NettoPLCSIM is a software utility that you can use to network enable your S7-PLCSIM V5.4 simulatot. S7-PLCSIM allows you to run multiple instances, which can even communicate with each other.
Luckily, there is a way around this.This sub is dedicated to discussion and questions about Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs): "an industrial digital computer that has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines, robotic devices, or any activity that requires high reliability, ease of programming, and process fault diagnosis." On topic subjects Links: S7-PLCSIM V5.4 Released for Delivery Trial Software SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM V5.4 SP8 Comments.
Possibly the greatest limitation is not supporting AS-wide communications between H Stations. The S7-PLCSIM application window opens with a default CPU view object. PLCSIM is a great tool to use when you don’t have a real controller available, but the help documentation makes it clear that it has limitations compared to a “real” PLC. Open the S7-PLCSIM PLC by clicking on the Simulation On/Off button located on the SIMATIC Manager toolbar, as shown in Figure 3-1, or by selecting the menu command Options Simulate Modules.
The latest version of SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM Professional is 5.4.0, released on. It was checked for updates 283 times by the users of our client application UpdateStar during the last month. SIWAREX modules), so if you disturb the connections that were in place it will error out of the compilation. SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM Professional is a Shareware software in the category Education developed by Siemens AG. As I mentioned earlier, some hardware is picky about not having actual, configured hardware (e.g. From then on I was home free to enjoy the benefits of my simulated H Stations.Īfter the program resides within the new (non-H Station) controller, I recommend unchecking “Generate module drivers” when compiling charts. This time, NetPro successfully downloaded to each PLCSIM instance.
Once both S7 Programs were within the new controllers, I continued as normal, following the instructions in “ Configuring Siemens PCS7 to Use PLCSIM” (download HW Config, download NetPro, download charts to two separate PLCSIM instances). Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument.
If I ever needed to edit the hardware, I simply had to cut and paste the Symbol Table back to the original controller and all the symbols were back in HW Config of the original controller. This way, when I was done testing, all I had to do was cut and paste the program back into the original controller. I left the hardware configuration of the original project alone. The only difference is the IP address of the second controller, which was 192.168.1.101 in my case. I repeated this for the other controller.
Figure 5: Moving the project to the new controller