SOFTNET uses internal standard interfaces of the operating system for accessing the Ethernet connections. This supports the interface cards enabled by the operating system. Simultaneous operation of several cards is possible.

During communication, you can choose between the protocols ISO and TCP/IP with RFC1006 for each connection.

The SOFTNET products offer the user diagnostics and trace functions.

SOFTNET-S7/Linux functions

SIMATIC S7 system components communicate with each other using S7 communication functions. The programming interface SAPI-S7 (Simple Application Programmer Interface) is available for Linux operating systems as well as for the Windows operating systems.

S7 communication offers the following services:

• Administrative services
• Variable services
• BSEND/BRECV

SOFTNET-S7/Linux system configuration