Programmed Communication Connections

Table 5-7

, continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subfield

 

Subfield type

Subfield

 

Meaning of the Parameter

ID 1)

 

 

length (in

 

 

 

 

 

bytes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

SUB_LOC_TSAP

TSAP length

Local TSAP

 

 

 

+ 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

SUB_REM_TSAP

TSAP length

Remote TSAP

 

 

 

+ 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

SUB_EMAIL_SENDER

Length of the

E-mail address of the sender

 

 

 

sender

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail

 

 

 

 

 

address + 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

SUB_DHCP_ENABLE

1 + 4

Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server

 

 

 

 

S

Possible values:

 

 

 

 

 

0 = no DHCP

 

 

 

 

 

1 = DHCP

 

 

 

 

(optional)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

SUB_CLIENT_ID

Length of the

 

 

 

 

 

client ID + 4

(optional)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

SUB_CONNECT_NAME

Length of the

Name of the connection

 

 

 

name + 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

SUB_LOC_MODE

1 + 4

Local mode of the connection

 

 

 

 

S

Possible values:

 

 

 

 

 

0x00 = SEND/RECV

 

 

 

 

 

0x01 = FTP protocol (TCP connection

 

 

 

 

 

only)

 

 

 

 

 

0x10 = S5 addressing mode for

 

 

 

 

 

FETCH/WRITE *)

 

 

 

 

 

0x80 = FETCH *)

 

 

 

 

 

0X40 = WRITE *)

 

 

 

 

If you do not set the parameter, the default

 

 

 

 

setting is SEND/RECV.

 

 

 

 

*) Note:

 

 

 

 

The specified codings can be can be

 

 

 

 

combined by ORing them.

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

SUB_REM_MODE

1 + 4

Setting the mode on the communication

 

 

 

 

partner.

 

 

 

 

(not currently supported)

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

SUB_CON_ESTABL

1 + 4

Type of connection establishment.

 

 

 

 

With this option, you specify whether the

 

 

 

 

connection is established by this S7 station.

 

 

 

 

S

Possible values:

 

 

 

 

 

0 = passive

 

 

 

 

 

1 = active

 

 

 

 

Refer also to Chapter 4 under ”Specifying

 

 

 

 

the local connection endpoint” for the

 

 

 

 

individual connection types.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Release 6/2003

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Siemens NCM S7 appendix Subloctsap, Fetch/Write, Subremmode

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