Siemens S7-300 - 5 Configuring Communications Connections

Configuring and commissioning S7 CPs for Industrial Ethernet
Configuration Manual, 09/2013, C79000-G8976-C182-13
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Configuring communications connections
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This section explains the following topics:
● General information on configuring communications connections;
● Configuring special properties with ISO transport, ISO-on-TCP, UDP and TCP
connections;
● How you specify the communications partners exchanging data using UDP with the
functions for connection configuration.
There, you will find further information:
● In some situations, it is an advantage to set up communication connections not over the
configuration interface of STEP 7 but programcontrolled by specific applications; you will
find information on this in /10/ (Page 230)
● You will find information about the properties of the configurable e-mail connection type in
the section Sending process messages by email (Page 135)
● You will find information on configuring connections in the online help integrated in STEP
7. The steps for creating and configuring connections are explained in detail there.