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S7-1200 CPU 12xx -- Configuring and programming communication -- Configuring
communication to HMIs
How do you synchronize the time of the HMI Basic Panel with an S7-1200 PLC?
How do you access S7-1200 tags with a panel or RT configured with WinCC
flexible 2008 SP2?
With which devices can the S7-1200 communicate via the PN connection?
STEP 7 Basic -- Creating S7 programs -- Addressing variables and data structures
In STEP 7 Basic V10.5, how do you transfer the data of a variable of the Real data
type to a 4-byte field with absolute address?
How do you compensate for the string mismatch caused by the RCV_PTP and
SEND_PTP blocks?
How does the property "Symbolic access only" affect the design of data blocks (DB)?
How do you access S7-1200 tags with a panel or RT configured with WinCC
flexible 2008 SP2?
How can you set the icons or absolute addresses of tags with priority?
Why does the name of a tag (such as "On") have a number extension (such as "On_1")
in the PLC tag table?
WinCC flexible RT -- Configuring and programming communication -- Configuring
communication to S7
How do you configure a connection between WinCC flexible Runtime (PC/Panel) and
a SIMATIC S7-300/S7400 via PROFIBUS/MPI?
How do you use WinCC flexible to transfer a project to an operator panel via S7
routing?
How do you access S7-1200 tags with a panel or RT configured with WinCC
flexible 2008 SP2?
How can you visualize the current status of the CPU on a WinCC flexible operator
panel?
How can you have any number of automation systems addressed one after the other by
the "Change Connection" function with WinCC flexible PC Runtime or a Panel?
What should you watch out for when setting up a connection between S7-200 and
SIMATIC Panels or WinCC flexible PC Runtime and what are the options?
Which settings do you need to make to access a panel and an S7-200 controller via

TeleService?
How do you configure a connection between WinCC flexible Runtime (PC or Panel)
and a SIMATIC S7-300 / S7-400 via Industrial Ethernet?
How do you configure a PROFINET connection to an S7 controller in WinCC
flexible?
How do you specify the MPI address of an FM in the HMI configuration tool if the
address doesn't appear in the HW Config and is thus unknown?
How do you connect a panel to a SIMATIC H station?
What settings have to be made for a PROFIBUS DP connection between a panel or a
PC with WinCC flexible Runtime and an S7-200?
What should you watch out for when connecting a SIMATIC HMI device configured
with WinCC flexible ES to a SIMATIC ET 200 CPU?
How do you configure communication between WinCC flexible Runtime or a
Windows-based operator panel and an S7-200 (CP 243-1) via Ethernet?
PROFIBUS communications between Windows-based operator panel (configured with
WinCC flexible 2004) and WinAC Basis / WinAC RTX V4.0
How do you configure communication between the WinCC flexible Runtime and
WinLC via SOFTBUS on a PC?
Why is the communication driver marked "orange" in WinCC flexible when another
Ethernet communication is added to an existing MPI/DP?
How do you access S7-1200 tags with a panel or RT configured with WinCC flexible 2008 SP2?

Core statement
With WinCC flexible 2008 Service Pack 2 all panels with an Ethernet interface that can be
configured with WinCC flexible 2008 and the WinCC flexible 2008 Runtime can access S71200 data blocks using absolute addresses (no symbolic DBs) via the "SIMATIC S7 300/400"
driver.
Compatibility
The following items are supported:

Data type: Bool, Byte, Char, DInt, DWord, Int, Real, Time, Word, String, Array
New S7-1200 data type:
o SInt can be connected in WinCC flexible 2008 SP2 as Char
(range: -128 to 127)
o USInt can be connected in WinCC flexible 2008 SP2 as Byte
(range: 0 to 255)

UInt can be connected in WinCC flexible 2008 SP2 as Word

(range: 0 to 65535)
o UDInt can be connected in WinCC flexible 2008 SP2 as DWord
(range: 0 to 4294967295)
Structures (Struct, IEC_Counter, IEC_Timer, DTL, IEC_SCounter, IEC_DCounter,
IEC_UCounter, IEC_USCounter, IEC_UDCounter, ErrorStruct) are not supported, but
elements of structures can be connected in WinCC flexible 2008 SP2 separately.
Read and write access to peripheral inputs and outputs
Tag multiplexing
Recipes
Discrete alarms
Analog alarms
Screen number
Project ID
Data records
Coordination
Controller jobs
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Procedure
The procedure for the communication with WinCC flexible 2008 Runtime is described below.

No. Remarks
1

Create a data block using an absolute address in STEP 7 Basic V10.5 via "Add new
block" and "Global DB".

Fig. 01
Remove the check mark for the option "Symbolic access only".
2

In the data block, you create the tags that WinCC flexible 2008 will access.

Fig. 02
3

In WinCC flexible 2008, you create a connection via "Communication > Connections".

Fig. 03

Select "SIMATIC S7 300/400" as the communication driver.

Select "Ethernet" as the interface.

Enter the IP address for the WinCC flexible Runtime and the S7-1200 station.
Select "S7ONLINE" as the operator panel's access point.
Specify "1" as the PLC's expansion slot.

Open the PG/PC interface under "Start > Control panel > Set PG/PC interface".
In the PG/PC interface, you must set the access point "S7ONLINE" to "TCP/IP -> [Used
network card]".

Fig. 04
5

Create the S7-1200 tags using absolute addresses under "Communication > Tags"
(compare with Fig. 02).

Fig. 05
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Notice
Service Pack 2 for WinCC flexible 2008 is available under entry ID: 38612895.
Entry ID:38111886 Date:2010-05-26