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The BCNet communication module BCNet-S7300Plus enables Ethernet communication between PLCs( such as S7300 and S7200 )and PLCs (such as S7-1200, S7-1500 and S7200 Smart )through simple command configuration. This example takes S7-1200 and S7-300 as an example, and S7-1500 and SMART 200 follow similar steps.
Hardware Connection
DB9 serial port of BCNet-S7300Plus connects to the MPI port/DP port of S7-300; S7-1200 comes with an Ethernet port to connect to the Ethernet port of BCNet (multiple PLCs are connected through a switch).
Configure S7-1200
1, Open TIA portal V14, create a new project, configure it, and connect the PLC.
2,Select CPU, right-click PLC, select Properties
3, Configuration Properties
[1] Select protection.
[2] Access permission is set to full access permission;
[3] check the box to allow access from remote partners (PLC, HIM, OPC) using PUT/GET communication.
[4] click to confirm the download.
Configure BCNet module data exchange commands
1, open BCDevice, search for BCNet-S7300Plus and select [Modify Device Parameters].
2, Create a new client
[[1] Click on Data Exchange and right-click to create a new client 0.
[2] The IP address of the remote server is the IP address of the S7-1200, set here to 192.168.1.178; the communication port number of the remote server, default is 102; the connection timeout time is 10S by default.
[3] Local/Remote TSAP
Local TSAP Remote TSAP
Any 01 00/01
Any 02 00/01
Any 03 00/01
[4] Click Confirm to create the client.
3,Configure the data exchange command in the client
[1] Click the New command (transfer the data of 5 words starting from DB1.DBW100 of S7-300 to 5 words starting from DB100.DBW0 of S7-1200)
[2] Select [Local → Remote] to transfer 5 words; transfer timeout setting layer 2S.
[3] local site (S7-300) set the station address of the PLC on the bus where BCNet is located, select DB block for the data area, DB number 1, byte offset 100, bit offset ignored.
[4] No need to set the PLC address of the remote site (S7-1200), select DB block for the data area, DB number is 100, byte offset is 0, and bit offset is ignored.
[5] Click the “Check” button to check the rules, click the “Confirm” button to generate the command.
4, Client monitoring
Click the client monitoring button, [error message] is no error, and [correct] has data jumping, which means the communication is successful.
Verify the data exchange
1,Open the variable table of SIMATIC Manager and modify the data of DB1.DBW100 to BC12H;
2, open the TIA portal V14 variable monitoring and forcing table and perform data monitoring on DB100.DBW0 with the value BC12H.
