Profinet Device Start-Up Time, Naming, And Address Assignment - Siemens S7-1200 System Manual

Device configuration
5.7 Configuring the CPU for communication
Note
All IP addresses are configured when you download the project.
Table 5- 10
Parameter
Enable time-of-day
synchronization using Network
Time Protocol (NTP) servers
Server 1
Server 2
Server 3
Server 4
Time synchronization interval
5.7.8

PROFINET device start-up time, naming, and address assignment

PROFINET IO can extend the start-up time for your system (configurable time-out). More
devices and slow devices impact the amount of time it takes to switch to RUN.
In V4.0, you can have a maximum of 16 PROFINET IO devices on your S7-1200 PROFINET
network.
Each station (or IO device) starts up independently on start-up, and this affects the overall
CPU start-up time. If you set the configurable time-out too low, there may not be a sufficient
overall CPU start-up time for all stations to complete start-up. If this situation occurs, false
station errors will result.
In the CPU Properties under "Startup", you can find the "Parameter assignment time for
distributed I/O" (time-out). The default configurable time-out is 60,000 ms (1 minute); the
user can configure this time.
PROFINET device naming and addressing in STEP 7
All PROFINET devices must have a Device Name and an IP Address. Use STEP 7 to define
the Device Names and to configure the IP addresses. Device names are downloaded to the
IO devices using PROFINET DCP (Discovery and Configuration Protocol).
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Parameters for time synchronization
Definition
Click the checkbox to enable time-of-day synchronization using
NTP servers.
Assigned IP Address for network time server 1
Assigned IP Address for network time server 2
Assigned IP Address for network time server 3
Assigned IP Address for network time server 4
Interval value (sec)
S7-1200 Programmable controller
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