Siemens LOGO! Series Manual page 4

Preface
Note
Some chapters/sections in this manual specifically relate to the LOGO! 0BA7 devices. For
easy identification, the names of these chapters/sections end with "(0BA7 only)".
Valid range of this manual
The manual applies to devices of series 0BA6 and 0BA7.
New features of the LOGO! 0BA7 device series
The following features are new for the LOGO! 0BA7 devices:
● New LOGO! Base Modules with an Ethernet interface and SD card slot
● Support of network communications
● Use of Ethernet for LOGO! 0BA7 ↔ PC communication
● SD card support
Note
LOGO! 0BA7 only supports SD cards with a maximum memory capacity of 8 GB and a
maximum data transfer speed of 48Mbits/s or 6MB/s (Class 6).
● New menu commands
● Ability to transfer I/O status information from a LOGO! 0BA7 to PC
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Two new LOGO! versions LOGO! 12/24RCE and LOGO! 230RCE, each with an RJ45
socket for Ethernet connection and an SD card slot, are commercially available.
LOGO! 0BA7 supports SIMATIC S7 communication across 10/100 Mbit/s TCP/IP
Ethernet. A LOGO! 0BA7 can establish a maximum of eight S7 communication
connections with other SIMATIC devices across Ethernet. Those SIMATIC devices
include 0BA7 devices, SIMATIC S7 PLCs with Ethernet capability, and a SIMATIC HMI
that supports Ethernet communication with networked S7 PLCs. Additionally, a LOGO!
0BA7 can support a maximum of one Ethernet connection with a PC with LOGO!Soft
Comfort V7.0 installed.
Communication between a LOGO! 0BA7 and a PC takes place only on an Ethernet
network.
LOGO! 0BA7 supports standard SD (Secure Digital) cards that support FAT12, FAT16, or
FAT32 file system format. You can store and copy-protect a circuit program, with or
without the data log of process data, from a LOGO! 0BA7 to an SD card, or copy a circuit
program from the card to a LOGO! 0BA7.
LOGO! 0BA7 provides you with two new main menu commands respectively for network
communication configuration and error diagnostics. Additionally, LOGO! 0BA7 provides a
new menu command for configuration of the LOGO! start screen.
LOGO! 0BA7 supports transfer of I/O status data to the connected PC. You can view the
I/O status information from LOGO!Soft Comfort. LOGO!Soft Comfort can save the I/O
status information to a .CSV file on your PC.
Manual, 04/2011, A5E03556174-01
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