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SIMATIC NET NCM S7 for Industrial Ethernet
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Programming FCs (Functions) and FBs forS7 Ethernet CPs
Ready-made blocks form the interface to some of the communications services
available with the Ethernet CPs. This chapter includes a detailed description of
these blocks.
The description of each FC includes the following sections that may be extended
by specific information:
SMeaning
SCall Interface
SHow the Block Works
SExplanation of the Formal Parameters
SCondition Codes
This chapter provides you with information over and above the general information
available in the online help for the FCs when programming in STEP 7.
You will find further information in the following sources:
SThe communication FBs (BSEND, BRCV, PUT, GET, USEND, URCV,
C_CNTRL) for programming S7 communication are described in the STEP 7
Documentation /9/.
Sample configurations and programs are available for the SEND/RECEIVE
interface described here:
SIn the sample project PROJECT_ETHERNET that you can start immediately
after installing NCM S7; for a description, refer to the Primer /3/.
SOn the Internet as downloadable sample projects; refer to the information in
Appendix C “Support and Training”.
The Quick Start CD that can be ordered separately is a
treasure-trove of sample programs and configurations.
You can order this directly on the Internet at:
http://www.ad.siemens.de/csi/net
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