Introduction; Hardware And Software Required; Tested Hardware Platform; Figure 1: System Architecture - Siemens S7-1200 Manual

Introduction

Below in figure 1 you will find an overview of the system architecture that will provide a
communications path to and from a Maguire 12-12 Weigh Scale Blender (WSB). The example only
shows one WSB connected to a HMS Anybus Profibus Slave via an RS232C serial connection which in
turn is connected over Profibus to an S7-1200 PLC.

Figure 1: System Architecture

Hardware and Software Required

Tested Hardware Platform

Description
Siemens HMI: 7.0'' TFT display, 800 x 480
pixels, 16M colours; Touch screen; 1 x
MPI/PROFIBUS DP, 1 x PROFINET/Industrial
Ethernet interface with MRP and RT/IRT
support (2 Ports); 2 x Multimedia card slot;3 x
USB
Ref: S7-1200-12-12-WSB
Siemens S7-1200 interfacing via HMS Anybus Gateway
Type
TP700 Comfort
Berkshire Systemic Solutions Ltd
www.bss-ltd.biz
to Maguire 12-12 Weigh Scale Blender
Part Number
6AV2 124-0GC01-0AX0
V12.0.0.0
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