Extended improvements and features for the CP 443-5

Improvements

• Improved sign-of-life monitoring of CP443-5 for HF systems
• With the "SIMATIC NET Service-Data" tool, extended service data can be read out at any time even if there is no system error (all LEDs are flashing)
• A workaround has been implemented for faulty GSD files at the max. diagnostic length does not correspond to the real diagnostic length and thus communication with the DP slave was canceled
• Enhanced tolerance response to non-Siemens slave malfunctions concerning reading/writing data sets
• Highly sporadic connection interruptions with the maximum quantity framework of data set gateway connections have been eliminated.
• Timely detection of CP/CPU failure when using S7-H connections

Important notes

The CP is released for operation on:

• SIMATIC S7 CPUs, as of firmware version V4.0
• SIMATIC S7 H-CPUs (high availability system) as of firmware version V4.5