Dear Experts,

                             One of my client using GEA westfalia Separator.

                               But Manufacture by siemens is mention . 

    In that processor Order number is : 6es7 314-6ch04-0ab0 .

  I searched in internet.  ther mention siemens . but our plc is GEA  . 

what is the different of that . Here i have attched the image.

Hello Arasan;

This is not the first time Siemens products rebranded by Westfalia to control specialized machines have given trouble to Siemens techs and programmers.

Westfalia introduces specialized functions dedicated to their process control algorithms inside the Siemens controllers they rebrand, and only Westfalia can support them after the modifications (if it is still availble in their product list) if they choose to do so.

See for example this recent thread; look specially at the reply from Siemens Supportin in the last post by member aganim:

https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/fr/en/posts/g22910-j0004-l-a5-apb1/136652/?page=0&pageSize=10

Hope this helps,

Daniel Chartier

Dear Daniel Chartier,

                                       I want to know one thing , Now am going to buy Siemens CPU -6es7 314-6ch04-0ab0 . same Order number .

                                       So i can able to download the old project backup to this new siemens CPU.???

                                       It is possible to do .???

                                       Kindly reply . why because now i can able to buy siemens product . 

Thanks In Advance,

Arasan.

Hello,

no this is not possible.

Regards

Cristoph

 Dear ChristophD,

                                 Thank you for your reply.

                                 Why .?  we can't able to download old Project backup to ?

                                 can you clarify more . Because my boss is asking these question . I want to explain the details that . Please reply as soon as possible early .

Thanks In advance,

Arasan.

ChristophD

Hello,

no this is not possible.

Regards

Cristoph

Hello,

the Westfalia GEA HW have some changes in HW and SW which is running.

This changes are not available on the Siemens PLC which is used als "Based on" from westfalia.

So the program can't running, first problem is the ordernumber.

The Ordernumber is differ and the Backup see the different order number and say is not compatible.

Why not contact Westfalia for support?

The PLC you use is not SIEMENS brand and not supported from SIEMENS!

Regards

Christoph

 Dear ChristophD,

                                  Thank you very much for your kind information.

                                  I can try to contact Westfalia support.  Now i can understand what is the issue in the GEA Brand . they can changed (modified) hardware and Software for there own wish .

so it can't able to match siemens brand backup file to this Modified GEA Cpu.

Thanks ,

Arasan.

ChristophD

Hello,

the Westfalia GEA HW have some changes in HW and SW which is running.

This changes are not available on the Siemens PLC which is used als "Based on" from westfalia.

So the program can't running, first problem is the ordernumber.

The Ordernumber is differ and the Backup see the different order number and say is not compatible.

Why not contact Westfalia for support?

The PLC you use is not SIEMENS brand and not supported from SIEMENS!

Regards

Christoph