Guidelines For Using Quickconnect On Your Network - Siemens SIMATIC S7 EIP-200S System Manual

Commissioning and diagnostics
4.5 Using QuickConnect
Advantages of using QuickConnect
QuickConnect accelerates the startup of distributed I/O devices. It shortens the time that the
respective configured distributed I/O devices require in order to reach the cyclic user data
exchange in the following cases:
● After distributed I/O devices have been activated.
● After the supply voltage has returned.
● After a station has returned.
Waiting times between the scheduled processes of a restart are reduced to a minimum with
the use of QuickConnect. This accelerates the production process with removable I/O
devices and enables a greater throughput in production.
4.5.1

Guidelines for using QuickConnect on your network

QuickConnect and the EIP ET200 Configuration Tool
Use the EIP ET200 Configuration Tool to enable QuickConnect, to turn off autonegotiation,
and to set a fixed baud rate and duplex.
Note
Note that if QuickConnect is turned on in the ET 200S EtherNet/IP module, you should not
use the ET 200 EtherNet/IP Configuration Tool to perform a firmware update because the
self-checks are turned off in that mode.
Requirements
An Ethernet/IP QuickConnect system requires an electrical lock signal. The electrical lock
signal indicates that the tool changer has applied power to the tool. This is a hard-wired
signal that must be implemented by the system builder. This signal must run from the tool
changer back to the control system and must be connected to a digital input module. This
signal is the event that starts the QuickConnect sequence.
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