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8/17/2013 1:12 PM | |
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dear expert, I want to establish communication between Motorola 2D barcode scanner DS3578 and S7-200 PLC CPU224 on PROFIBUS. It supports RS232 communication. For communicating with PLC i am considering ADAM 4522-AE converter.I am attaching its datasheet.Please suggest me if this configuration will work or not. Also i havnt considered any additional communication module along with PLC. please help...
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8/17/2013 3:05 PM | |
Joined: 9/27/2006 Last visit: 9/21/2024 Posts: 12282 Rating: (2684) |
Hello Projyot; Profibus-DP is out of the question, the EM277 can only act as a slave on Profibus, therefore it could not initiate comms with another Profibus slave. Also your description of the Motorola unit does not refer to Profibus-DP in any way. The easiest way would be to use the online port of the S7-200 in Freeport mode, using the PPI cable (converter from RS-485 to RS-232) to connect with your barcode reader. I suggest you download the S7-200 Tips and Tricks, and have a look at Tip 20: Using a Bar Code reader. The attachment shows the introduction to this tip, with suggested hardware. You can the download a description of the code and a sample project for MicvroWinyou can use as a basis for your program. What are S7-200 Programming Tips and where can I obtain them? |
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