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Table Of Contents
System Software for S7-300/400 System and Standard Functions - Volume 2/2
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23 Open Communication via Industrial
Ethernet
23.1 Overview
Open Communication via Industrial Ethernet
STEP 7 provides the following FBs and UDTs in the "Standard Library" located
under "Communications Blocks" for exchanging data through the user program
with other Ethernet-capable communications partners:
Connection-oriented protocols: TCP native as per RFC 793, ISO on TCP as per
RFC 1006:
- UDT 65 "TCON_PAR" with the data structure for assigning connection
parameters
- FB 65 "TCON" for establishing a connection
- FB 66 "TDISCON" for terminating a connection
- FB 63 "TSEND" for sending data
- FB 64 "TRCV" for receiving data
Connectionless protocol: UDP as per RFC 768
- UDT 65 "TCON_PAR" with the data structure for assigning parameters for
the local communications access point
- UDT 66 "TCON_ADR" with the data structure for assigning addressing
parameters for the remote partner
- FB 65 "TCON" for configuring the local communications access point
- FB 66 "TDISCON" for closing the local communications access point
- FB 67 "TUSEND" for sending data
- FB 68 "TURCV" for receiving data