The set of communication drivers available in asix bundle has been enhanced with a new S7-TCPIP driver used to exchange data with SIMATIC S7 series PLC's  through the Ethernet with the use of a standard computer network card, without the need to install SIMATIC NET.
 
The advantage of the new product is that it does not require the installation of SIMATIC NET software from SIEMENS on the asix system computer or the adaptation of the PLC program for the needs of data exchange.
Detailed information on the configuration of the S7_TCPIP driver can be found in the user manual, which is available as a PDF file.

S7_TCPIP - the driver for data communication with SIMATIC PLC's over Ethernet      (235 KB)

(file updating: 01-02-2008; description of driver configuration in asix v.5)