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Communication between two IM151 CPUs

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QUESTION:
What are the options for communication between two IM151 CPUs?

ANSWER:
The ET 200S with the IM151 CPU can be used as DP slave, DP master (with DP master interface module MLFB: 6ES7 138-4HA00-0AB0) or in standalone mode. This provides you with the following options for communication:

1. MPI 1.1 S7 Basis Communication 1.2 Global Data Communication

2. PROFIBUS DP 2.1 Communication via an Additional DP Master 2.2 Communication via a DP Master Interface Module 2.3 Direct Data Exchange

3. Serial Communication

4. Creating PROFInet Components

1 . 1 M P I - S 7 B a s i c Co m m u n i c a t i o n
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With the ET 200S CPU (from MLFB: 6ES7 151-7AA

10

-0AB0) you can configure the internal interface

as PROFIBUS or as MPI. If you choose the MPI configuration, the S7 basic communication services are available.

Fig. 1: Communication via a common MPI network in standalone mode

For communication via the MPI network as shown in Fig. 1 you can use the blocks "X_SEND", "X_RCV", "X_GET", "X_PUT" and "X_ABORT" of the S7 Basic Communication. The communication can be set up by both stations.

More information on these blocks is available in the STEP 7 Online Help (Mark block in block container> Press "F1") and in the manual "SIMATIC System Software for S7-300/400 System and Standard Functions" in Entry ID: 1214574.

1.2 MPI - Global Data Communication

With the ET 200S CPU (from MLFB: 6ES7 151-7AA10-0AB0) you can connect the internal interface both to a PROFIBUS network and to an MPI network.

For the connection via the MPI network shown in Fig. 1 you can also realize data exchange via global data. This communication can be set up by both stations.

The configuration of data exchange via global data is similar to the configuration of global data for CPUs of the S7 300 or S7 400 series.

Detailed instructions on configuring are available in the STEP 7 Online Help in the "Index" tab, keyword "Global Data Communication (Overview)".

2.1 PROFIBUS DP - Communication via an Additional DP Master

Communication between two PROFIBUS slaves without DP master (see Fig. 2) is

not

possible. This

contradicts the PROFIBUS DP communications principle and is thus independent of the type of DP slave concerned.

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Fig. 2: Networking the ET 200S CPUs via PROFIBUS DP without DP master

If both IM151 CPUs of the ET 200S are used as DP slaves, then you need a separate DP master (e.g. the integrated DP interface of an S7-300 CPU as shown in Fig. 3).

Fig. 3: Networking of the ET 200S CPUs via PROFIBUS DP with DP master

If data is to be transferred from one DP slave to another slave, then this has to be done by the DP master. The DP master reads the data out of the DP slave and writes it to the other slave. This communication

cannot

be triggered by the CPU in the ET 200S.

2.2 PROFIBUS DP - Communication via the DP Master Interface Module

If there is a master interface module (implementation of IM151 CPUs 6ES7151-7AA10-0AB0 and higher possible) in one of the two ET 200S modules, then you do not need a separate master. The second IM151 CPU is then a DP slave on the master interface module of the first ET 200S (see Fig. 4).

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Fig. 4: Networking the ET 200S CPUs via PROFIBUS DP with DP master

In this case, too, the communication can only be triggered by the DP master. Transfer of data from the ET 200S CPU that is connected as DP slave is Exchange" function).

not

possible (exception: if you use the "Direct Data

Note:
In versions 2 and 3 using the PROFIBUS DP network, data exchange via I/O access (e.g. L EW1 or T PAW6) or by calling system functions SFC14/15 can be made from the DP master concerned in each case.

2.3 PROFIBUS DP - Direct Data Exchange

Another option involves using direct data exchange (internetwork traffic). With this function you can exchange data between two DP slaves and between a DP master and a DP slave without having to make any special function call-ups in the program of the DP master or DP slave. The configuration is similar configuring the "Global Data Communication" function.

In the case of communication between two DP slaves however, you do need an associated DP master for each slave so that the PROFIBUS DP network required for direct data exchange can be set up (setup is as shown in Fig. 3). With the "Direct Data Exchange" function it is also possible to exchange data between two slaves that do not share a common master, but use the same PROFIBUS network.

Detailed information on "Direct Data Exchange" is available in the STEP 7 Online Help. Refer to Entry ID : 17660809 to find out whether your DP slave modules support the "Direct Data Exchange" function and to what extent.

3. Serial Communication
For low data transfer rates you can set up a serial point-to-point connection between two IM151 CPUs. This communication option depends on whether the ET 200S is being used as DP master, DP slave or in standalone mode. For this you only need the "interface module 1SI" (MLFB: 6ES7138-4DF*0-0AB0) in each ET 200S station.

4. Creating PROFInet Components

You can create PROFInet components for CBA (Component-based Automation) from the stations of STEP 7. The requirement here is that you have installed the iMap software package using the

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Each PROFInet component has an interface, the PROFInet interface. With this interface the PROFInet components can communicate with each other and with the HMI system. The interface description is stored in a data block in STEP 7 - in the Interface DB. When you create the PROFInet component, the structure of the interface and the number and properties of the inputs and outputs are taken from this Interface DB.

In the case of intelligent slaves - like the IM151 CPU of the ET200S - the DP master does not access the connected inputs and outputs of the slave directly, but accesses a transfer area in the address area of the CPU. The input and output data from the transfer area of the Interface DB of the PROFInet component is transferred to the transfer area of the IM151 CPU. For this data communication the Copy blocks FC10 (PN_IN) and FC11 (PN_OUT) have to be programmed in the user program for STEP 7.

Fig. 5: Data communication between Interface DB and I/O address area

FC10 copies the data from the transfer area of the DP master with proxy functionality to the inputs of the Interface DB and FC11 copies the outputs of the Interface DB to the transfer area of the DP master with proxy functionality.

A proxy system consists of a PROFInet device with proxy functionality and all the PROFIBUS devices linked to it. The proxy functionality permits a PROFIBUS device to communicate not only with its DP master, but also with all the PROFInet communication nodes.

Note:
More information on this is available in the manual "Component-based Automation Creating PROFInet Components " (MLFB: 6ES7820-0CC03-0YX0), which is also in the Internet in Entry ID: 18400608.

Keywords:
Network configuration

Entry ID:

15014553

Date:

2004-07-30

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