Supplementary information   
16.6 Communication services 
  CPU 410-5H Process Automation/CPU 410 SMART 
230  System Manual, 10/2013, A5E32631667-AA 
 
Data set routing 
Routing and data set routing 
Routing is the transfer of data beyond network boundaries. You can send information from a 
transmitter to a receiver across several networks.  
Data set routing is an expansion of S7 routing and is used, for example, in SIMATIC PDM. 
The data sent through data record routing include the parameter assignments of the 
participating communication devices and device-specific information (for example, setpoint 
values, limit values, etc.). The structure of the destination address for data set routing 
depends on the data content, in other words, it is determined by the device for which the 
data is intended. 
The field device itself does not have to support data set routing, since these devices do not 
forward the received information.  
The following figure shows the engineering station accessing a variety of field devices. The 
engineering station is connected to the CPU via Industrial Ethernet in this scenario. The CPU 
communicates with the field devices via the PROFIBUS. 
 
Figure 16-5  Data set routing