PROFINET Communications with an In-Sight Vision System

This section describes how to connect a Siemens PLC to an In-Sight vision system, using PROFINET IO communications. PROFINET IO allows an In-Sight vision system's inputs and outputs to be mapped into process memory in the Siemens PLC. Once these values have been established, they are synchronized at an interval defined by the update rate of the PROFINET IO system.

The examples in this section were written assuming that you are using the following components:

Siemens S7-300 or S7-400 series PLC with PROFINET option
Siemens Step 7 programming software, version 5.3 with SP3 or newer

The steps for configuring the connection depend on the In-Sight firmware version running on the In-Sight vision system. For more information, see Transferring Data With an In-Sight Vision System via PROFINET - In-Sight 4.x.x Firmware or Transferring Data With an In-Sight Vision System via PROFINET - In-Sight 5.x.x Firmware.