Configuration
4.3 Overview: Connection to LAN / WAN
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Operating Instructions, 02/2018, C79000-G8976-C385-03
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– Importing the configuration data from STEP 7 V5
– Configuration of further parameters of the CP, its data points and messages to be sent
– Downloading the project data from the engineering station to the S7 station
You will find the description of the procedure as of the section Configuration in STEP 7
Basic (Page 66).
Overview: Connection to LAN / WAN
Supported network types
The CP makes telecontrol communication possible for the various telecontrol protocols via
the network types listed below.
Connection via the Ethernet interface of the CP:
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IP-based communication via the Ethernet interface
Supported protocols: ST7, DNP3, IEC
– Industrial Ethernet
Communication in the LAN (copper / fiber-optic cable)
– Internet
Communication via the Internet
– IP-based wireless network
Communication via IP-based wireless networks
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Classic WAN communication via the serial interface
With communication via the network types listed below, in addition to the CP a TS
module, modem or router must be used.
– Dedicated line (incl. analog wireless network)
Communication via dedicated lines or analog wireless networks
– Analog dial-up network
Communication via the analog dial-up network
– ISDN network
Communication via the ISDN network
– Mobile wireless network
IP-based communication via mobile wireless networks (GSM/GPRS, UMTS, LTE)