Application And Functions; Application; Functions And Communication Services - Siemens SIMATIC CC712 Operating Instructions Manual

Application and functions

1.1

Application

Applications of the gateway
The gateway connects process stations to the following target systems:
● A cloud system via MQTT
Process stations: S7 / Modbus
● OPC UA clients
Process stations: S7
An S7 CPU data point can alternatively be configured for one of the two target systems.
1.2

Functions and communication services

Process stations
The gateway can communicate with the following process stations:
● SIMATIC S7-300/400/1200/1500
Communication via Ethernet (S7 communication)
● Modbus controllers
Communication via Ethernet (Modbus/TCP)
Protocols for the cloud connection
The gateway supports the following protocols for communication with a cloud broker or cloud
server:
● MQTT
According to OASIS standard version 3.1 / 3.1.1
The gateway is the publisher.
Supported cloud systems
The gateway supports the connection to cloud systems that support a broker functionality
with the above-mentioned requirements and the functions described below.
The configuration of cloud access ("Cloud profile") is adapted to communication with the
following cloud systems:
● MindSphere (Siemens)
Service: MindConnect IoT Extension
● AWS (Amazon)
Service: IoT Core
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