Communication Management for SIMATIC S7
Table 7-1 Network parameter
Network parameter
TP address
Explanation
Address of the TP 070
Protocol
The protocol profile used in the network configuration.
Set MPI or DP here.
Baud rate
S7-200 address
HSA
The baud rate at which communication takes place
over the network.
Address of the S7 module (CPU) to which the TP 070
is connected.
Highest Station Address; this must be identical
throughout the whole network configuration.
Data types supported
The data types listed in table 7-2 are available for the configuration of tags.
Table 7-2 Data types available
Data types supported for S7–200
Data type
Addressed by
Format
Tag
V
I
BYTE, INT, WORD,
DINT, DWORD, REAL,
BOOL, STRING
Input
Output
Flag
BYTE, INT, WORD,
DINT, DWORD, REAL,
BOOL, STRING
Q
M
BYTE, INT, WORD,
DINT, DWORD, REAL,
BOOL, STRING
BYTE, INT, WORD,
DINT, DWORD, REAL,
BOOL, STRING
Timer
T
TIMER
Counter
C
COUNTER
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