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The TI500 Communication Driver can communicate with Simatic/TI 500 series devices as well as CTI 2500 series devices. It supports the following protocols:

• NITP (Non-Intelligent Terminal Protocol)

• TBP (Transport Binary Protocol)

• CAMP (Common ASCII Messaging Protocol)

  Note: This Communication Driver is hosted by the OI Server Manager, a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, which is a part of the Operations Control Management Console (OCMC) suite of utilities. Many high-level functions and user-interface elements of the OI Server Manager are universal to all Communication Drivers, and only the documentation for the OI Server Manager contains descriptions of those universal functions/UI elements. Therefore, reading the documentation for both the MMC and the OI Server Manager is critical to understanding this user’s guide. To read the documentation about the MMC and OI Server Manager, right-click the OI Server Manager icon and select the Help menu. Both the MMC Help and the Communication Drivers Pack Help are displayed.

Supported hardware and software

The TI500 Communication Driver connects to the following 500 Series PLCs from Texas Instruments (Siemens):

• TI545

• TI565

• TI575

• CTI2500

For RS232/ Ethernet communication, CTI2500 - C100 PLCs can use CAMP, TBP, or NITP protocol. CAMP protocol supports TCP and UDP. For UDP, use CTI 2572-B module connecting to CTI2500 PLCs. Select the specific protocol in the communication settings.

To program CTI2500 - C100 PLCs, you need PLC WorkShop Suite for Siemens 505. For more information, see www.fast-soft.com/page.php?20

Conformance

The following hardware and software was used for conformance testing of this Communication Driver.

Device: CTI2500-C100 with CTI 2572-B module to enable UDP

Configuration 1:

• Serial/Ethernet: Serial (NITP)

• Databits: 7

• Parity: Odd

Configuration 2:

• Serial/Ethernet: Serial (TBP)

• Databits: 8

• Parity: None

Configuration 3:

• Serial/Ethernet: TCP

Configuration 4:

• Serial/Ethernet: UDP