11/28/2023 2:21 PM | |
Joined: 9/27/2006 Last visit: 9/30/2024 Posts: 12283 Rating: (2685) |
Hello Abdo.Algh; The Artecnica page offers a list of sellable accessories for the TopGraphic panels, but provides no easy-to-find manuals of technical drawing. There is a page for custommer support, if you want to try it. http://www.artecnica.net/default.aspx?P=OrderCodes If your model of TopGraphic supports MPI or Profibus communications, you can probably connect to a s7 PLC: - MPI is available on all S7-300 and S7-400 PLCs, and Artecnica offers and MPI adapter cable for purchase. The technical information of the TopGraphic panels states that theiir basic interface is RS232, the adapter cable integrates a special chip that allows the PC's RS232 port to communicate over MPI. That adater seems to be similar to the (very) old RS-232 to MPI adapter Siemens used to sell, and cannot easily be reproduced without a special chip. -Profibus is accessible on S7-300 and s7-400 PLCs that have a designation number -2DP. Artecnica mentions a Profibus connector but gives no further description. S7-1200 and 7-1500 can connect to Pofibus with a decicated CM card, a CM 1243-5 for the S7-1200 as Profibus master, a CM 1542-5 for th s7-1500. There are sections in the Artecnca webpage that point to downloads, both for the Terminals and for the TopTool software, but they are not accessible unless you are registered in their site and loggedin. They might be restricted to paying customers. I suggest you log in and see what information you can gather in those pages. For example, you could look for the needed interface to connect a PC to their Profibus inerface on the TopGraphic panels. The software required to prgram their HMIs is TopTool, they declare the licenses are free, so look in the downlaod page for TopTool to see if it is available there. Hope this helps, Daniel Chartier |
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11/28/2023 4:34 PM | |
Joined: 12/2/2021 Last visit: 9/28/2024 Posts: 4 Rating: (0) |
I have registered in artecnica website but there is no respond for downloading software. |
11/28/2023 9:54 PM | |
Joined: 9/27/2006 Last visit: 9/30/2024 Posts: 12283 Rating: (2685) |
Hello Abdo.Algh; Are you sure Artecnica is still doing business? The results I find when searching for them on the web are not clear in their status. For example, you could find results such as this, dating from 2019: http://plcforum.uz.ua/viewtopic.php?t=27010 I cannot assure you that you will ever get a reply from their site... Hope this helps, |
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