Application Example  06/2016

Sending and Receiving SMS

Messages via a SCALANCE M
Router
SCALANCE M874/M876, S7-1200/S7-1500 CPU / V1.0

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Table of Contents
Warranty and Liability ................................................................................................. 2
1 Task ..................................................................................................................... 4
2 Solution............................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Overview............................................................................................... 5
2.2 Description of the core functionality ..................................................... 6
2.3 Overview and description of the user interface .................................... 8
2.4 Hardware and software components ................................................... 9
3 Principle of Operation ..................................................................................... 11
3.1 Complete overview of the “Escalation” program ................................ 11
3.1.1 Program overview .............................................................................. 13
3.1.2 Global data block: “EscalationParamDB” (DB1) ................................ 13
3.2 Functionality of the S7 station ............................................................ 15
3.2.1 Program details on the “EscalationSms” FB ...................................... 15
3.2.2 Call of the “EscalationSms” FB in OB1 .............................................. 18
3.2.3 “typeEscalation” PLC data type .......................................................... 19
3.3 Status and error displays.................................................................... 20
4 SCALANCE M874/M876 Configuration .......................................................... 21
4.1 Entering the SMS service center ........................................................ 21
4.2 Configuring the access details for the cellular network ...................... 22
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4.3 Configuring SMS Relay (Outgoing) .................................................... 24

4.4 Configuring SMS Relay (Incoming) .................................................... 25
5 Installation and Startup ................................................................................... 28
5.1 Installing the hardware ....................................................................... 28
5.2 Installing the software ......................................................................... 29
5.3 Installing the application software ...................................................... 29
5.4 Startup ................................................................................................ 29
5.4.1 Setting the IP addresses .................................................................... 29
5.4.2 Assigning the IP address of the engineering station .......................... 30
5.4.3 Assigning the IP address of the SCALANCE M router ...................... 30
5.4.4 Loading the S7-1200/S7-1500 station ................................................ 32
6 Operation of the Application .......................................................................... 33
6.1 Overview............................................................................................. 33
6.2 Sending an SMS message – receiving an acknowledgment ............. 35
6.3 Sending an SMS message – no acknowledgment received .............. 38
7 Links & Literature ............................................................................................ 41
8 History............................................................................................................... 41

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 1 Task

1 Task
Introduction
The application example shows how messages can be sent to mobile service
personnel using a simple SMS-based escalation system via the SCALANCE
M874/M876 router.

Overview of the automation task

The figure below provides an overview of the automation task.
Figure 1-1

Escalation chain
Mobile service
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Automation station
Level
alarm

Requirements
This application example is intended to meet the following requirements:
The S7 station
 sends a message to the first service employee,
 waits for a configured time for the service employee’s acknowledgment SMS
message,
 sends this message to the next employee if no acknowledgment has been
received within this time,
 saves the information of who has acknowledged the alarm SMS message,
 terminates the process with an error if no employee has acknowledged the
alarm SMS message.
The simulated process in the S7 station is to be operated and controlled with the
aid of visualization software.

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2.1 Overview

2 Solution
2.1 Overview
Diagrammatic representation
The diagrammatic representation below shows the most important components of
the solution:
Figure 2-1

User program with:

• “EscalationSms”
• Library blocks from the
“LSmsSR” library

S7-1200 Cellular network

SCALANCE M874-3 Smartphones

Configuration
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In this example, the SCALANCE M874-3 router is used to connect the S7-1200
CPU to the GSM network.
With the aid of the “LSmsSR” library, you can send messages to and receive
messages from a GSM-capable mobile device via SMS using the SCALANCE
M874-3 router (see \2\). The library blocks are called in the “EscalationSms” user
block that coordinates sending the message to the service personnel.
The application is visualized using WinCC Advanced.

Advantages
The solution presented here offers the following advantages:
 The library blocks and the “EscalationSms” FB directly provide usable
application code.
 The code of the “EscalationSms” FB
– already includes the above-described functions on a fully implemented
basis and
– can be easily customized for extensions.

Scope
This application does not include a description of
 SIMATIC NET Industrial Remote Communication Remote Networks
SCALANCE M-800 devices
 SIMATIC HMI operator panels
 the LAD/FBD/STL/SCL programming languages.
Basic knowledge of these topics is required.

Note This application example is implemented with an S7-1200 CPU. Alternatively, an

S7-1500 can be used.

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2.2 Description of the core functionality

2.2 Description of the core functionality

Functions implemented
Figure 2-2
S7 station Service employee

Start

1 Users
2
Service employee 1
.
Service employee 2
.
.
.
.
Next employee

.
Service employee 5
5

5
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1 min 3
No
Acknowledgment
Yes
6 4

Error Stop

1. Five service employees are parameterized for sending and receiving an alarm
SMS message.
2. The alarm SMS message is sent to the first parameterized service employee.
3. The station waits for 1 minute for the service employee’s acknowledgment.
4. If an acknowledgment has been received, the process is terminated.
5. If no acknowledgment has been received during this one minute, the alarm
SMS message is sent to the next service employee.
6. If none of the five parameterized service employees has acknowledged the
alarm SMS message, the process is terminated with an error.

Note For a more detailed description of these functions, please refer to Chapter 3 and
the following chapters.

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2.2 Description of the core functionality

Performance data
The following table shows the performance data of the user block FB
“EscalationSms”.
Table 2-1
Criterion Performance Note
data
Number of service employees 5 Can be customized in the
block.
Number of alarm SMS messages 5
Maximum alarm SMS message 160 characters
length
S7 CPUs per SCALANCE M router 1
Request time for sending an alarm 5 sec Average time from send
SMS message trigger command to end of
send operation.
Wait time for an acknowledgment 1 min Can be customized in the
block.
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2.3 Overview and description of the user interface

2.3 Overview and description of the user interface

The application example is visualized with WinCC Advanced using a configured
screen, “Escalation S7-1200 CPU”/“Escalation S7-1500 CPU”.

“Escalation S7-1200 CPU”

This screen visualizes the processes of the S7-1200/S7-1500 station.
Figure 2-3

5
1
6
2
7

8
9
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Table 2-2
No. Item Description
1. “Users” Input field
Number of service employees to whom the alarm
SMS message is sent.
2. “Array of Users” Input fields
 Parameterized service employees to whom the
alarm SMS message is sent.
 Each employee is assigned a phone number and
a connection name.
 The employee to whom the alarm SMS message
is currently sent is displayed in “green.”
3. “Alarm SMS” Input field
Alarm SMS message that is sent to the service
employees.
4. “Send Alarm SMS” Button

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No. Item Description

Starts the process.
5. “Escalation” Display
Indicates whether the process is active (flashes
green).
6. “Error” Display
Indicates whether an error has occurred (flashes red).
7. “Status” Output field
Returns the error message.
8. “Received Ack” Display
Indicates whether an acknowledgment has been
received (green).
9. “Employee data” Output fields
Data of the employee who sent the acknowledgment.
10. Change screen Click the buttons to display the appropriate screens.

2.4 Hardware and software components

The application was created with the following components:
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Hardware components
Table 2-3
Component Article number No. Note
SCALANCE M874-3 6GK5874-3AA00-2AA2 1 Alternatively, you can use
any variants of the
SCALANCE M874 and M876
series.
SIMATIC S7-1200 6ES7217-1AG40-0XB0 1 Any S7-1200 CPU V4.0 or
CPU 1217C higher can be used.
DC/DC/DC

or Any S7-1500 CPU can be

used.
SIMATIC S7-1500 6ES7513-1AL01-0AB0
CPU 1513-1PN
ANT794-4MR 6NH9860-1AA00 1 GSM quad-band and UMTS
ANTENNA and LTE (Europe)
SIMATIC Memory 6ES7954-8LF01-0AA0 1 Memory Card for the
Card S7-1200/1500 CPU
(S7-1200 optional)
SIM card 1

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Software components
Table 2-4
Component No. Article number Note
STEP 7 Professional V13 SP1 1 6ES7822-1AA03-0YA5
WinCC Advanced V13 SP1 1 6AV2102-0AA03-0AA7

Sample files and projects

The following list contains all files and projects that are used in this example.

Table 2-5
Component Note
54361177_SMS_SCALANCE_M_PROJ_V10.zip This zip file contains:
The STEP 7 V13/WinCC
Advanced project for the S7-1200
CPU
54361177_SMS_SCALANCE_M_DOC_V10_en.pdf This document.
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3.1 Complete overview of the “Escalation” program

3 Principle of Operation
Key points of this application example:
 Configuration of the SCALANCE M847/M876 router using Web Based
Management for sending and receiving SMS messages (Chapter 4).
 The communication mechanisms in the S7 CPU for sending and receiving
SMS messages via the SCALANCE M router.

3.1 Complete overview of the “Escalation” program

The following figures show the program flow.

Send SMS message

Viewed from left to right, the following figure shows the sending of the alarm SMS
message to the service employees.
Figure 3-1

Station SCALANCE M Mobile service

S7 CPU User1
Port_number SMS Relay Outgoing “Text_1”
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Username
Password Port number
“Text_1”
Username
Users Password
User1 Conn1 TelNo1 User5
.
User5 Conn5 TelNo5 “Text_1”

Receive acknowledgment
Viewed from right to left, the following figure shows the receiving of an
acknowledgment from a service employee.
Figure 3-2

Station SCALANCE M Mobile service

S7 CPU
IP address SMS Relay Incoming
Port number User1
“Text_1” Conn1
Conn5

Conn1

“RLY Conn1 “Text_1””

IP address
Users
Port number
User1 Conn1 TelNo1
.
User5 Conn5 TelNo5 Conn5 User5
IP address
Port number “RLY Conn5 “Text_1””

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3.1 Complete overview of the “Escalation” program

Note At a given time, only one S7 CPU can establish a connection to the SCALANCE M
router and send the SMS message.

1. A positive edge in the “reqSndSms” input parameter of the “EscalationSms”

block starts the process.
2. When the message (“Text_1”) has been successfully sent to the first
employee, the block goes to wait.
3. If an acknowledgment with the correct content (“Text_1”, “ConnN”) is received
during this time, the block terminates.
4. Otherwise, the next employee is contacted when the time has elapsed. If an
error occurs, the process is terminated.
5. If no employee has sent an acknowledgment, the process is terminated with an
error.

Note In this application example, up to 5 connections with unique connection names

are created for each recipient (S7 CPU). Each employee is assigned a
connection name to allow assignment of the received acknowledgment.
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3.1.1 Program overview

The following figure shows the important elements of the program of the S7 station.
Figure 3-3

instDB_
Escalation LSmsSR_ Escalation
Main Sms
Sms SndSms

LSmsSR_ Escalation
RcvSms ParamDB

User block Library blocks Data blocks

Table 3-1
Element Symbolic name Description
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OB1 Main Cyclic OB: Call of the user program

FB3 EscalationSms The “Escalation” FB includes the described
functions.
FB1 LSmsSR_SndSms Library block for sending an SMS message
FB2 LSmsSR_RcvSms Library block for receiving an SMS message
DB3 instDB_EscalationSms Instance data block of the user block
DB1 EscalationParamDB Global data block for saving the data:
 Parameters for “LSmsSR_SndSms”
 Parameters for “LSmsSR_RcvSms”
 Parameters for “EscalationSms”

3.1.2 Global data block: “EscalationParamDB” (DB1)

The “EscalationParamDB” contains:

 The “LSmsSR_typeSmsSnd” PLC data type that contains the parameters for
sending an SMS message (see Library Description, Chapter 3.1.4),
 the “LSmsSR_typeSmsRcv” PLC data type that contains the parameters for
receiving an SMS message (see Library Description, Chapter 3.2.4),
 the “typeEscalation” PLC data type that contains the parameters for the
escalation process (see Chapter 3.2.3),
 the PLC tags for calling the “EscalationSms” FB in OB1 and
 the PLC tags for visualizing the process.

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Figure 3-4
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3.2 Functionality of the S7 station

3.2 Functionality of the S7 station

3.2.1 Program details on the “EscalationSms” FB

The “EscalationSms” function block starts the escalation process (see Chapter
2.2). Internally, it calls the blocks of the “LSmsSR” library for sending the message
to the service employees, “LSmsSR_SndSms”, and for receiving an
acknowledgment from them, “LSmsSR_RcvSms”.
Figure 3-5

reqSndSms

Start
Users
UserNo
alarmSms

i=1

User= User[i]
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LSmsSR_ Send alarmSms

SndSms
Library blocks

1 min
LSmsSR_ Wait for acknowledgment
RcvSms

Yes ConName Yes

NDR alarmSms

No
No
i=i+1

Save
employee
Yes i <= data
UserNo

No

Error= No Ack

Stop

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3.2 Functionality of the S7 station

The following figure and table show the call interface of the user block FB
“EscalationSms” (FB3).
Figure 3-6
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Table 3-2
Name Data type Description
reqSndSms Bool Starts the escalation process.
Input

Responds to a positive edge.

smsParamSnd “LSmsSR_typeSmsSnd” Parameters required for sending

PLC data type an SMS message (see Library
Description, Chapter 3.1.4)
smaParamRcv “LSmsSR_typeRcvRcv” Parameters required for receiving
PLC data type an SMS message (see Library
InOut

Description,
Chapter 3.2.4).
escalationParam “typeEscalation” Parameters required for the
PLC data type escalation process (see Chapter
3.2.3).
alarmSms String Message sent to the service
employees.

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Name Data type Description

done Bool Message successfully sent to
service employee.
Only valid for one cycle.
busy Bool If the “EscalationSms”
block is busy, busy=TRUE.
busy is set to FALSE as soon as
the escalation process has
completed successfully or with an
error.
Output

error Bool Provides feedback if an error

occurs while executing a routine.
Only valid for one cycle.
Default value: FALSE
status Dword When error = TRUE: Returns the
status to narrow down the cause
of the error (see Chapter 3.3).
Only valid for one cycle.
ackRcv Bool Signals that an acknowledgment
has been received.
Only valid for one cycle.
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3.2.2 Call of the “EscalationSms” FB in OB1

The “EscalationSms” FB (FB3) is called cyclically in OB1. The input and output
parameters are stored in the global data block, “EscalationParamDB”, (see Chapter
3.1.2).
Figure 3-7
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Note If multiple “EscalationSms” FBs are called in OB1, you have to modify the
ConnectionIDs of the library blocks. These IDs must be unique for each call.

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3.2.3 “typeEscalation” PLC data type

The “typeEscalation” PLC data type contains the parameters for the escalation
process.
To start up the application, this data type is used in the global data block,
“EscalationParamDB” (see Chapter 3.1.2), that is linked to the “escalationParam”
InOut parameter of the function block.
Figure 3-8

Table 3-3
Name Data type Description
Users Array[1..5, 1..3] of String[40] List of service employees to whom the
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message (alarmSms) is sent.

User[n,1]: Employee name
User[n,2]: Employee phone number
User[n,3]: Employee connection name

Note:
Each employee is assigned a connection
name for assigning the acknowledgment.
UserNo Int Number of service employees to whom
the message (alarmSms) is sent.
The maximum value in this example is
“5”.
alarmSms Array[1..5] of String[160] List of any messages sent to the services
employees.
rcvAckUser Array[1..3] of String[40] List of employee data from whom an
acknowledgment was received.
User[1]: Employee name
User[2]: Employee phone number
User[3]: Employee connection name
escalationTime Time Wait time for acknowledgment.
In this example, this time is set to 1
minute.

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3.3 Status and error displays

3.3 Status and error displays

For error diagnostics, the “EscalationSms” function block has a “status” output. By
reading the “status” output of the function block, you are provided with information
on logical errors and error messages that occur in the library blocks.
The table below provides a list of possible error messages.
Table 3-4
Status Meaning Remedy / notes
16#00008201 The list of employee data is Enter the employee data in
incomplete. the list.

Note:
When UserNo=5, enter the
data for 5 employees.
16#00008202 The escalation process is complete
without acknowledgment.

Note For information on the error messages that occur in the library blocks, please
refer to the Library Description, Chapter 3.3 \2\.
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4.1 Entering the SMS service center

4 SCALANCE M874/M876 Configuration

In order for the router to send/receive SMS messages, make the following settings
on the device’s Web Based Management page:
 Enter the SMS service center
 Configure the access details for the cellular network
 Configure SMS Relay (Outgoing)
 Configure SMS Relay (Incoming)

4.1 Entering the SMS service center

To enable the router to send an SMS message, enter the short message service
center (SMSC) of your mobile service provider or service provider.
With the router’s WBM page (“System > SMS> General”), you can replace the
default SMS service center call number by another one. This depends on your
contract.

Note The SMSC number is only required for sending SMS messages. If you only want
to receive SMS messages, this number is irrelevant.
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Figure 4-1

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4.2 Configuring the access details for the cellular network

4.2 Configuring the access details for the cellular network

Access to the cellular network and the mobile telecommunications services
requires the following access parameters:
 SIM card PIN
 APN access data
Table 4-1
No. Action
1. Open the router’s WBM page.

Note:
In the address bar of the web browser, enter the IP address or the URL of the
device.
2. Enter the user name “admin” and the associated password.
Click the “Login” button or confirm your entries with “Enter”.
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Note:
When you log in for the first time or after “Restore Factory Defaults and Restart”,
enter the default password, “admin”.
3. In the “SIM” tab of the WBM page of the SCALANCE M874/M876, enable the
mobile network interface, “Interfaces > Mobile > SIM”.

4. Enter the SIM card PIN.

Note:
The PIN can be obtained from your mobile service provider.

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4.2 Configuring the access details for the cellular network

No. Action
5. Open the “Operator” tab: “Interfaces > Mobile > Operator” and check the “Manual
APN” check box.

6. In “APN”, enter the name of the mobile network operator.

Entering a user name and password is optional.

Note:
When the “Manual APN” check box is unchecked, the device automatically selects
the appropriate access parameters from the list of mobile network operators. By
factory default, the access details of four mobile network operators are set and
activated. The manually configured APN will be ignored.
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Note These access parameters can be obtained from your mobile network operator.

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4.3 Configuring SMS Relay (Outgoing)

4.3 Configuring SMS Relay (Outgoing)

To enable the router to send an SMS message, make the following settings on the
router’s WBM page:
Table 4-2
No. Action
1. On the WBM page of the SCALANCE M874/M876, open the “SMS” tab:
“System > SMS > SMS Relay (Outgoing)”
2. Enable the sending of SMS messages from the local network.

3. Enter the user name and password that must be included before the text is sent by
SMS.
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Note:
The user name and password must match the values entered in the “username”
and “password” “EscalationParamDB.SmsSndParam” parameters. The following
values have been entered in this example:
 User: admin
 Password: connection
4. Enter the port on which the SCALANCE M receives the SMS message.

Note:
This port number must match the port address entered in the “remotePort”
“EscalationParamDB.SmsSndParam” parameter (here: 26864).

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4.4 Configuring SMS Relay (Incoming)

Note At a given time, only one S7 CPU can establish a connection to the SCALANCE
M router and send the SMS message.
If multiple CPUs attempt to establish a connection to the SCALANCE M router at
a given time, the escalation block is terminated with error 16#000180A1 (The
specified connection or the port is already being used) (see Library Description,
Chapter 3.3 \2\).

4.4 Configuring SMS Relay (Incoming)

To enable the router to receive an SMS message and send it to the application,
make the following settings on the router’s WBM page:
Table 4-3
No. Action
1. On the WBM page of the SCALANCE M, open the “SMS Command” tab.
“System > SMS > SMS Command” and enter all phone numbers from which the
router should receive a command SMS message.
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For these phone numbers, check “Relay”.

2. Open the “SMS Relay (Incoming)” tab.
“System > SMS > SMS Relay (Incoming)”.
3. Create a relay connection.
Note:
In this example, up to 5 relay connections are created for each recipient (S7 CPU).
One for each service employee to send an acknowledgment.

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No. Action
4. Enter
a. a unique name for the relay connection,
b. the recipient’s IP address (IP address of the S7 CPU),
c. the port number.

Note:
 The connection name is entered in the command SMS message on the cellular
device:
RLY Connection Name smsText In this way, you define to which recipient
(CPU) the message will be relayed.
 In this example, the connection name is additionally used to assign the
received acknowledgment.
 The port number must match the port address entered in the “localPort”
“EscalationParamDB.smsRcvParam” parameter (here: 26860).
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5. Enter the user name to check the reception of the message. The user name is
entered in the frame.

6. Enter the password associated with the user name.

Repeat the password to confirm it.

7. Use “Create” to create the new relay connection.

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No. Action
8. Repeat steps 3-7 for each service employee from whom an acknowledgment is
expected.

Note:
Each service employee is assigned a connection name for assigning the received
acknowledgment.
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Note For a more detailed description of how to configure the SCALANCE M874/M876
router using Web Based Management, please refer to the device manual (see
\3\).

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5.1 Installing the hardware

5 Installation and Startup

This chapter describes the steps necessary to install and start up the example
using the hardware list and the code from the download.
For the necessary hardware components, please refer to Chapter 2.4.

Note Always follow the installation guidelines for all components.

NOTICE Before you switch on the power supply, complete and check the
installation!

5.1 Installing the hardware

The figure below shows the hardware configuration of the application with an
S7-1200 CPU.
Figure 5-1

Engineering station
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192.168.0.100

24 V

192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3

Industrial Ethernet
24 V
S7-1200
SCALANCE
M874/ M876

Table 5-1
No. Action
1. Insert your SIM card into the SCALANCE M router.
2. Attach the individual modules to a suitable rack.
3. Connect the CPU to the SCALANCE M router.
4. Connect the antenna to the SCALANCE M router.
5. Connect the engineering PG to the PROFINET interface of the S7 CPU.

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No. Action
6. Connect the CPU 1217C and the SCALANCE M router to a 24 V DC power source.
7. Connect the DC power source to the power grid (220 / 230 V AC).

5.2 Installing the software

Engineering PC/PG
Table 5-2
No. Action Comment
1. Install STEP 7 V3 SP1, Update 7.
2. Install WinCC Advanced SP1, Follow the instructions of the installation
Update 7. program.

5.3 Installing the application software

Unzip the “54361177_SMS_SCALANCE_M_PROJ_V10.zip” file. This folder
contains the STEP 7 project, “SMS_SCALANCE_M”, with the
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 project for the S7-1200

 WinCC project, “SMS_Application”.

5.4 Startup
5.4.1 Setting the IP addresses

The following table shows the configured IP addresses.

Table 5-3
Module IP address Subnet mask
Station 1: 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0
CPU 1217C DC/DC/DC
Engineering PC/PG 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0
SIMATIC MP377 Multi Panel 192.168.0.4 255.255.255.0
SCALANCE M874/M876 192.168.0.3 255.255.255.0

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5.4.2 Assigning the IP address of the engineering station

The following table shows the network settings to which you have to change the
engineering station.
Table 5-4
No. Action
1. Open the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties:

“Start > Settings > Network Connection >Local Connections”

2. In the open window, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and open Properties.
3. Select the “Use the following IP
address” radio button and fill out the
field as shown in the screenshot.
Select “OK” to close the dialogs.
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4. If your PG has an IWLAN interface, disable it.

5.4.3 Assigning the IP address of the SCALANCE M router

For a connection to be established between the device and the S7 CPU, both
devices must be in the same LAN.
Table 5-5
No. Action
1. Open the router’s WBM page.

Note:
In the address bar of the web browser, enter the IP address or the URL of the
device. By factory default, the SCALANCE M router can be reached at the following
IPv4 address:
 IP address: 192.168.1.1
 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

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No. Action
2. Enter the user name “admin” and the associated password.
Click the “Login” button or confirm your entries with “Enter”.

Note:
When you log in for the first time or after “Restore Factory Defaults and Restart”,
enter the default password, “admin”.
3. In the “Layer 3 > Subnets > Configuration” tab, configure the subnet for the
interface.
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4. Select “Set Values” to apply the new values.

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5.4 Startup

5.4.4 Loading the S7-1200/S7-1500 station

Requirements
 A connection has been established between your engineering station and the
CPU (for example, via the PROFINET interface).
 The CPU must be in a mode that allows downloading.
 Before downloading the user program, a general reset of the CPU should be
performed to ensure that no “old” blocks are on the CPU.
Table 5-6
No. Action
1. Unzip the “54361177_SMS_SCALANCE_M_PROJ_V10.zip” project.
2. Open the STEP 7 V13 project, “SMS_SCALANCE_M.ap13”.
3. Select the “S7-1200” or “S7-1500” station.
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4. Download the project to the S7-1200 or S7-1500 station.

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6.1 Overview

6 Operation of the Application

6.1 Overview
HMI menu
The application is visualized with WinCC Advanced using a configured screen
form: “Escalation S7-1200 CPU”.
Figure 6-1

Main menu
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Escalation S7-1200 CPU

Main menu
The main menu allows you to open the application example and toggle between
“Escalation S7-1200 CPU” and “Escalation S7-1500 CPU”.

“Escalation S7-1200 CPU” screen

The “S7-1200 Application” screen visualizes the process of the S7-1200 station.
You can toggle between “main menu” and “Escalation S7-1500 CPU”.

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6.1 Overview

Watch table of the S7-1200 station

As an alternative to the HMI, you can use the “S7_1200_WT” table to monitor or
modify the tags of the “EscalationParamDB”. For a description of the tags, please
refer to Chapter 3.1.2 and Chapter 3.2.3.
Figure 6-2
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6.2 Sending an SMS message – receiving an acknowledgment

6.2 Sending an SMS message – receiving an

acknowledgment
The S7-1200 station sends an alarm SMS message to the service employees.
After a certain time, it receives an acknowledgment. The data of the employee who
sent the acknowledgment is saved. The following table provides instructions for this
job.
Table 6-1
No. Action
1. Open the “StartScreen”.
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2. Click the “Start Simulation” icon to start the

WinCC Advanced simulation.

3. Open the “S7-1200” screen and enter the number of employees, “Users”, to whom
the SMS message is sent.

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No. Action
4. Fill the list of employees with the required data:
 Employee name
 Phone number
 Connection name

On the router’s WBM page, each employee was assigned a connection name.
Note:
The number of employees you have to enter in the list depends on the number of
employees, “Users”.
5. Enter the “Alarm101” SMS message.
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6. Start the escalation process.

The process is active.

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No. Action
7. The SMS message was sent to the first employee.
The station waits for an acknowledgment.

8. The SMS message was sent to the second employee, because no acknowledgment
was received within the time (1 min).

9. From your mobile device with the phone number of the second employee, send a
command SMS message in the following format:
RLY connection2 Alarm101
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Note:
The alarm SMS message (“Alarm101”) and the acknowledgment SMS message
(“Alarm101”) must match.
10. The station receives the
acknowledgment from the second
employee, saves the employee’s data
and terminates the process.

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6.3 Sending an SMS message – no acknowledgment received

6.3 Sending an SMS message – no acknowledgment

received
The S7-1200/S7-1500 station sends an SMS message to the service employees.
An acknowledgment has not been received when the time has elapsed. The
process is terminated with an error. The following table provides instructions for
this job.
Table 6-2
No. Action
1. Open the “StartScreen”.
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2. Click the “Start Simulation” icon to start the

WinCC Advanced simulation.

3. Open the “S7-1200” screen and enter the number of employees, “Users”, to whom
the SMS message is sent.

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No. Action
4. Fill the list of employees with the required data:
 Employee name
 Phone number
 Connection name

On the router’s WBM page, each employee was assigned a connection name.
Note:
The number of employees you have to enter in the list depends on the number of
employees, “Users”.
5. Enter the “Alarm101” SMS message.
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6. Start the escalation process.

The process is active.

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No. Action
7. The SMS message was sent to the first employee.
The station waits for an acknowledgment.

8. The SMS message was sent to the second employee, because no acknowledgment
was received within the time (1 min).

9. The process is terminated with error message 16#00008202, because no

acknowledgment has been received.
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 7 Links & Literature

7 Links & Literature

Table 7-1
Topic
\1\ Siemens Industry Online Support
https://support.industry.siemens.com
\2\ Download page of the entry
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/54361177

\3\ SIMATIC NET Industrial Remote Communication Remote Networks SCALANCE

M-800 Web Based Management
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/78389151

8 History
Table 8-1
Version Date Modifications
V1.0 06/2016 First version
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