NETLink
®
Ethernet Products
4 Installation of the driver software
With installation of the NETLink-S7-NET driver for NETLink
®
Gateways, it is easy to access controllers with a
MPI/PPI/PROFIBUS interface from the PC via TCP/IP.
4.1 Introduction
The NETLink-S7-NET driver is inserted in the PG/PC interface of
an existing Simatic application and can then be used from most
Simatic engineering tools (STEP7, ProTool, WinCC, etc.).
Access is possible to any controllers of the Simatic S7-200, S7-300,
or S7-400 series via a NETLink
®
Gateway.
4.2 System requirements
A PC with a 32/64 Bit Microsoft operating system with adminis-
trative rights is required for the installation and operation of the
current NETLink-S7-NET driver on the PG side. The functionality
has been successfully tested with Windows XP/2003R2/7/2008R2
/8.1/2012 R2/10.
A further requirement is the existence of a Simatic engineering
tool, which ensures that the PG/PC interface is installed on the
computer.
The most recent driver version was tested with:
Siemens TIA Portal from V13 and higher
SIMATIC Manager from version 5.5 and higher
and STEP7 Micro/Win as of version 4.0.
Installation under Windows 98/ME/NT operating systems is
possible but is not supported by the technical support team of
Helmholz GmbH & Co.KG. Please pay attention to the require-
ments of the Simatic package used.
A functioning network link using TCP/IP must have been set up
on the PCs that are used. The network configuration of the PC
must be known. Commercially network cards and, for the con-
nection, cross-over- or 1:1 (straight) cables may be used.
The integrated auto-negotiation function automatically negotiates
the TCP/IP transmission speed between the stations. In this way,
the best performance is achieved in a local 100 Mbps network.
Status operation will be slowed down if older 10 Mbps network
cards and hubs are used.
4.3 Running the installation setup
If necessary, you can download the latest NETLink-S7-NET driver
from our homepage (http://www.helmholz.de).
Please note that for installation you have to log on as an adminis-
trator under the 32-bit Windows operating systems because the
setup program has to make entries in the Windows registry.
Administration rights
are required for
installation.
-clicking on the
setup program icon and
selecting: "Execute as
administrator"
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