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CP-5613. Help.

Created by: dimi_ru at: 9/18/2013 6:52 PM (8 Replies)

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9/18/2013 6:52 PM	Rate (0)
dimi_ru Posts: 5 Rating: (0)	Hi, friends. We've got to write Win32 Forms app for controlling external device (in our case - Industrial Rectifier) through Siemens CP-5613 A2 card. (our system contains only pc with cp-5613card and 3 rectifiers) What do we actually need for that task? We tried to use CP-5613 OPC Master files (executable) to establish communication with card.. that fails. Also it fails to compile source files (we use MS Visual c++ 6.0 on Win XP, MS Visual c++ 2010 Express on Win7) Also tried to compile in OpenWatCom Do we need firtsly design our network in Simatic? Or there is "somewhere somwhere" library (.dll) which we can easily add to our c++ project and use for communication. By the way, if somebody here got examples of positive results with communication with cp-5613 on c++, can you send me those examples, bitte :)
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9/21/2013 10:14 AM	Rate (1)
jklm Platinum Member Joined: 12/22/2006 Last visit: 1/25/2022 Posts: 1742 Rating: (309)	Hello, I would further investigate why the OPC soltion failed. For Windows 7, be sure you you have used at least version 8.x of Simatic Net (or the latest V12). Before writing your own code, test with the OPC Scout (which is an OPC Client part of Simatic Net CD). This would confirm the correct installation of the server. The getting started can be found here: http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/77377601 Chapter 3.2 shows an OPC example for Profibus. Once you can access via OPC Scout, several examples are documented here: http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/21447513
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9/24/2013 3:05 PM	Rate (0)
dimi_ru Posts: 5 Rating: (0)	Hello, I`ve used Simatic 8.2 SP1 to configure the network, and got a problem, trying to add rectifier(PE gmbh.) to the scheme. Ho can I add this device to the project, if there`s no PE in the table? Here is the screenshot. Thank you! Attachment 6.jpg (133 Downloads)
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9/24/2013 5:38 PM	Rate (0)
dchartier Grandmaster-Expert Joined: 9/27/2006 Last visit: 3/14/2025 Posts: 12344 Rating: (2707)	Hello dimitri; What model of control unit do you have for the rectifiers, and do they support a Profibus-DP interface? I found this page on the web, for example, for one of PE units that interfaces with Profibus-DP:: http://www.plating.de/en/metanavigation/news/newsleser/items/New_compact_Power_Supply_Series_POWER_STATION_pe4606_pe4606-2.html Once you have idenntified the model, you must find its "gsd file", which is a text file that contains all basic parameters for a Profibus-DP slave communications, this file is provided by the manufacturer of the unit. So you must search on their website or contact them to obtain this file. Once you have it, you must integrate it inside the Profibus configuration software of the DP-master. In case of a Siemens S7 PLC, that would be the HWConfig editor. Open the HWConfig, close existing configurations (there must be no opened files), click on the Tool menu and "InsertGSD file". When you open your configuration the slave will appear in one of the directories of the Profibus configurator. Hope this helps, Daniel Chartier

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10/2/2013 2:29 PM	Rate (0)
dimi_ru Posts: 5 Rating: (0)	Thx for help so far. for now i'm uploaded that gsd file to SIMATIC project. As I understand - that's it for Simatic. Now I got profibus network CP-5613 <--> My device (rectifier). next step, as i think: i should create my app, and when i'm tried to compile examples (goes together with cp-5613 box) got problem: any compiler goes to error (corrupted or invalid file). //screenshot official siemens support gives no advices about programm examples. so for now we got still same problem - how to work with that plate from other apps? Attachment 7.jpg (123 Downloads)
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10/2/2013 3:01 PM	Rate (0)
dchartier Grandmaster-Expert Joined: 9/27/2006 Last visit: 3/14/2025 Posts: 12344 Rating: (2707)	Hello dimitri; The help I can provide in Visual C++ is very limited. Hpowever, i think that the following document could be of help: SIMATIC NET DP Base Programming Interface for CP 5613 Hope this helps, Daniel Chartier

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10/3/2013 10:45 PM	Rate (0)
dimi_ru Posts: 5 Rating: (0)	Thank you,Daniel. I`ve seen this document, but Visual Studio still couldn`t compile dpbase.lib. Fatal error LNK1136: invalid or corrupted file. Probably, it caused by unusual type of the library(.lib)? Is there another version of this library for ex. dpbase.dll with some procedures exported, which MS VS could easily add to the project? Could i download somewhere surely trusted version of this lib?
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3/14/2014 7:40 PM	Rate (0)
Steve.0117 Posts: 4 Rating: (0)	Dimitri, I would suggest looking into adding the dp_5613.h file, and the 5613_ret.h file. I have been working with the exameasy example, and using watcom to compile though. Best of luck! Steve
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3/17/2014 8:24 AM	Rate (0)
dimi_ru Posts: 5 Rating: (0)	OK. Sorry for late answer. Problem have been solved. On russian localization of Windows, programms and settings upload/download in SIMATIC doesn't work correctly. So, after reinstalling windows to US version it works. It took quite a long time to understand, but then, after some experiments we came to conclusion, that it's the same problem on all windows (xp, 7, 8).
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