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Line Integration at the

Food & Beverage Industry –
Plant Communication Concept
PCC Overview

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 Table of contents

Table of contents
Warranty and liability ............................................................................................... 2
1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 4
2 Communication protocols ............................................................................. 5
3 PROFINET Communication ............................................................................ 6
3.1 CPU-CPU communication via I-Device .............................................. 6
3.2 Principle of the PROFINET IO Communication with I-Device.............. 6
3.3 Hardware and Software requirements ................................................ 7
4 Open IE Communication ................................................................................ 8
4.1 CPU-CPU communication via TCP .................................................... 8
4.2 Principle of the TCP Communication via CPU integrated PN/IE
interface ............................................................................................ 8
4.3 Hardware and Software requirements ................................................ 8
5 Abbreviations ................................................................................................. 9
6 Related literature .......................................................................................... 10
7 History .......................................................................................................... 10
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 1 Introduction

1 Introduction
Communication tasks
In the field of automation technology the communication of controllers plays a
crucial part. Controllers perform various communication tasks. The table below
illustrates these communication tasks.

Table 1-1
Communication Communication Communication Data Network
task partner (examples) (examples)
Field and process Controller within a network Limit-switch PROFINET/
communication distributed I/O positions Industrial Ethernet
(actuators, temperature PROFIBUS
sensors) values
Data Controller 1 within a network Setpoint PROFINET/
communication Controller 2 or across network values Industrial Ethernet
boundaries recipes PROFIBUS
IT communication Controller worldwide e-mail PROFINET/
PC file Industrial Ethernet
PROFIBUS
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The following document is listing different technical strategies to enable CPU-CPU

communication between automated production units.
In this document three communication protocols are described briefly. For further
detailed description, please refer to the individual communication document.
 CPU – CPU based on PROFINET communication
 CPU – CPU based in Open IE communication
 CPU – CPU via SIMATIC Net OPC Server

Required knowledge
Basic knowledge about configuring SIMATIC and/or SIMOTION controllers using
the STEP 7 or SIMOTION SCOUT engineering system, setting up SIMATIC Net
OPC server and SIMATIC WinCC is required.

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 2 Communication protocols

2 Communication protocols
CPU-CPU communication
To realize CPU-CPU communication different options are available for the users.
To select a best solution depends on various factors. Based on these factors a
solution described in this document can be selected.

Hardware
 Communication Interface
– Integrated interface of the CPU or CP is used
 Communication Partner
rd
– S7-300, S7-400, S7-mEC, WinAC RTX, SIMOTION D4xx, P3xx, C2xx, 3
Party
 Network protocol
– TCP, UDP, ISO on TCP, Profibus, MPI, Others

Software
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 Communication Type
– S7-Communication, Open Communication, OPC Server, etc.…
 User Interface
– BSEND/BRCV, AG_SEND/AG_RECV, TSEND/TRCV, OPC, etc...

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 3 PROFINET Communication

3 PROFINET Communication
3.1 CPU-CPU communication via I-Device
The I-Device functionality has been available since SIMATIC V3.2 and SIMOTION
V4.1.1 in order to exchange data between different SIMATIC and SIMOTION
controllers via PROFINET functions.
I-Device enables very simple and fast controller-controller communication that can
take place at the same time and on the same bus. I-Device allows accessing the
CPU IO address image. PDI interface can be exchanged via CPU process image.

3.2 Principle of the PROFINET IO Communication with

I-Device
Figure 3-1

SIMATIC SIMATIC SIMOTION SIMATIC

IO-Controller I-Device I-Device I-Device
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PROFINET

Application Application
(User Program) (User Program)

IO Process Image IO Process Image

Input Output Input Output

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 3 PROFINET Communication

3.3 Hardware and Software requirements

 S7-300 CPUs with FW-Stand: V3.2 or higher
 S7-400 CPUs with FW-Stand: V6.0 or higher
 S7-1500 CPUs with FW-Stand: V1.0 or higher
 SIMOTION D4xx , P3xx, C2xx with FW-Stand: 4.1.1 or higher
 STEP 7 V5.5 or higher
 SIMOTION SCOUT V4.1 or higher
 UDTs / DBs for Plant Data Interface from entry:
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 4 Open IE Communication

4 Open IE Communication
4.1 CPU-CPU communication via TCP
Open User Communication is the name given to a program-controlled
communication process for communicating via the integrated PN/IE interface of the
S7-1200/1500 and S7-300/400 PLCs. Different connection types are available for
this communication process.
The main feature of Open User Communication is its high degree of flexibility in
terms of the data structures transferred. This allows open data exchange with any
communicating devices providing they support the connection types available here.
Since this communication is controlled solely by instructions in the user program,
event-driven connection establishment and termination is possible. Connections
can also be modified by the user program during runtime.
For CPUs with an integrated PN/IE interface, the TCP, UDP, and ISO-on-TCP
connection types are available for Open User Communication. The communication
partners can be two SIMATIC PLCs or a SIMATIC PLC/SIMOTION and a suitable
third-party device.

4.2 Principle of the TCP Communication via CPU

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integrated PN/IE interface

Individual instructions for sending and receiving data or for establishing or
terminating connections the following standard blocks can be used.
 TCON (connection establishment)
 TDISCON (connection termination)
 TSEND (TCP or ISO-on-TCP: Sending)
 TRCV (TCP or ISO-on-TCP: Receiving)
For further detailed description, please refer to the individual communication
document.

4.3 Hardware and Software requirements

 S7-300 CPUs with FW-Stand: V2.6 or higher
 S7-400 CPUs with FW-Stand: V5.0 or higher
 S7-1500 CPUs with FW-Stand: V1.0 or higher
 S7-1200 CPUs with FW-Stand: V3.0 or higher
 SIMOTION D4xx , P3xx, C2xx with FW-Stand: 4.1.1 or higher
 STEP 7 V5.5 or higher
 SIMOTION SCOUT V4.1 or higher
 UDTs / DBs for Plant Data Interface from entry:
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 5 Abbreviations

5 Abbreviations
F&B Food and Beverage
GSD General Station Description
HMI Human Machine Interface
IF Interface
LCU Line Control Unit
OMAC Open Modular Architecture Controls
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
PDI Plant Data Interface
PCC Plant Communication Concept
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 6 Related literature

6 Related literature
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7 History
Version Date Modifications
V1.0 07/2014 First version
V2.0 05/2016 Cross reference to “Plant Data Interface” added. OPC
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