PRONETA Professional is a commercial, licensed software product distributed by SIEMENS. It contains the functionality of PRONETA Basic and furthermore provides additional functions.
Obtaining PRONETA Basic
PRONETA Basic is available as a free download from the SIEMENS support portal:
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/67460624
This manual refers to version 3.9.
System Requirements
Connection with PROFINET is established via an Industrial Ethernet cable.
The following additional software components are also required:
.NET Framework v4.8 If .NET is missing on your PC, the installer will guide you to a download location.
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
An API ("Application Programming Interface") for capturing network traffic, such as Npcap. Npcap is part of the PRONETA Basic distribution and will be installed at the first start of PRONETA Basic, if there is no Windows Packet Capture Library & Driver on the target PC.
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Supported SIMATIC Software
PRONETA Basic allows the loading of reference projects created with STEP 7 Version 5.4 and higher. It is also possible to import AML ("Automation Markup Language") files created with the TIA Portal.
Port information for firewall for scanning
PRONETA Basic uses port 161 for SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and port 34964 for DCE/RPC.
Limitations
The maximum size of a network for which network scans will be reliably performed is 500 devices. For larger networks, devices may go undetected, or PRONETA Basic may crash. (See also Online Mode)
In the IO Test, signal changes of less than 128 ms duration may not be reliably observed. (See also IO Test)
PRONETA Basic supports all PROFINET-conform devices irrespective of their manufacturer. The supported range of functions depends on the individual device.
The IO Test supports the following devices and modules:
Most current SIMATIC ET 200 modules, including ET 200SP, ET 200M, ET200MP, ET200pro and ET200ecoPN.
SIMATIC IO-Link modules (Master/Device)
SIMATIC Compact Field Units (CFU)
SIRIUS Motor Starters with Firmware Versions 1.1 or greater
SIPLUS Heating Control Systems HCS4200/4300
Most SIMATIC S7-1500 CPUs, including S7-1500 Advanced Controllers, and Drive Controller CPUs 1504D TF and 1507D TF.
Reference List
A continuously updated list of supported modules for PRONETA Basic can be found on the PRONETA Basic download page
Updating the PRONETA Basic GSDML database
Modules can subsequently be supported by importing their GSDML file from the SIEMENS Industry Online Portal web pages, provided they do not require any new functionality. See the GSDML Manager section for more details.
Setup
Extract the PRONETA Basic file archive into a folder on your PC, and connect your PC by means of an Industrial Ethernet cable with your plant.
No further installation is required for PRONETA Basic.
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Starting PRONETA Basic
After setup, you can start PRONETA Basic by a double-click on the program icon in the extraction folder.
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You may also create a shortcut link to PRONETA Basic on your desktop and start the program from there.
Quitting PRONETA Basic
To quit PRONETA Basic, click on the "Close"-icon of the program’s window.
Removing PRONETA Basic from your system
If you do not plan to use PRONETA Basic any further, perform the two following steps:
1. Delete the folder to which you extracted PRONETA Basic,
2. Open Device Manager, navigate to Network adapters. Right-click the Npcap Loopback Adapter Driver and select "Uninstall device".