Chris

Hi!

If your STEP 7 (SIMATIC Manager,...) and the OPC server are on the same PC try the following:

• Setup your Station Configuration Editor correctly (OPC Server and networking interface on the same slot as in the configuration of the SIMATIC PC station in your STEP 7 project. The station name in the Station Configuration Editor is exactly the same as the name of the SIMATIC PC station in your STEP 7 project.)
• Switch the PG/PC interface for S7ONLINE to 'PC internal (local)'
• Open the NetPro Editor and 'Save and Compile' everything (Be sure that there is a S7 connection between you PLC and the OPC server).
• Select the SIMATIC PC station in the NetPro Editor and click on the download button. This will load the configuration to to Station Configuration Editor. (Any error messages? This is the same like the XDB file import to the Station Configuration Editor. Btw: After this you are able to access your PLC from STEP 7 even with the PG/PC interface set to 'PC internal (local)')
• Download the PLC configuration data to the PLC from the NetPro Editor

Now you should be able to read data with the OPC-Scout from the PLC.

 hello!

i followed the above steps and i was doing okay until i tried to do the last step and download the PLC configurations from NetPro Editor. please help

find attached pictures in zip file bellow

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