Table of contents
Legal information ......................................................................................................... 2
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Overview............................................................................................... 4
1.2 Principle of operation ............................................................................ 5
1.3 Components used ................................................................................ 6
2 Engineering of the STEP 7 Program ................................................................ 7
2.1 Overview............................................................................................... 7
2.2 Function block "ReadUID" .................................................................... 9
2.3 The "RFData" global data block ......................................................... 16
2.4 Configuring the CM1241 RS232 communication module .................. 17
2.5 Diagnostics and error messages ........................................................ 18
3 Installation and commissioning ..................................................................... 20
3.1 Hardware configuration ...................................................................... 20
3.3 Loading the S7-1200 configuration .................................................... 22
4 Operation .......................................................................................................... 23
5 Useful information ........................................................................................... 26
5.1 Programming via the RS232 interface ............................................... 26
5.1.1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 26
5.1.2 Connecting via the CM1241 RS232 communication module............. 26
5.1.3 System jobs ........................................................................................ 27
5.2 Project engineering of the S7 station with the CM1241 RS232
communication module ...................................................................... 31
6 Appendix .......................................................................................................... 33
6.1 Service and support ........................................................................... 33
6.2 Links and literature ............................................................................. 34
6.3 Change documentation ...................................................................... 34