot the NETLink PRO ETH remotely...

Page 40: ...to the NETLink PRO ETH The following software packages with RFC1006 support have so far been tested in conjunction with the NETLink PRO ETH WinCC V6 0 Siemens AG ZenOn V6 2 COPA DATA PROCON Win V3 2 G...

Page 41: ...station address The Own station address option indicates the bus address with which the NETLink PRO ETH will log on to the bus The value for the station address must have any value in the range 0 thr...

Page 42: ...alue should be read from the PROFIBUS project Retry This value is always 2 for MPI whatever the baudrate For PROFIBUS the appropriate value should be read from the PROFIBUS project Please note that un...

Page 43: ...address 2 the following has to be entered Rack 0 Slot 2 If you want to communicate with destination address 49 on the other hand the following has to be set Rack 1 Slot 17 Section 10 3 1 contains a ta...

Page 44: ...xplains addressed mode using WinCC as an example 8 2 Example of configuration for WinCC V6 0 The basic parameterization of RFC1006 connections in visualization systems is explained here using the exam...

Page 45: ...the IP address 192 168 4 49 The destination CPU with which we want to communicate has the PROFIBUS address 49 Because addressed mode is to be used we can read off the correct value for the rack and sl...

Page 46: ...was named MB0_over_NETLink_PRO in this case we can now select the type of variable by clicking the Select button Marker byte 0 is configured here The following screenshot shows that a variable named...

Page 47: ...can of course be created and used according to the same scheme It is also possible to create additional TCP IP connections in order to communicate not only with the CPU with bus address 49 but also wi...

Page 48: ...the real values for rack and slot are specified in this case rack 0 and slot 2 Please note that the destination address 49 in this case must now be announced to the NETLink PRO ETH via the Web interf...

Page 49: ...n will be established to the CPU with address 49 via the NETLink PRO ETH to read or write marker byte 0 from this rack 0 slot 2 Further variables of different types can of course be created and used a...

Page 50: ...RO ETH directly to my PC notebook but it doesn t work A A direct connection between two NIC network interface card interfaces is not possible You need a cross over adaptor Order no NETLINK CROSS or a...

Page 51: ...known as S7 TCP IP port 102 must also be released Attention If you want to use the driver option Internet teleservice see chapter 5 1 1 1 the specific ports configured there must be released also beca...

Page 52: ...possible A If possible use the autobaud functionality If this is not possible or not desired check the timing parameters for the PROFIBUS in the STEP7 configuration Enter the read values into the adv...

Page 53: ...itted too infrequently and cannot be detected by the NETLink PRO Please deactivate the autobaud functionality in the NETLink PRO driver PG PC interface and set the correct baudrate and the correct pro...

Page 54: ...rack field consists of three bits and the slot field of five bits i e together they comprise one byte and eight bits That means for example the value 1 00000001Bin 01Hex in the rack field must be ent...

Page 55: ...n SUB D connector 9 way with programming unit interface and terminating resistor MPI PROFIBUS protocols FDL protocol for MPI and PROFIBUS Displays 3 LEDs including 2 two color LEDs for general status...

Page 56: ...2 TX transmit data 3 RX receive data 4 unused 5 unused 6 RX receive data 7 unused 8 unused The NETLink PRO ETH comes with a shielded category 5 TCP cable with a length of three meters The maximum cabl...

Page 57: ...5 2 11 024B 107 3 11 026B 12 0 12 020C 44 1 12 022C 76 2 12 024C 108 3 12 026C 13 0 13 020D 45 1 13 022D 77 2 13 024D 109 3 13 026D 14 0 14 020E 46 1 14 022E 78 2 14 024E 110 3 14 026E 15 0 15 020F 47...

Page 58: ...52 NETLink PRO ETH 10 3 2 Information in the Internet http www softing com http www profibus com http www siemens com http www ietf org rfc...

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