Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 - Page 1290

Communication processor and Modbus TCP
13.10 Industrial Remote Communication (IRC)
S7-1200 Programmable controller
1290 System Manual, V4.2, 09/2016, A5E02486680-AK
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CP 1243-7 LTE-xx:
– Communications processor for connecting the SIMATIC S7-1200 to a control center
with TeleControl Server Basic (TCSB version v3) using mobile wireless (GPRS) and
the public infrastructure (DSL)
– Support of the following mobile wireless specifications: GSM/GPRS, UMTS (G3), LTE
– To cover countries with different mobile wireless specifications, the CP is available in
two variants:
- CP 1243-7 LTE-US:
- North American standard
- Article number: 6GK7 243-7SX30-0XE0
- CP 1243-7 LTE-EU:
- Western European standard
- Article number: 6GK7 243-7KX30-0XE0
– With the help of VPN technology and the firewall, the CP allows protected access to
the S7-1200.
– You can use the CP as an additional Ethernet interface of the CPU for S7
communication.
– You communicate between the CP and CPU using configurable data points that
access PLC tags.
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CP 1243-8 IRC:
– Article number: 6GK7 242-8RX30-0XE0
– Communications processor for connecting the SIMATIC S7-1200 to an ST7 network,
data point configuration, and VPN
Note
You must have TeleControl Server Basic software for TeleControl applications for CPs other
than the CP 1243
-1.