8/11/2021 2:51 PM | |
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hi neelstar, The S7-1500 CPUs as of firmware V2.0 are equipped with an OPC UA server. Apart from the Standard-S7-1500 CPUs this applies to the variants S7-1500F, S7-1500T, S7-1500C, S7-1500pro CPUs, ET 200SP CPUs, SIMATIC S7-1500 SW controllers and PLCSIM Advanced. more Info about S7-1500 OPC: The OPC UA server of the S7-1500 CPUs OPC UA communications are supported by S7-1200 CPUs with firmware version 4.4 or higher. The CPU enables data access by supporting configuration as an OPC UA server. for more Info about S7 1200 OPC have a look to the manual: There is also a newer version of the manual of S7-1200 but this seems only be relevant if you have FW4.5. So you see, with the latest FW all S7-1200/1500 PLC can act as OPC-Server. hope this helps, regards, |
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8/12/2021 2:20 PM | |
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I have been digging the documentation and I think @mops04 answered that last point. So I am targeting S7 1211C ref: 6ES7211-1AE40-0XB0. I guess that device may need a firmware update out of the box. (S7 1200 firmware update) There still something no clear to me. Does the device come with a licence for programming software and what level of software do I need to enable OPC-UA ? Shall I purchase software separatly ? Thanks in advance. |
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8/12/2021 2:29 PM | |
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hi Nelstaar, no the device comes not with SW, but as far as I know, there are some bundles that include the SW-license. The SW can be downloaded here in SIOS. The last TIA version is V17. You can find the download here: SIMATIC STEP 7 incl. Safety, S7-PLCSIM and WinCC V17 TRIAL DownloadThere´s a Trial license included that works for 3 weeks. After that 3 weeks you need a license. For programming the S7-1200 you need Step7 basic license. All other PLCs are in the professional package. hope this helps, regards, |
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8/12/2021 6:41 PM | |
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I found the starter kit 6ES7212-1BE34-4YB0 but as shown here it comes with STEP 7 Basic V16. Do you guy think it will be a problem to have V16 instead of V17 ? Or shall I purchase device & software V17 separatly ? Thanks in advance. |
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8/13/2021 7:51 AM | |
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hi Neelstaar, V16 will also work. With V16 you can only project S7-1200 with FW4.4, but it is enough. Its the first version, where S7-1200 supports OPC UA Server. So better work with the manual edition V4.4 11/2019: SIMATIC S7 S7-1200 Programmable controllerhope this helps, regards, |
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