Totally Integrated Automation - Automation Technology - Siemens

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Industrial communication
PC-based products for industrial applications offer:
• a long product life cycle
• a standardized, successful system
• scalable system performance and an expandable platform,
• easy combination of control and HMI functionality,
• consistency in the plant thanks to uniform network topologies,
• a standardized application interface,
• simple engineering,
• utilization of known IT technologies in industrial applications
• simple and integrated remote access to the plant,
• expanded quantity structures, increased performance and new applications.
Intelligent cards: HARDNET cards with internal microcontroller
• High computing performance available in
the PC since there is less workload on the
host CPU
• Constant data throughput through protocol
processing on the CP
• Use for large network configurations
• The products:
– CP 1604 (PCI-104)
– CP 1613 A2 (PCI 32 bit)
– CP 1616 (PCI 32 bit)
– CP 1623 (PCIe x1)
Simple cards: SOFTNET cards without internal processor
• Easy installation and startup
• For diagnostics and commissioning
• Use in small network configurations
• CP 1612 A2 (PCI 32 bit)
116 Siemens TIA Product Guide 2011
© Siemens AG 2011
Connection options for PC to Industrial Ethernet –
Communications processors
Communication module with security for PCs –
CP 1628
• Comprehensive, reliable protection
(firewall, VPN) for PCs without specialist
knowledge of the operating system
• Cost savings due to the added-value of the
security function