| SIMATIC S7-1500, CPU 1516-3 PN/DP, Central processing unit with Work memory 1 MB for program and 5 MB for data, 1st interface: PROFINET IRT with 2-port switch, 2nd interface: PROFINET RT, 3rd interface: PROFIBUS, 10 ns bit performance, SIMATIC Memory Card required |
| General information |
| Product type designation | CPU 1516-3 PN/DP |
| HW functional status | FS03 |
| Firmware version | V2.6 |
| Product function |
| I&M data | Yes; I&M0 to I&M3 |
| Engineering with |
| STEP 7 TIA Portal configurable/integrated as of version | V15.1 (FW V2.6)/V13 SP1 Update 4 (FW V1.8) or higher |
| Configuration control |
| via dataset | Yes |
| Display |
| Screen diagonal [cm] | 6.1 cm |
| Control elements |
| Number of keys | 6 |
| Mode selector switch | 1 |
| Supply voltage |
| Type of supply voltage | 24 V DC |
| permissible range, lower limit (DC) | 19.2 V |
| permissible range, upper limit (DC) | 28.8 V |
| Reverse polarity protection | Yes |
| Mains buffering |
| Mains/voltage failure stored energy time | 5 ms |
| Repeat rate, min. | 1/s |
| Input current |
| Current consumption (rated value) | 0.85 A |
| Inrush current, max. | 2.4 A; Rated value |
| I²t | 0.02 A²·s |
| Power |
| Infeed power to the backplane bus | 12 W |
| Power consumption from the backplane bus (balanced) | 6.7 W |
| Power loss |
| Power loss, typ. | 7 W |
| Memory |
| Number of slots for SIMATIC memory card | 1 |
| SIMATIC memory card required | Yes |
| Work memory |
| integrated (for program) | 1 Mbyte |
| integrated (for data) | 5 Mbyte |
| Load memory |
| Plug-in (SIMATIC Memory Card), max. | 32 Gbyte |
| Backup |
| maintenance-free | Yes |
| CPU processing times |
| for bit operations, typ. | 10 ns |
| for word operations, typ. | 12 ns |
| for fixed point arithmetic, typ. | 16 ns |
| for floating point arithmetic, typ. | 64 ns |
| CPU-blocks |
| Number of elements (total) | 8 000; Blocks (OB, FB, FC, DB) and UDTs |
| DB |
| Number range | 1 ... 60 999; subdivided into: number range that can be used by the user: 1 ... 59 999, and number range of DBs created via SFC 86: 60 000 ... 60 999 |
| Size, max. | 5 Mbyte; For DBs with absolute addressing, the max. size is 64 KB |
| FB |
| Number range | 0 ... 65 535 |
| Size, max. | 1 Mbyte |
| FC |
| Number range | 0 ... 65 535 |
| Size, max. | 1 Mbyte |
| OB |
| Size, max. | 1 Mbyte |
| Number of free cycle OBs | 100 |
| Number of time alarm OBs | 20 |
| Number of delay alarm OBs | 20 |
| Number of cyclic interrupt OBs | 20; With minimum OB 3x cycle of 250 µs |
| Number of process alarm OBs | 50 |
| Number of DPV1 alarm OBs | 3 |
| Number of isochronous mode OBs | 3 |
| Number of technology synchronous alarm OBs | 2 |
| Number of startup OBs | 100 |
| Number of asynchronous error OBs | 4 |
| Number of synchronous error OBs | 2 |
| Number of diagnostic alarm OBs | 1 |
| Nesting depth |
| per priority class | 24 |
| Counters, timers and their retentivity |
| S7 counter |
| Number | 2 048 |
| Retentivity |
| — adjustable | Yes |
| IEC counter |
| Number | Any (only limited by the main memory) |
| Retentivity |
| — adjustable | Yes |
| S7 times |
| Number | 2 048 |
| Retentivity |
| — adjustable | Yes |
| IEC timer |
| Number | Any (only limited by the main memory) |
| Retentivity |
| — adjustable | Yes |
| Data areas and their retentivity |
| Retentive data area (incl. timers, counters, flags), max. | 512 kbyte; In total; available retentive memory for bit memories, timers, counters, DBs, and technology data (axes): 472 KB |
| Extended retentive data area (incl. timers, counters, flags), max. | 5 Mbyte; When using PS 6 0W 24/48/60 V DC HF |
| Flag |
| Number, max. | 16 kbyte |
| Number of clock memories | 8; 8 clock memory bit, grouped into one clock memory byte |
| Data blocks |
| Retentivity adjustable | Yes |
| Retentivity preset | No |
| Local data |
| per priority class, max. | 64 kbyte; max. 16 KB per block |
| Address area |
| Number of IO modules | 8 192; max. number of modules / submodules |
| I/O address area |
| Inputs | 32 kbyte; All inputs are in the process image |
| Outputs | 32 kbyte; All outputs are in the process image |
| per integrated IO subsystem |
| — Inputs (volume) | 8 kbyte |
| — Outputs (volume) | 8 kbyte |
| per CM/CP |
| — Inputs (volume) | 8 kbyte |
| — Outputs (volume) | 8 kbyte |
| Subprocess images |
| Number of subprocess images, max. | 32 |
| Hardware configuration |
| Number of distributed IO systems | 64; A distributed I/O system is characterized not only by the integration of distributed I/O via PROFINET or PROFIBUS communication modules, but also by the connection of I/O via AS-i master modules or links (e.g. IE/PB-Link) |
| Number of DP masters |
| integrated | 1 |
| Via CM | 8; A maximum of 8 CMs/CPs (PROFIBUS, PROFINET, Ethernet) can be inserted in total |
| Number of IO Controllers |
| integrated | 2 |
| Via CM | 8; A maximum of 8 CMs/CPs (PROFIBUS, PROFINET, Ethernet) can be inserted in total |
| Rack |
| Modules per rack, max. | 32; CPU + 31 modules |
| Number of lines, max. | 1 |
| PtP CM |
| Number of PtP CMs | the number of connectable PtP CMs is only limited by the number of available slots |
| Time of day |
| Clock |
| Type | Hardware clock |
| Backup time | 6 wk; At 40 °C ambient temperature, typically |
| Deviation per day, max. | 10 s; Typ.: 2 s |
| Operating hours counter |
| Number | 16 |
| Clock synchronization |
| supported | Yes |
| to DP, master | Yes |
| in AS, master | Yes |
| in AS, slave | Yes |
| on Ethernet via NTP | Yes |
| Interfaces |
| Number of PROFINET interfaces | 2 |
| Number of PROFIBUS interfaces | 1 |
| 1. Interface |
| Interface types |
| Number of ports | 2 |
| integrated switch | Yes |
| RJ 45 (Ethernet) | Yes; X1 |
| Protocols |
| IP protocol | Yes; IPv4 |
| PROFINET IO Controller | Yes |
| PROFINET IO Device | Yes |
| SIMATIC communication | Yes |
| Open IE communication | Yes |
| Web server | Yes |
| Media redundancy | Yes; MRP Automanager according to IEC 62439-2 Edition 2.0 |
| PROFINET IO Controller |
| Services |
| — PG/OP communication | Yes |
| — S7 routing | Yes |
| — Isochronous mode | Yes |
| — Open IE communication | Yes |
| — IRT | Yes |
| — MRP | Yes; As MRP redundancy manager and/or MRP client; max. number of devices in the ring: 50 |
| — MRPD | Yes; Requirement: IRT |
| — PROFIenergy | Yes |
| — Prioritized startup | Yes; Max. 32 PROFINET devices |
| — Number of connectable IO Devices, max. | 256; In total, up to 1 000 distributed I/O devices can be connected via AS-i, PROFIBUS or PROFINET |
| — Of which IO devices with IRT, max. | 64 |
| — Number of connectable IO Devices for RT, max. | 256 |
| — of which in line, max. | 256 |
| — Number of IO Devices that can be simultaneously activated/deactivated, max. | 8; in total across all interfaces |
| — Number of IO Devices per tool, max. | 8 |
| — Updating times | The minimum value of the update time also depends on communication share set for PROFINET IO, on the number of IO devices, and on the quantity of configured user data |
| Update time for IRT |
| — for send cycle of 250 µs | 250 μs to 4 ms; Note: In the case of IRT with isochronous mode, the minimum update time of 375 µs of the isochronous OB is decisive |
| — for send cycle of 500 µs | 500 µs to 8 ms |
| — for send cycle of 1 ms | 1 ms to 16 ms |
| — for send cycle of 2 ms | 2 ms to 32 ms |
| — for send cycle of 4 ms | 4 ms to 64 ms |
| — With IRT and parameterization of "odd" send cycles | Update time = set "odd" send clock (any multiple of 125 µs: 375 µs, 625 µs ... 3 875 µs) |
| Update time for RT |
| — for send cycle of 250 µs | 250 µs to 128 ms |
| — for send cycle of 500 µs | 500 µs to 256 ms |
| — for send cycle of 1 ms | 1 ms to 512 ms |
| — for send cycle of 2 ms | 2 ms to 512 ms |
| — for send cycle of 4 ms | 4 ms to 512 ms |
| PROFINET IO Device |
| Services |
| — PG/OP communication | Yes |
| — S7 routing | Yes |
| — Isochronous mode | No |
| — Open IE communication | Yes |
| — IRT | Yes |
| — MRP | Yes; As MRP redundancy manager and/or MRP client; max. number of devices in the ring: 50 |
| — MRPD | Yes; Requirement: IRT |
| — PROFIenergy | Yes |
| — Shared device | Yes |
| — Number of IO Controllers with shared device, max. | 4 |
| — Asset management record | Yes; Per user program |
| 2. Interface |
| Interface types |
| Number of ports | 1 |
| integrated switch | No |
| RJ 45 (Ethernet) | Yes; X2 |
| Protocols |
| IP protocol | Yes; IPv4 |
| PROFINET IO Controller | Yes |
| PROFINET IO Device | Yes |
| SIMATIC communication | Yes |
| Open IE communication | Yes |
| Web server | Yes |
| Media redundancy | No |
| PROFINET IO Controller |
| Services |
| — PG/OP communication | Yes |
| — S7 routing | Yes |
| — Isochronous mode | No |
| — Open IE communication | Yes |
| — IRT | No |
| — MRP | No |
| — MRPD | No |
| — PROFIenergy | Yes |
| — Prioritized startup | No |
| — Number of connectable IO Devices, max. | 32; In total, up to 1 000 distributed I/O devices can be connected via AS-i, PROFIBUS or PROFINET |
| — Number of connectable IO Devices for RT, max. | 32 |
| — of which in line, max. | 32 |
| — Number of IO Devices that can be simultaneously activated/deactivated, max. | 8; in total across all interfaces |
| — Number of IO Devices per tool, max. | 8 |
| — Updating times | The minimum value of the update time also depends on communication share set for PROFINET IO, on the number of IO devices, and on the quantity of configured user data |
| Update time for RT |
| — for send cycle of 1 ms | 1 ms to 512 ms |
| PROFINET IO Device |
| Services |
| — PG/OP communication | Yes |
| — S7 routing | Yes |
| — Isochronous mode | No |
| — Open IE communication | Yes |
| — IRT | No |
| — MRP | No |
| — MRPD | No |
| — PROFIenergy | Yes |
| — Prioritized startup | No |
| — Shared device | Yes |
| — Number of IO Controllers with shared device, max. | 4 |
| — Asset management record | Yes; Per user program |
| 3. Interface |
| Interface types |
| Number of ports | 1 |
| RS 485 | Yes; X3 |
| Protocols |
| PROFIBUS DP master | Yes |
| PROFIBUS DP slave | No |
| SIMATIC communication | Yes |
| Interface types |
| RJ 45 (Ethernet) |
| 100 Mbps | Yes |
| Autonegotiation | Yes |
| Autocrossing | Yes |
| Industrial Ethernet status LED | Yes |
| RS 485 |
| Transmission rate, max. | 12 Mbit/s |
| Protocols |
| Number of connections |
| Number of connections, max. | 256; via integrated interfaces of the CPU and connected CPs / CMs |
| Number of connections reserved for ES/HMI/web | 10 |
| Number of connections via integrated interfaces | 128 |
| Number of S7 routing paths | 16 |
| Redundancy mode |
| H-Sync forwarding | Yes |
| SIMATIC communication |
| S7 communication, as server | Yes |
| S7 communication, as client | Yes |
| User data per job, max. | See online help (S7 communication, user data size) |
| Open IE communication |
| TCP/IP | Yes |
| — Data length, max. | 64 kbyte |
| — several passive connections per port, supported | Yes |
| ISO-on-TCP (RFC1006) | Yes |
| — Data length, max. | 64 kbyte |
| UDP | Yes |
| — Data length, max. | 2 kbyte; 1 472 bytes for UDP broadcast |
| — UDP multicast | Yes; Max. 5 multicast circuits |
| DHCP | No |
| SNMP | Yes |
| DCP | Yes |
| LLDP | Yes |
| Web server |
| HTTP | Yes; Standard and user pages |
| HTTPS | Yes; Standard and user pages |
| PROFIBUS DP master |
| Number of connections, max. | 48; for the integrated PROFIBUS DP interface |
| Services |
| — PG/OP communication | Yes |
| — S7 routing | Yes |
| — Data record routing | Yes |
| — Isochronous mode | Yes |
| — Equidistance | Yes |
| — Number of DP slaves | 125; In total, up to 1 000 distributed I/O devices can be connected via AS-i, PROFIBUS or PROFINET |
| — Activation/deactivation of DP slaves | Yes |
| OPC UA |
| Runtime license required | Yes |
| OPC UA client | Yes |
| — Application authentication | Yes |
| — Security policies | Available security policies: None, Basic128Rsa15, Basic256Rsa15, Basic256Sha256 |
| — User authentication | "anonymous" or by user name & password |
| — Number of connections, max. | 10 |
| — Number of nodes of the client interfaces, max. | 2 000 |
| — Number of elements for one call of OPC_UA_NodeGetHandleList/OPC_UA_ReadList/OPC_UA_WriteList, max. | 300 |
| — Number of elements for one call of OPC_UA_NameSpaceGetIndexList, max. | 20 |
| — Number of elements for one call of OPC_UA_MethodGetHandleList, max. | 100 |
| — Number of simultaneous calls of the client instructions per connection (except OPC_UA_ReadList,OPC_UA_WriteList,OPC_UA_MethodCall), max. | 1 |
| — Number of simultaneous calls of the client instructions OPC_UA_ReadList,OPC_UA_WriteList and OPC_UA_MethodCall, max. | 5 |
| — Number of registerable nodes, max. | 5 000 |
| — Number of registerable method calls of OPC_UA_MethodCall, max. | 100 |
| — Number of inputs/outputs when calling OPC_UA_MethodCall, max. | 20 |
| OPC UA server | Yes; Data access (read, write, subscribe), method call, custom address space |
| — Application authentication | Yes |
| — Security policies | Available security policies: None, Basic128Rsa15, Basic256Rsa15, Basic256Sha256 |
| — User authentication | "anonymous" or by user name & password |
| — Number of sessions, max. | 48 |
| — Number of accessible variables, max. | 100 000 |
| — Number of registerable nodes, max. | 20 000 |
| — Number of subscriptions per session, max. | 20 |
| — Sampling time, min. | 100 ms |
| — Send time, min. | 200 ms |
| — Number of server methods, max. | 50 |
| — Number of inputs/outputs per server method, max. | 20 |
| — Number of monitored items, max. | 2 000; For 1 s sampling interval and 1 s send interval |
| — Number of server interfaces, max. | 10 |
| — Number of nodes for user-defined server interfaces, max. | 5 000 |
| Further protocols |
| MODBUS | Yes; MODBUS TCP |
| Media redundancy |
| Switchover time on line break, typ. | 200 ms; For MRP, bumpless for MRPD |
| Number of stations in the ring, max. | 50 |
| Isochronous mode |
| Isochronous operation (application synchronized up to terminal) | Yes; Distributed and central; with minimum OB 6x cycle of 375 µs (distributed) and 1 ms (central) |
| Equidistance | Yes |
| S7 message functions |
| Number of login stations for message functions, max. | 32 |
| Program alarms | Yes |
| Number of configurable program messages, max. | 10 000; Program messages are generated by the "Program_Alarm" block, ProDiag or GRAPH |
| Number of loadable program messages in RUN, max. | 5 000 |
| Number of simultaneously active program alarms | |
| Number of program alarms | 600 |
| Number of alarms for system diagnostics | 200 |
| Number of alarms for motion technology objects | 160 |
| Test commissioning functions |
| Joint commission (Team Engineering) | Yes; Parallel online access possible for up to 8 engineering systems |
| Status block | Yes; Up to 8 simultaneously (in total across all ES clients) |
| Single step | No |
| Number of breakpoints | 8 |
| Status/control |
| Status/control variable | Yes |
| Variables | Inputs/outputs, memory bits, DBs, distributed I/Os, timers, counters |
| Number of variables, max. | |
| — of which status variables, max. | 200; per job |
| — of which control variables, max. | 200; per job |
| Forcing |
| Forcing, variables | Peripheral inputs/outputs |
| Number of variables, max. | 200 |
| Diagnostic buffer |
| present | Yes |
| Number of entries, max. | 3 200 |
| — of which powerfail-proof | 500 |
| Traces |
| Number of configurable Traces | 4; Up to 512 KB of data per trace are possible |
| Interrupts/diagnostics/status information |
| Diagnostics indication LED |
| RUN/STOP LED | Yes |
| ERROR LED | Yes |
| MAINT LED | Yes |
| Connection display LINK TX/RX | Yes |
| Supported technology objects |
| Motion Control | Yes; Note: The number of axes affects the cycle time of the PLC program; selection guide via the TIA Selection Tool or SIZER |
| Number of available Motion Control resources for technology objects (except cam disks) | 2 400 |
| Required Motion Control resources | |
| — per speed-controlled axis | 40 |
| — per positioning axis | 80 |
| — per synchronous axis | 160 |
| — per external encoder | 80 |
| — per output cam | 20 |
| — per cam track | 160 |
| — per probe | 40 |
| Positioning axis | |
| — Number of positioning axes at motion control cycle of 4 ms (typical value) | 7 |
| — Number of positioning axes at motion control cycle of 8 ms (typical value) | 14 |
| Controller | |
| PID_Compact | Yes; Universal PID controller with integrated optimization |
| PID_3Step | Yes; PID controller with integrated optimization for valves |
| PID-Temp | Yes; PID controller with integrated optimization for temperature |
| Counting and measuring | |
| High-speed counter | Yes |
| Ambient conditions |
| Ambient temperature during operation |
| horizontal installation, min. | 0 °C |
| horizontal installation, max. | 60 °C; Display: 50 °C, at an operating temperature of typically 50 °C, the display is switched off |
| vertical installation, min. | 0 °C |
| vertical installation, max. | 40 °C; Display: 40 °C, at an operating temperature of typically 40 °C, the display is switched off |
| Ambient temperature during storage/transportation |
| min. | -40 °C |
| max. | 70 °C |
| Altitude during operation relating to sea level |
| Installation altitude above sea level, max. | 5 000 m; Restrictions for installation altitudes > 2 000 m, see manual |
| Configuration |
| Programming |
| Programming language |
| — LAD | Yes |
| — FBD | Yes |
| — STL | Yes |
| — SCL | Yes |
| — GRAPH | Yes |
| Know-how protection |
| User program protection/password protection | Yes |
| Copy protection | Yes |
| Block protection | Yes |
| Access protection |
| Password for display | Yes |
| Protection level: Write protection | Yes |
| Protection level: Read/write protection | Yes |
| Protection level: Complete protection | Yes |
| Cycle time monitoring |
| lower limit | adjustable minimum cycle time |
| upper limit | adjustable maximum cycle time |
| Dimensions |
| Width | 70 mm |
| Height | 147 mm |
| Depth | 129 mm |
| Weights |
| Weight, approx. | 845 g |
| last modified: | 03/28/2019 |
