
9 Further Notes on Operation
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CP 343-1 Advancedfor Industrial Ethernet / Manual Part B
Release 06/2008
C79000-G8976-C202-04
Forwarding the time-of-day message
You can configure the direction in which time-of-day messages are forwarded in
STEP 7 / NCM S7 in the properties dialog of the CP as follows.
S Configuration “from station to LAN”
The CP forwards time frames from the CPU to Industrial Ethernet when the
local CPU is time master (SIMATIC mode only) or when the time of day is
forwarded by a different CP on the K bus.
S Configuration “from LAN to station”
The CP forwards time frames from Industrial Ethernet to the CPU when one of
the following components is time master:
− In the SIMATIC mode:
− a remote CPU 41x
− a SIMATIC NET time transmitter
− a CP 1430 TF
− an NTP server when using the NTP mode
As default, time-of-day synchronization is not activated for the CP and it does not
therefore forward the time. However, the internal clock of the CP is synchronized
even in this case if a time-of-day frame is received from the communication bus or
from Industrial Ethernet.
Synchronization using one of the two modes described here must be configured in
STEP 7 in the properties dialog of the CP − “Time-of-Day Synchronization” tab.
For more detailed information on the parameters and options, please refer to the
online help in the properties dialog.
Coordinating forwarding of the time of day with several CPs
If there is more than one CP in a station connected to the same network, only one
of these CPs is allowed to pass on time-of-day messages.
You can therefore made the following settings in the configuration:
S Automatic
The CP receives the time-of-day message from the LAN or from the station and
forwards it to the station or to the LAN.
If several CPUs are being operated in the station, this automatic setting can
lead to collisions. To avoid this, you can specify the direction of forwarding with
the following options:
S From station to LAN
S From LAN to station
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