Obsolete product replaced by  700-884-MPI21  or GPA-CS-041000

GPL-CS-191000 Ethernet Adapter for communication with Siemens S7 controllers via MPI

Echolink S7-compact allows for quick and easy connection to S7 family controllers, designed for programming, configuration, and visualization applications such as OPC Server, Siemens STEP7, Siemens TIA Portal, Siemens WinCC, Siemens WinCC flexible, Siemens ProTool.
Echolink S7-compact is a compact and economical alternative to conventional programming adapters and communication processors. It creates an Ethernet-PROFIBUS communication gateway between PLC and PC, and from PLC to PLC.
The adapter is compatible with Siemens S7-200, S7-300, and S7-400 families and compatibles via MPI or Profibus communication and supports up to 16 simultaneous connections. Supported protocols are RFC 1006 (ISO on TCP) on MPI/PROFIBUS networks from 9.6 kbps up to 12 Mbps.

External power for the adapter is optional (usually not necessary).