# Configuring PROFINET Configuration for Siemens S7-1200 PLCs with TIA Portal

This procedure describes how to set up communication between the In-Sight vision system (and its active job A job is a user-configured program in Spreadsheet consisting of functions and designed for specific applications. You can create and edit jobs using the Spreadsheet interface, and load them on a vision system for deployment in a live environment.), and a Siemens S7-1200 PLC A Programmable Logic Controller is a ruggedized computer that you can use for automating processes or even an entire production line. unit with the Siemens TIA Portal software.

The example steps of the following subsections use the following hardware and software:

- Cognex hardware:
  - 1 x In-Sight vision system.
- Siemens hardware:
  - 1 x CPU 1211C DC/DC/DC (6ES7 211-1AD30-0XB0, V2.1)
- Siemens software:
  - TIA Portal V13.0 (Release V13.00.00.00 or newer)