Communication With Plcs - Siemens SIMATIC KP400 Comfort Operating Instructions Manual

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Communication with PLCs

Number of connections
Connection
Number using a bus connection
Number of connections based on
"SIMATIC HMI HTTP Protocol"
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
SIMATIC S7-1200
SIMATIC S7-300/400
SIMATIC S7-200
SIMATIC HTTP protocol
OPC
OPC UA
Allen-Bradley EtherNet/IP
Allen-Bradley DF1
Mitsubishi MC TCP/IP
Mitsubishi FX
Modicon Modbus TCP/IP
Modicon Modbus RTU
Omron Hostlink
1
2
3
208
1
OPC-XML DA Server
Direct communication with PLC 5, with the KF2 module, otherwise approved only via the optional
converter RS422-RS232, order number 6AV6 671-8XE00-0AX0.
"PROFINET IO Enabled" must be disabled.
KP400 Comfort KP700 Comfort to KP1500 Comfort
KTP400 Comfort TP700 Comfort to TP2200 Comfort
4
4
HMI devices
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
2, 3
Yes
Yes
3
Yes
Yes
3
Yes
3
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