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Posted to commits@plc4x.apache.org by cd...@apache.org on 2024/02/10 19:09:06 UTC

(plc4x) branch fix/enum-discriminators updated: docs: Added a comment for connecting to Siemens LOGO devices.

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/fix/enum-discriminators by this push:
     new 8ca25ea00d docs: Added a comment for connecting to Siemens LOGO devices.
8ca25ea00d is described below

commit 8ca25ea00d7e51974c2bd514022efbe5f2d985d3
Author: Christofer Dutz <cd...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sat Feb 10 20:08:59 2024 +0100

    docs: Added a comment for connecting to Siemens LOGO devices.
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 src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/s7.adoc | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/s7.adoc b/src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/s7.adoc
index 34e40230b5..5386c0695e 100644
--- a/src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/s7.adoc
+++ b/src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/s7.adoc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ These functionalities normally available on the Siemens platform (STEP7/TIA/WinC
 
 Although this driver is developed using Siemens Hardware, it should be functional with VIPA brand equipment, which is a version (clone) of the S7-300, with more memory and functionalities. If you have one of these devices and you are in your best disposition to carry out communication tests, we would be very grateful if you collaborate with the results in the development list and placing the model and firmware version that you have used.
 
+NOTE: When trying to connect to a Siemens `LOGO` device, it is important to add one connection option, as Siemens seems to have only partially implemented the protocol, the device simply terminates the connection as soon as our driver tried to read the SZL table in order to find out which type of S7 device it is talking to. This can be disabled by passing in the type of PLC. For a Siemens LOGO device therefore please add `?controller-type=LOGO` to the connection string.
 
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