Siemens S7-300 appendix Purpose of the Manual, Required basic knowledge, Area of application, Iii

Preface

Purpose of the Manual

This manual contains all the information you will need concerning the configuration, communication, memory concept, cycle, response times and technical data for the CPUs. You will then learn the points to consider when upgrading to one of the CPUs discussed in this manual.

Required basic knowledge

•To understand this manual, you require a general knowledge of automation engineering.

•You should also be accustomed to working with STEP 7 basic software.

Area of application

Table	1-1 Application area covered by this manual
CPU		Convention:	Order number	as of version
		CPU designations:		Firmware	Hardware
CPU	312C	CPU 31xC	6ES7312-5BD01-0AB0	V2.0.0	01
CPU	313C		6ES7313-5BE01-0AB0	V2.0.0	01
CPU	313C-2 PtP		6ES7313-6BE01-0AB0	V2.0.0	01
CPU	313C-2 DP		6ES7313-6CE01-0AB0	V2.0.0	01
CPU	314C-2 PtP		6ES7314-6BF01-0AB0	V2.0.0	01
CPU	314C-2 DP		6ES7314-6CF01-0AB0	V2.0.0	01
CPU	312	CPU 31x	6ES7312-1AD10-0AB0	V2.0.0	01
CPU	314		6ES7314-1AF10-0AB0	V2.0.0	01
CPU	315-2 DP		6ES7315-2AG10-0AB0	V2.0.0	01
CPU	315-2 PN/DP		6ES7315-2EG10-0AB0	V2.3.0	01
CPU	317-2 DP		6ES7317-2AJ10-0AB0	V2.1.0	01
CPU	317-2 PN/DP		6ES7317-2EJ10-0AB0	V2.3.0	01

Note

The special features of the CPU 315F-2 DP (6ES7 315-6FF00-0AB0) and CPU 317F-2 DP (6ES7 317-6FF00-0AB0) are described in their Product Information, available on the Internet at

http://www.siemens.com/automation/service&support, article ID 17015818.

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