PLX3x Series ♦ Multi-Protocol Gateways
SIE Protocol
User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
Page 153 of 215
January 25, 2018
9
SIE Protocol
In This Chapter
SIE Functional Overview ..................................................................... 153
SIE Configuration ................................................................................ 157
SIE Diagnostics ................................................................................... 170
SIE Reference ..................................................................................... 174
9.1
SIE Functional Overview
You can use the PLX3x Siemens Industrial Ethernet (SIE) protocol to easily
interface with multiple Siemens Industrial Ethernet server-compatible instruments
and devices. The SIE protocol improves performance when controlling multiple
servers on a Siemens Industrial Ethernet network by supporting up to 20 clients.
The gateway's clients interface with processors (and other server-based devices)
on the SIE network using a user-constructed command list of up to 16 entries per
client. The gateway's internal database is the source for write commands to the
remote processors. The gateway stores data collected from the processors using
read commands in the gateway's database. The following illustration shows the
functionality of the SIE protocol.
