Technical information
8.11 Communication with controllers
Comfort Panels
226 Operating Instructions, 07/2017, A5E36770603-AB
Communication with controllers
Number of connections
KP400 Comfort
KTP400 Comfort
KP700 Comfort to KP1500 Comfort
TP700 Comfort to TP2200 Comfort
Number using a bus connection
Number of connections based on
"SIMATIC HMI HTTP Protocol"
4 8
Note
Communication faults with PROFINET IO
If you enable PROFINET services in the Control Panel of the HMI device, communication
problems can occur if you use controllers from other manufacturers.
Controllers that are not compatible with PROFINET services are noted in the following table
in the fo
otnote. Do not enable PROFINET services for these controllers.
The table below shows the controllers and the communication drivers which can be used
with the HMI devices.
SIMATIC S7-200 Yes
Allen-Bradley EtherNet/IP
1,2
Mitsubishi FX Yes
2
Modicon Modbus RTU Yes
2
2
Direct communication with PLC 5 with the KF2 module, otherwise only released via the optional
RS422-RS232 converter, article number 6AV6 671-8XE00-0AX0.
2
PROFINET IO must be disabled.