
The PROFINET onboard interfaces of the SIMATIC IPCs offer diverse options for integration of real-time solutions with SIMATIC IPC into PROFINET networks. The configurable nucleus has been expanded for support of the new SIMATIC IPCs of the C generation and downloads, as far as necessary, the drivers for the onboard interfaces USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, PROFINET IO, PROFIBUS DP, CAN bus, and diagnostics drivers for hardware-level functions. An upgrade to BSP SIMATIC IPC V3.1 is available. The BSP SIMATIC IPC V3.1 replaces the existing BSP SIMATIC IPC V3.0 Board Support Package.

The BSP-SIMATIC IPC V3.1 now supports the following rugged SIMATIC PCs and SIMATIC IPCs provided with long-term availability: For creating applications with the PROFINET, PROFIBUS, CAN and hardware-level functions, an online help and code completion is offered for the Eclipse development environment (RMOS3-GNU V2.1 or higher). Furthermore, the PROFINET onboard functionalities, PROFIBUS, CAN, and hardware-level functions are available on the SIMATIC IPC under the real-time operating system RMOS3 V3.40 and higher. In addition to a new Gigabit Ethernet driver and a new USB 2.0 stack, up to 4 processor cores can be used in symmetrical multiprocessing mode. The SIMATIC IPC627C, IPC647C and IPC847C are new additions.

The BSP-SIMATIC IPC V3.1 now also supports the SIMATIC IPCs of the C generation.
