Siemens 6GK7443-1GX30-0XE0 CP 443-1 Advanced communications processor
CP 443-1 Advanced communications processor with a documented function and system position; verify installation-specific compatibility.
Documented function and system role
Rebuilt from individual evidence
The cited source identifies 6GK7443-1GX30-0XE0 as a Siemens CP 443-1 Advanced communications processor. The cited source documents that this product connects a simatic s7-400 station to industrial ethernet and profinet network services.
At the system boundary, the product connects a simatic s7-400 station to industrial ethernet and profinet network services.
Unknown: the installed wiring, firmware or configuration, physical condition, and compatibility with a specific machine.
- Exact reference
- 6GK7443-1GX30-0XE0
- Category
- PLC / CPU
- Evidence checked
- 2026-09-12
System role
This section explains what the product does and where it acts in the surrounding system.
- Function
- Routes automation data between a SIMATIC S7-400 station and Industrial Ethernet, PROFINET, and network services.
- System position
- Sits between the S7-400 CPU and configured automation messages and Industrial Ethernet and PROFINET devices.
- Upstream / inputs
- Receives the S7-400 CPU and configured automation messages as the documented upstream side of the product.
- Downstream / outputs
- Passes or exchanges data or controlled power toward Industrial Ethernet and PROFINET devices.
- Limitations
- Unknown: the installed wiring, firmware or configuration, physical condition, and compatibility with a specific machine.
Evidence ledger
Facts, inferences, and unknowns are kept separate.
Facts
The cited source identifies 6GK7443-1GX30-0XE0 as a Siemens CP 443-1 Advanced communications processor.
- mall.industry.siemens.com — retrieved 2026-09-12; high confidence
- support.industry.siemens.com — retrieved 2026-09-12; high confidence
The cited source documents that this product connects a simatic s7-400 station to industrial ethernet and profinet network services.
- mall.industry.siemens.com — retrieved 2026-09-12; high confidence
- support.industry.siemens.com — retrieved 2026-09-12; high confidence
Inferences
At the system boundary, the product connects a simatic s7-400 station to industrial ethernet and profinet network services.
- mall.industry.siemens.com — retrieved 2026-09-12; high confidence
- support.industry.siemens.com — retrieved 2026-09-12; high confidence
Unknowns
Unknown: the installed wiring, firmware or configuration, physical condition, and compatibility with a specific machine.
System position diagram
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flowchart LR
upstream["the S7-400 CPU and configured automation messages"] --> item["6GK7443-1GX30-0XE0"]
item --> downstream["Industrial Ethernet and PROFINET devices"]View diagram labels
- Nodes
- the S7-400 CPU and configured automation messages; 6GK7443-1GX30-0XE0 product; Industrial Ethernet and PROFINET devices
- Edges
- Documented upstream connection; Conservative system path
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