8/28/2019 4:10 PM | |
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As a long time Linux user, I gave SIMATIC OS 1.3 a shot earlier today, and installed it on a Siemens IPC127E (6AG4021-0AA11-0AA0). Disclaimer: I only had access to limited documentation on SIMATIC OS 1.3 (the documentation that was included with the disk image). The OS did unfortunately not live up to my expectations. I was expecting a Siemens branded operating system based on Debian 9 with GNOME and built-in Siemens software. What I got instead was a Debian 9 with missing functionality... After I installed the development edition on the aforementioned IPC127, the "Industrial OS Initial System Setup" application started, which guided me along the way of installing the usual tools (graphical environment, SSH server ++) and setting the appropriate settings (keyboard layout, locale etc.). This application also asked if I wanted to install a WinCC OA Client (yay), which I accepted. So far so good. After I had done all the configuration steps, the installer told me it would begin installing the packages - which it did. At least the official Debian 9 packages. The Siemens packages, however, did not install correctly. When I investigated why, I discovered the GPG key had expired.
For this reason, the WinCC OA client did not install. I only had limited documentation available, and unfortunately that did not mention how to get an updated version of this GPG key (or how to configure an APT repository for Siemens software) Some other things I noted:
So far my best experience with running Linux on Siemens hardware has been running Debian 10 on the Siemens IPC127E, with the Siemens driver for controlling the LEDS (I got the source from my Siemens representative). My customer was also very impressed with the IPC127E, and really enjoyed that the application I developed, which ran on the IPC127E, displayed its state on the LEDs similar to a PLC with RUN/STOP/ERROR/MAINT. Anyone else care to share their experiences? |
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