Develop your communication strategy and fully test in the demonstration mode. Purchase your runtime licence when you are satisfied with the solution.
This is a software solution which utilises the existing Ethernet capabilities of the Siemens PLC system you wish to connect. No hardware gateway is required.
The Manual and instruction videos provide the guidance to easy connect a Rockwell PLC with a Communications Processor to a Siemens S7 PLC using Ethernet.
Sigma S7 EtherNet/IP functions are licenced for use in a single compatible Siemens S7-1200 CPU and the licence is not transferrable to another CPU.
Siemens S7-1200 PLC IO Scanner communication.