Specifications

TS Adapter IE
Manual, 06/2008, A5E00977705-02
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Introduction
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1.1 Preface
Purpose of this manual
This manual provides a comprehensive overview of the TS Adapter IE. It offers support for
the installation and commissioning of the software and hardware. It explains the
requirements for operation and the hardware installation, and how to connect the adapter to
Ethernet.
The intended readership of the manual includes programmers and engineering personnel
involved in configuration, commissioning and servicing of automation systems.
Basic knowledge required
General knowledge of automation systems engineering is prerequisite for understanding the
topics dealt with in this manual.
Users should also be familiar with the operation of computers or auxiliary programming
equipment similar to PCs, operating under the Windows 2000 or XP operating systems via
Ethernet communication and modems.
Supplementary documentation
You can find information on PROFINET and Ethernet in the following documentation:
Documentation Contents
PROFINET system description
System manual
Basic knowledge of PROFINET: Network component,
data exchange and communications, PROFINET IO,
Component Based Automation, application example -
PROFINET IO and Component Based Automation
SIMATIC NET: Twisted-pair and fiber-
optic networks
Manual
Description of Industrial Ethernet networks, network
configuration, components, installation regulations for
networked automation systems in buildings, etc.
Communication with SIMATIC
Manual
Basics, services, networks, communication functions,
connecting PGs/OPs, project design and configuration in
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