Function Block

The current function block is developed only for the following PLC.

Article	Description	Software
SIEMENS S71500	S7CPU series (cycle time < 20 ms)	TIA Portal >= V16

The SIEMENS function block provided by ifm is intended to provide a interface between the PLC and the PLC application on the VPU. There are four functions included in the function block!

• Establishing a TCP connection to the PLC application of the VPU,

• Monitoring the connection to the PLC application,

• Receiving the ODS and PDS result data and displaying the outputs,

• Sending commands to configure ODS or to trigger PDS.

Important

This is a beta release and will be followed by an official release soon. In case of any issues, please contact ifm support team at support.efector.object-ident@ifm.com

For more details of function block implementation and configuration see the function block PDF.