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208 Operating Instructions, 03/2012, A5E03404994-02
8.7 Communication with PLCs
Number of connections
Connection KP400 Comfort
KTP400 Comfort
KP700 Comfort to KP1500 Comfort
TP700 Comfort to TP2200 Comfort
Number using a bus connection 4 8
Number of connections based on
"SIMATIC HMI HTTP Protocol"
4 8
NOTICE
Communication faults with PROFINET IO
If you enable PROFINET services in the Control Panel of the HMI device, communication
problems can occur if you use PLCs from other manufacturers.
PLCs that are not compatible with PROFINET services are noted in the following table in
the footnote. Do not enable PROFINET services for these PLCs.
PLCs
The following table shows the PLCs and the communication drivers which can be used with
the HMI devices.
PLC HMI devices
SIMATIC S7-1200 Yes
SIMATIC S7-300/400 Yes
SIMATIC S7-200 Yes
SIMATIC HTTP protocol Yes
OPC
1
Yes
OPC UA Yes
Allen-Bradley EtherNet/IP Yes
Allen-Bradley DF1 Yes
2, 3
Mitsubishi MC TCP/IP Yes
Mitsubishi FX Yes
3
Modicon Modbus TCP/IP Yes
Modicon Modbus RTU Yes
3
Omron Hostlink Yes
3
1
OPC-XML DA Server
2
Direct communication with PLC 5, with the KF2 module, otherwise approved only via the optional
converter RS422-RS232, order number 6AV6 671-8XE00-0AX0.
3
"PROFINET IO Enabled" must be disabled.