The following functions can be realized with the CP51M1 communications module:

• Exchange of process data with
  • other CP51M1s
  • other SIMATIC Industrial Ethernet modules
  • PC-based host computers
• Configuration, commissioning and diagnosis of SIMATIC TDC using the SIMATIC engineering system
• Visualization of process data using WinCC (without additional software on the WinCC side)
• Visualization of messages using WinCC (without additional software on the WinCC side being needed)
• Time synchronization using the standardized NTP protocol