Routing; Overview Of The Routing Mechanisms Of S7-1500 Cpus - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Function Manual

Routing

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Overview of the routing mechanisms of S7-1500 CPUs

The following table gives an overview of the routing mechanisms of the S7-1500 CPU.
Routing mechanism Description
S7 routing S7 routing is the transfer of
data beyond S7 subnet bound-
aries. You can send information
from a transmitter to a receiver
across several s7 subnets.
IP forwarding IP forwarding is a function of
devices to forward IP packets
between two connected IP
subnets.
Data record routing Data can be sent over
PROFINET from an engineer-
ing station to field devices via
multiple networks. Since the
engineering station addresses
the field devices using stand-
ardized records and these rec-
ords are routed via S7 devices,
the term "data record routing" is
used to refer to this type of
routing.
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Applications
Download user programs
Load hardware configuration
Execute testing and diagnostics func-
tions
Simple access from the control level to
the field level for configuration and pa-
rameter assignment of devices, e.g. via
PDM or Web browser.
Simplified integration of devices for re-
mote access, e.g. for diagnostics during
remote maintenance or firmware update.
Data record routing is used, for example,
when field devices of different manufac-
turers are used. The field devices are
addressed using standardized data
records ( PROFINET) for configuration
and diagnostics.
Section
S7 routing (Page 289)
IP forwarding
(Page 294)
Data record routing
(Page 301)
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