Technical Support
Comfort Panels
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Operating Instructions, 03/2012, A5E03404994-02
8.7
Communication with PLCs
Number of connections
Connection
KP400 Comfort
KTP400 Comfort
KP700 Comfort to KP1500 Comfort
TP700 Comfort to TP2200 Comfort
Number using a bus connection
4
8
Number of connections based on
"SIMATIC HMI HTTP Protocol"
4
8
NOTICE
Communication faults with PROFINET IO
If you enable PROFINET services in the Control Panel of the HMI device, communication
problems can occur if you use PLCs from other manufacturers.
PLCs that are not compatible with PROFINET services are noted in the following table in
the footnote. Do not enable PROFINET services for these PLCs.
PLCs
The following table shows the PLCs and the communication drivers which can be used with
the HMI devices.
PLC
HMI devices
SIMATIC S7-1200
Yes
SIMATIC S7-300/400
Yes
SIMATIC S7-200
Yes
SIMATIC HTTP protocol
Yes
OPC
1
Yes
OPC UA
Yes
Allen-Bradley EtherNet/IP
Yes
Allen-Bradley DF1
Yes
2, 3
Mitsubishi MC TCP/IP
Yes
Mitsubishi FX
Yes
3
Modicon Modbus TCP/IP
Yes
Modicon Modbus RTU
Yes
3
Omron Hostlink
Yes
3
1
OPC-XML DA Server
2
Direct communication with PLC 5, with the KF2 module, otherwise approved only via the optional
converter RS422-RS232, order number 6AV6 671-8XE00-0AX0.
3
"PROFINET IO Enabled" must be disabled.