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S5-S7 CP1430

Created by: rusli_rusli at: 12/10/2009 2:54 AM (3 Replies)

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12/10/2009 2:54 AM	Rate (0)
rusli_rusli Bronze Member Joined: 3/31/2009 Last visit: 7/16/2024 Posts: 191 Rating: (3)	Hii all, i'm in planning on upgrading S5 to S7 the system is conveyor system for moving paper roll and there's one computer program running on windows nt 4.0 for tracking the roll ( printing roll identification etc ), the tracking program is vendor specific program ( not siemens ) that connected and fetch data from S5 through CP1430. my question is : 1. is the cp1430 implementation is the same with current industrial ethernet ( i mean the data packet ) 2.can this program still work without any modification br rusli

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Howard Wong Posts: 24 Rating: (3)	Hello, 1) You should be able to get a S7 Ethernet card to mimic the old S5 CP1430 functionality. 2) Your base program should work but you will need to modify your send/recieve blocks. I hope this helps. Good luck.
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12/11/2009 2:40 AM	Rate (0)
rusli_rusli Bronze Member Joined: 3/31/2009 Last visit: 7/16/2024 Posts: 191 Rating: (3)	Hello Howard, 1. if the s7 ethernet are have the same functionality with cp1430 then, on the pc side i can still using existing cp, and on the plc side i just need added ethernet cp or cpu with ethernet, am i right? 2. since send/receive are initiate from pc ( don't have program source code ), how do i work this out? br rusli

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12/11/2009 2:41 PM	Rate (0)
Howard Wong Posts: 24 Rating: (3)	Hello. 1) You may need to find a new communications driver for the PC. It depends on what kind of communications is being used. 2) See 1) above. Good luck.
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