S7-1200 Programmable controller
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The Web server for the S7-1200 provides Web page access to data about your CPU and
process data within the CPU.
Standard Web pages
The S7-1200 includes standard Web pages that you can access from your PC from a Web
Introduction (Page 478) - entry point to the standard Web pages
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Start Page (Page 479) - general information about the CPU
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Identification (Page 480) - detailed information about the CPU including serial, order, and
version numbers
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Module Information (Page 481) - information about the modules in the local rack
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Communication (Page 483) - information about the network addresses, physical
properties of the communication interfaces, and communication statistics
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Diagnostic Buffer (Page 480) - the diagnostic buffer
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Variable Status (Page 484) - CPU variables and I/O, accessible by address or PLC tag
name
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Data Logs (Page 486) - data log files stored internally in the CPU or on a memory card
These pages are built in to the S7-1200. For details about the standard Web pages, and how
to access them, refer to the Standard web pages (Page 474) section.
User-defined Web pages
The S7-1200 also provides support for you to create user-defined Web pages that can
access CPU data. You can develop these pages with the HTML authoring software of your
choice, and include pre-defined "AWP" (Automation Web Programming) commands in your
HTML code to access CPU data. Refer to the User-defined web pages (Page 492) chapter
for specific information on the development of user-defined Web pages, and the associated
configuration and programming in STEP 7.
Web browser requirement
The following Web browsers support the Web server:
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Internet Explorer 8.0 or greater
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or greater
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Opera 11.0 or greater
For browser-related restrictions that can interfere with the display of standard or user-defined
Web pages, see the Constraints (Page 488) section.