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Industrial Ethernet
ISO layer 4 and TCP/IP
Client and Server modes

Industrial Ethernet is the new name of the SIEMENS communication system, in the past
called SINEC H1. Industrial Ethernet gathers all the protocols supported by the SIEMENS
PLCs on Ethernet : i.e. ISO layer 4 and TCP/IP transport.

The Industrial Ethernet solution on applicom® is based on a transport layer which can be
ISO and/or TCP depending on the targeted coupler and Simatic® messagings depending
on the targeted PLC. All the transport layers could be used simultaneously.

The industrial Ethernet solution on applicom® supplies the following functionalities :

! Multi-flow client mode to the Siemens PLCs in the Simatic® range messaging suppor-
ted depending on the range and the couplers :

System range Module Protocols Messaging

CP Ethernet service
S5 115/135/155U CP143 ISO Transport Read/Write S5
CP1430 ISO Transport Read/Write S5
CP1430 TCP ISO on TCP Read/Write S5
S7-300 CP343-1 ISO Transport Messagerie S7
CP343-1 TCP ISO on TCP Messagerie S7
S7-400 CP443-1 ISO Transport Messagerie S7
CP443-1 TCP ISO on TCP Messagerie S7
TI-505 CP1434TF ISO Transport Read/Write S5
CP 2572 TCP CAMP
Please contact us for other supported couplers.

Reading and writing variables in the various PLC memory areas (inputs, outputs, DB,
memories, etc.)

! Server mode for PLC clients in the Simatic® S5 range (Read/Write S5), Simatic® S7 (S7
messaging) and Simatic® TI-505 (CAMP messaging) : management of input, output,
and memory areas in the applicom® Data-Base and equipment monitoring.
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Industrial Ethernet
ISO and TCP/IP

Client mode
The applicom® client mode can be used to send several requests simultaneously to an
equipment before having received the first response : this operation is called multi-flow .

A request is sent on a virtual communication channel. Each virtual channel corresponds

to an ISO or TCP connection on an equipement. To send several requests simultaneously,
several connections are used.

The applicom® interface manages 128 connections. Only 30 of them can be used simult-
neously for all equipments. The maximum number of connections which can be used
simultaneously for this equipment is set in the configuration for each equipment.

applicom® can read and/or write major types of data in PLC´s thanks to applicom® libra-
ry/DLL, DDE server, OPC server or ActiveX control:

S5 series

Device Data-Type ® Memento Data Extended Input Output Timer Counter [1] : The maximum DB
bloc[1] Data Block[1] size is 4096 words.
† applicom® Data
Bit M DBD DXD E A
Byte MB EB AB TB ZB
Word (16-bit) MW DBDW DXDW EW AW
Double word (32-bit) MD DBDD DXDD
Floating point (32-bit)
Siemens KG Format MDKG DBDDKG DXDDKG

S7 series

Device Data-Type ® Memento Data Block[2] Input Output Timer Counter [2] : The maximum DB
† applicom® Data size is 65636 bytes.
Bit M DBDBX E A
Byte MB DBDBB EB AB
Word (16-bit) MW DBDBW EW AW T Z
Double word (32-bit) MD DBDBD
Floating point (32-bit)
IEEE Format MDF DBDBDF

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Industrial Ethernet
ISO and TCP/IP

TI-505 series

Device Data-Type[3] ® Control Variable Input Output Constant Timer/ Timer/ [3] : Other variables are
register memory counter counter available : Drum, Loop,
Pre-set Current Alarm...
† applicom® Data
Bit C X Y
Words (16-bit) V WX WY K TCP TCC
Double word (32-bit) V K
Floating point (32-bit)
IEEE Format VF KF

Maximum number of variables in read/write per request with OPC Server

[4] : Maximum quantity
Messaging ® S5 S7 TI-505 in write is always 1 if
R/W[3] Read Write[4] R/W[4] you are using PCDDE
S7-300 S7-400 S7-300 S7-400 application.
† applicom® Data
Bit 2048 1769 2048 8 1614 2048
Byte 1560 222 462 212 452 -
Word (16-bit) 780 128 231 106 226 256
Double word (32-bit) 390 64 115 53 113 128
Floating word (32-bit) 390 64 115 53 113 128
Timer/Counter 780 111 231 106 226 -

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Industrial Ethernet
ISO and TCP/IP

Estimating the client mode performance

with ISO and TCP messagings

The applicom® interface must feed back variables coming from 12 x

stations S7-400 (UC414-2, 20ms time cycle) configured with the com-
munication couplers :
CP443-1 for the ISO transport,
CP443-1 TCP for the TCP transport.

Quantity of data per station

3 tables of 231 words,
1 table of 3689 bits.

applicom® Data-Base retrieval time (out of application and scada) to

get data from the 12 stations, i.e. 8316 words and 44268 bits variables.

On Industrial Ethernet ISO transport

with 1 simultaneous request by3 device = 0,228 second
with 2 simultaneous requests by device = 0,157 second

On Industrial Ethernet TCP/IP transport

with 1 simultaneous request by device = 0,300 second
with 2 simultaneous requests by device = 0,196 second

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ISO and TCP/IP

Server mode

applicom® shares a database for Industrial Ethernet Clients (such as PLCs or remote appli-
com® boards) called applicom® Data-Base (size of 32Kwords which works like virtual PLC
memory to provide Siemens variable type (M, DB, A, E).
applicom® Data-Base can be accessed in read and write modes.

The applicom® server feature allows optimum data update to your application. Instead of
permanently polling devices to monitor variables, the client devices connected on the net-
work can write in applicom® Data-Base on the initiative of the PLC program. This results
in :
" PLC communication coupler less solicited

" Less network load

" Minized information feed back time

The applicom® server feature includes reliability mechanisms with client connections :
" a maximum interval time between PLC client accesses to applicom® Data-Base

(timeout) can be defined. For each conection with a client device, your application
can read (only) a status word which is located in the applicom® Data-Base words
area "ACCESS STATUS WORDS" to check the reliability of the connection.
" Your application can read (or write to reset) a counter word which is located in the

applicom® Data-Base words area "ACCESS INDICATOR WORD" to inform about the
current number of writes made by the client device in the applicom® Data-Base.

There is one status word and one counter word reserved per client. You should specify
these word´s addresses in the applicom® Data-Base using our configuration tool.

applicom Data-Base memory management for PLC clients

Messaging ® Max. number S5 series[1] S7 series[1] TI-505

Variables/request [1] : The maximum DB
† applicom® Data size is 256 words.
Memento bytes (read/write) 256 MB MB
Input bytes (read only) 128 EB EB
Output bytes (read/write) 128 AB AB
DB bytes (read/write) 512 DBDBB
DB words (read/write) DBDBW
256 DBDW
DBDBD
Bits (read/write) 4081 C
Words (read/write) 256 V

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ISO and TCP/IP

Diagnostics
The applicom® solution package includes a set of tools to test your communication
without developing any kind of application. You are usually able to run these test pro-
grams along with your application, HMI, or MMI software, allowing you to check your
data acquisition.

Each test program returns a status word and a text comment giving feedback on the
communication. It can be used to diagnose the exact cause of a failure.

compatible applicom® board

Bus ISA PCI Bus PC/104 Bus
PCI2000ETH

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