SIMATIC ET 200SP CPUs with PROFINET feature the same functionalities as the CPU 1511 / CPU 1513 of the S7-1500 controller system, e.g. integrated trace function, integrated system diagnostics, integrated security, web server and fully symbolic programming.
These CPUs come with 3 integrated Ethernet ports, 2 Ethernet connection ports can be flexibly selected by means of bus adapters as a cost saving feature.

The CPUs can also be configured as interface modules with the iDevice functionality. As advantages can be mentioned an interference-resistant configuration due to short signal and encoder wiring and reduced wiring requirements.
The CPUs supports the additional functions as PROFIenergy, Isochronous mode, configuration control and DP master.