S7TCP Station

BrowseName: S7TCPStation
SuperType: Communication station (CommunicationStation)

Properties

Name

BrowseName

DataType

Description

Maximum job size in bytes

MaximumJobSizeInBytes

UInt32

Maximum size in bytes of a transmission of tags from the PLC. Limits both the duration of transmission from the PLC and the latency of the write to the PLC following the transmission. 0 = maximum value of 243 bytes.

Maximum gap in bytes

MaximumGapInBytes

UInt32

Maximum distance in bytes between two tags to be part of the same transmission.

IP address

IPAddress

String

Unique address of the PLC on the network

Port

Port

UInt16

Number of the port used by the TCP-IP connection. It must match the one configured in the PLC.

Timeout

Timeout

Duration

Maximum wait time in milliseconds to receive a response from the PLC.

Remote device ID

RemoteDeviceId

Byte

Default value = 2. This value can influence the type of communication channel (PG or OP) with the PLC reserved to the driver: setting it to 1, the driver is assigned a PG communication channel (usually available in limited number and reserved to programming through S7 Manager), while setting it to 2 an OP channel is assigned (OP channels are dedicated to HMI / supervisor communication and are available in greater quantity). Rack Default value = 0. Slot Default value = 2.

Remote rack

RemoteRack

Byte

Remote slot

RemoteSlot

Byte

Operation code

OperationCode

CommunicationOperationCode

(Inherited from Communication station)

Tags

Object

(Inherited from Communication station)

Types

Object

(Inherited from Communication station)