STRING DB100.DBB40 (let's assume in DB we have 10 string until DBB49) -> DB100,STRING (40,10).

not sure how this sting working but mine is a word im creating on my siemens HMI and i want to throw that word into intouch so that it displays the same word as the HMI... tried using that in Intouch as a String in the value display tab, and the tag name dictionary i have  it as a

Tipe :I/O Message

logging it for historical logging

max lenght of 131

Item DB4,string (0,30)

Good day all

Thank you Hristo

I was able to successfully interface a S7 1200 reading Modbus registers from a field monitoring device. Then I am reading the real measurement values from the PLC to Archestra.

Kind Regards

Fana

Hello,

additionaly you can use DB4,S7S10,30 in case to don't miss header (2 bytes) of STRING

George_Devco

STRING DB100.DBB40 (let's assume in DB we have 10 string until DBB49) -> DB100,STRING (40,10).

not sure how this sting working but mine is a word im creating on my siemens HMI and i want to throw that word into intouch so that it displays the same word as the HMI... tried using that in Intouch as a String in the value display tab, and the tag name dictionary i have  it as a

Tipe :I/O Message

logging it for historical logging

max lenght of 131

Item DB4,string (0,30)

Just for reference. This document - SIDirect DAServer User’s Guide covers all possibilities when communicating with Simatic S7 PLC.

See chapter 7 - Item Naming