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SIMOTION Motion Control System
Overview of SIMOTION functions
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Communication
(continued)
Online connections, max.
The connection
resources can be
assigned as required,
over PROFIBUS DP or
Ethernet.
16
16
16
16
• SIMOTION SCOUT engineering
system (SCOUT occupies up to
3 online connections)
2
2
2
2
• HMI
5
5
5
5
• OPC
!
!
!
!
• Basic communication Xsend /
Xreceive (not via Ethernet)
5
5
5
5
• Standard TCP/IP connections
45
75
45
75
• SIMOTION IT
!
!
!
!
Communication functions over
PROFIBUS between:
Basic version
from SIMOTION
viewpoint
!
!
!
!
• SIMOTION – SIMATIC HMI/WinCC
- HMI data exchange:
Support from the SIMOTION
operating system
- Plant-wide access to process data
and displays
- Interrupt mechanism:
Alarms are event-driven
• SIMOTION – SIMOTION
- Distributed I/O mechanisms
Process image, e.g. (% I1.3)
I/O variables (symbolic)
- XSND/XRCV, max. 200 bytes
• SIMOTION – SIMATIC S7
- Distributed I/O mechanisms
Process image, e.g. (% I1.3)
I/O variables
- XSND/XRCV, max. 76 bytes
• SIMOTION – SIMATIC NET OPC
• SIMOTION – PG/PCs with STEP 7 and
SCOUT
• PROFIBUS DP slave-to-slave
communication
1)
!
Basic version
(function or license is purchased
with the device or SCOUT)
"
Option
(must be acquired as
software/hardware)
–
Not possible
Notes
SIMOTION
C240/C240 PN
SIMOTION
P320-4
SIMOTION
D410-2
SIMOTION
D4x5-2
1)
For SIMOTION in the TIA Portal (SCOUT TIA) only "I-Slave to DP-Slave" or "I-Slave to I-Slave".
© Siemens AG 2017