Operating hardware
4.3 IO routing
CP 1604 / CP 1616
Operating Instructions, 02/2017, C70000-G8976-C218-08
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--- The device is not redundancy manager. This means that the ring status cannot be dis-
The ring is open, there is a problem.
The ring is closed, there is no problem.
Name of the redundancy domain; this is set in STEP 7/NCM PC.
"Ring Port 1"/"Ring Port 2" display
The meaning of ring port 2 is analogous to that of ring port 1.
Port 1 - BLOCKED The port does not allow any user data to pass through, only MRP frames.
The port allows all frames through.
The port does not have a link.
Note
Configuring in the STEP 7 project
As an alternative,
you can also make this setting in STEP 7.
This section answers the following questions:
● What is IO routing?
● When is IO routing used?
● What types of IO routing exist?
● How does the IO router work?
Configuring an IO router is described in the configuration manual "Commissioning PC
Stations“. This is on the SIMATIC NET CD supplied with the CP 1616/CP 1604 product.