Special Features

• Visualisation, Measurement data logging, Statistics etc.

• Programming of Simatic S7 / S5 / 505 via LAN and WAN (with VCOM no Softnet* required)

• Remote maintenance of the S7 / S5 / 505 via LAN and WAN

• Ethernet interface for Simatic S5 (AG 90U, 95U, 100U, 115U, 135U, 150U, 155U) via PG port

• Ethernet interface for Simatic S7 (S7-200, S7-300, S7-400) via MPI / PPI port

• Modbus RTU (serial) to Modbus on TCP converter

• Active data transfer between PLCs without programming (echoactive)

• Fetch / Write communication with S5 PLCs without handling blocks

• Web server functionality to realize small visualization projects: Visualisation without PHP, ActiveX, Perl, Applets et al. only with HTML

• Programming of AEG A 120 / A 250 via LAN and WAN

• Ethernet interface for Honeywell / Klöckner-Möller IPC controllers via CIM port (ABC protocol)

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Technical Data

• Including top hat rail adapter

• Including VCOM for Programming via Ethernet

• Note: A connector power pack is not included in thedelivery. If necessary order it separately

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Highlights

Protocol Diversity

• S7 PLCs with MPI/PPI interface ==> with MPI onboard no MPI adapter is required
• S5 PLCs and programming devices
• all devices with RS232/422/485 interface e.g. Scales, Scanner
• Klöckner-Moeller IPC-620 PLCs

Decodes Protocols up to Layer 7

• Conventional Serial Ethernet Converters master only protocols from layer 1 up to layer 4 of the ISO / OSI reference model. Communication is restricted to the transport layer i.e. transfer of raw data (layer 4 communication, Send / Receive)

• In addition to the transport protocols, Echolink supports application protocols. Protocol conversion of all seven layers of the ISO / OSI reference model is possible.

• As these "higher-level" protocols are supported, complex applications become possible: process data visualisation, communication between different controller worlds (Siemens, Schneider etc) or programming.

Echoactive Function: Data transfer between PLCs without changing the program

• A distinction is drawn between active and passive job types: active writing of data to the partner station and active fetching of data from the partner station are active job types as well as Send / Receive jobs.

• What kind of jobs are possible depends primarily on the used protocol. With certain protocols only passive jobs are possible (e.g. S5 PLC with AS511 protocol: PLC is able to receive data and to provide data, but the PLC is not able to send data actively or to fetch data from another PLC)

• With the function echoactive, devices, that are - in consequence to their protocol - not able to execute active jobs, receive this possibility.

• Echolink is monitoring specific data-values in the PLC. When the values change, then the Echolink is fetching the data from the PLC and is sending them across the network to the specified communication partner.

• WITHOUT CHANGING THE PLC PROGRAM

Programming

• Programming the S7/S5 is possible via Ethernet with S7/S5 for Windows as well as with STEP* 5 / STEP* 7.
• With VCOM, included in the range of delivery, Softnet* is no longer required.
• Programming AEG PLCs (A 120 / A 150) via LAN and WAN

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Visualisation

• Visualisation, Measurement data logging, Statistics etc via LAN and WAN
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Communication between PLCs

• Communication between PLCs via LAN and WAN.
• Communication between two PLCs serially connected to Echolink

Mounting

• Echolink is equipped with top hat rail adapter
• An adapter for S7-300 rail mounting is available as option

Easy Parameterisation

• Online via IP
• Online via H1
• Serial
• Offline

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