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New S7-1200 CPUs - CPU 1211C, CPU 1212C, CPU 1214C and CPU 1215C
Created by: Ganes10 at: 6/10/2012 4:50 PM (8 Replies)
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| 6/10/2012 4:50 PM | |
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Hello, Some info from the S7-1200 System Manual (04/2012) on the new innovated CPUs till we get the official news. MLFBs: CPU 1211CAC/DC/Relay - 6ES7 211-1BE31-0XB0 CPU 1211CDC/DC/Relay - 6ES7 211-1HE31-0XB0 CPU 1211CDC/DC/DC - 6ES7 211-1AE31-0XB0 CPU 1212CAC/DC/Relay - 6ES7 212-1BE31-0XB0 CPU 1212CDC/DC/Relay - 6ES7 212-1HE31-0XB0 CPU 1212CDC/DC/DC - 6ES7 212-1AE31-0XB0 CPU 1214CAC/DC/Relay - 6ES7 214-1BG31-0XB0 CPU 1214CDC/DC/Relay - 6ES7 214-1HG31-0XB0 CPU 1214CDC/DC/DC - 6ES7 214-1AG31-0XB0 CPU 1215CAC/DC/Relay - 6ES7 215-1BG31-0XB0 CPU 1215CDC/DC/Relay - 6ES7 215-1HG31-0XB0 CPU 1215CDC/DC/DC - 6ES7 215-1AG31-0XB0 The following features are new in this release: ● A standard Web server page for performing a CPU firmware update ● The ability to use three PROFIBUS DP CM 1243-5 master modules (refer page 9 of CM 1243-5 Operating Instructions) or three AS-i CM 1243-2 master modules Note To use three AS-i modules as masters, you must update the firmware of the AS-imodules. New modules for the S7-1200: A variety of new modules expand the power of the S7-1200 CPU and provide the flexibility to meet your automation needs: ● New and improved CPUs: – New CPU 1215C DC/DC/DC, CPU 1215C DC/DC/Relay, and CPU 1215C AC/DC/Relay offer 100 Kbytes of work memory, dual Ethernet, and analog outputs. – New and improved CPU 1211Cs, CPU 1212Cs, and CPU 1214Cs have faster processing time, the possibility of 4 PTOs (the CPU 1211C requires a signal board), increased retentive memory (10 Kbytes), and increased time-of-day hold up time (20 days). ● New I/O signal module: SM 1231 AI 4 x 16 bit provides higher sample rate and increased number of bits. ● New battery board (BB 1297) offers long term backup of the realtime clock. The BB 1297 is pluggable in the signal board slot of the S7-1200 CPU (firmware 3.0 and later versions). To use the new modules you must use STEP 7 V11 SP2 Update 3 or later (Basic or Professional) and you must download the hardware support package (HSP) for new modules from the STEP 7 Options > Support Packages menu command. or from here STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V11 Support Packages for the hardware catalog in the TIA Portal Note You cannot update an S7-1200 CPU V2.2 or earlier to S7-1200 V3.0 by firmware update. Note You can only update S7-1200 CPUs of version 3.0 and higher with the Update Firmware feature. I hope the 10KB retentive memory feature starting from CPU 1211C is cool Still let's hope this hardware remains same for next coming years (atleast 3 yrs) like the older ones so that the firmware can be updated to get the new functionality without a need of new hardware for new functionalities. I tried to make this post short but couldn't. |
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| 6/10/2012 7:06 PM | |
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I read this: Note You cannot update an S7-1200 CPU V2.2 or earlier to S7-1200 V3.0 by firmware update. a little differently. To me, it means the web server firmware update feature is not available for older PLCs with the memory card slot. Those PLCs will require the memory card for all firmware updates. I am assuming that is a feature of the hardware design and not something they can reprogram with just software. |
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| 6/11/2012 10:06 AM | |
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I have found what seems the crucial difference, if zhere are no mistakes. |
| 6/11/2012 10:07 AM | |
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Old one: |
| 6/11/2012 10:49 AM | |
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Hello huggy_d1, Yes I also have the same understanding on that sentence. But i doubt if we are going to have FW v3 in both old hardware (as a FW update through MC) as well as new hardware (new MLFB), as it may have a confusion in general whenever we talk about FW v3. Let's wait to hear the official news on same. |
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| 6/11/2012 11:49 AM | |
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Hello Marko Bursic, Yes theprocessing timeis considerably improved. |
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| 6/12/2012 4:37 PM | |
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I Hope that the time to online access and monitor blocks has improved too. All the best
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| 7/10/2012 11:42 AM | |
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News!! Delivery Release for Innovated SIMATIC S7-1200 with Firmware Version 3.0 |
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| 7/10/2012 3:53 PM | |
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That's good and bad news. Good in the release (I have a S7-1215 on my desk now). Bad in that the older devices will not get firmware updates beyond 2.2.
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