Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200

S7-1200 Programmable controller
System Manual, V4.2, 09/2016, A5E02486680-AK
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The following features are new in the V4.2 release:
● Enhancements to the Web server (Page 1001):
– More shared functionality with the S7-1500 Web server
– Ability to define user-defined Web page as start page
– New or improved standard Web pages:
Watch tables (Page 1033)
Online backup (Page 1035)
Communication (Page 1027): inclusion of communication statistics
● New programming instructions:
– Basic instructions:
LOWER_BOUND: (Read out ARRAY low limit) (Page 277)
UPPER_BOUND: (Read out ARRAY high limit) (Page 279)
– Extended instructions
GetSymbolName (Read out a tag on the input parameter) (Page 370)
GetSymbolPath (Query composite global name of the input parameter assignment)
(Page 373)
GetInstanceName (Read out name of the block instance) (Page 376)
GetInstancePath (Query composite global name of the block instance) (Page 379)
GetBlockName (Read out name of the block) (Page 381)
GETIO (Read process image) (Page 388)
SETIO (Transfer process image) (Page 389)
GETIO_PART (Read process image area) (Page 390)
SETIO_PART (Transfer process image area) (Page 392)
D_ACT_DP (Enable/disable PROFINET IO devices) (Page 398)
RCVREC (I-device/I-slave receive data record) (Page 411)
PRVREC (I-device/I-slave make data record available) (Page 413)
PROFIenergy (Page 419) instructions for energy management
Gen_UsrMsg (Generate user diagnostic alarms) (Page 436)
RD_SINFO (Read current OB start information) (Page 440)