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Created by: StamGuy at: 6/9/2020 9:31 AM (5 Replies)

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6/9/2020 9:31 AM	Rate (0)
StamGuy Experienced Member Joined: 3/20/2017 Last visit: 3/26/2023 Posts: 134 Rating: (2)	I want to run project on a PLC SIM (S7-300) and connect to it from another PC via OPC server. Is that possible? How should I configure the PLC for that?

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ChristophD Grandmaster Joined: 5/12/2006 Last visit: 3/20/2023 Posts: 21352 Rating: (2820)	Hello, is not possible. PLCSIM doesn't communicate to outside . Regards Christoph

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Thomas_v2.1 Silver Member Joined: 9/15/2006 Last visit: 3/13/2023 Posts: 417 Rating: (71)	StamGuy I want to run project on a PLC SIM (S7-300) and connect to it from another PC via OPC server. Is that possible? How should I configure the PLC for that? I've written an additional program called "Nettoplcsim", which allows an OPC Server or any other S7 communication client software to connect to Plcsim from outside. It's open source, you can download it from the sourceforge website (google search for nettoplcsim).

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6/10/2020 9:09 AM	Rate (0)
StamGuy Experienced Member Joined: 3/20/2017 Last visit: 3/26/2023 Posts: 134 Rating: (2)	Thomas_v2.1 StamGuy I want to run project on a PLC SIM (S7-300) and connect to it from another PC via OPC server. Is that possible? How should I configure the PLC for that? I've written an additional program called "Nettoplcsim", which allows an OPC Server or any other S7 communication client software to connect to Plcsim from outside. It's open source, you can download it from the sourceforge website (google search for nettoplcsim). Thanks. It works great

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9/14/2021 9:19 AM	Rate (0)
Tich Advanced Member Joined: 8/25/2015 Last visit: 3/7/2023 Posts: 1 Rating: (0)	Hi Thomas, is it possible to run everything on one PC? Including the OPC Server.

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Thomas_v2.1 Silver Member Joined: 9/15/2006 Last visit: 3/13/2023 Posts: 417 Rating: (71)	Tich Hi Thomas, is it possible to run everything on one PC? Including the OPC Server. Yes, but not with Siemens Simatic.Net OPC server, as there it's not allowed to connect to localhost (for whatever reason).

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