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| 5/24/2011 3:56 PM | |
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Hello josemiall not too sure if I can give you all the answers your seeking, but will try to at least shed some light on things. Your 6GK11430TAxx CP supports either ISO protocol or TF protocol (= Technological Function, Siemens propietary protocol). It has a 15 Pin AUI connector which can easily be "converted" to RJ45 via an AUI to RJ45 converter. This will however only change the physical interface but NOT change the protocol (i.e. you can NOT do TCP nor ISO-on-TCP with this S5 CP, if you need that, you will have to buy aCP1430 TCPCP which is rather costly nowadays). I suggest you start by finding out if TF or ISO protoccol is used. One way is to read out the S5 CP configuration (youneed COM1430TF for this), another is to check the setp of the Applicom card/driver config (worthile getting in touch with whoever took over Applicom for support which seems to be www.molex.com) or even byusing wireshark and anlysing the Ethernet traffic. If ISO protocl is used you can definetely use a Standard Ethernet card in the PC for it. If it is TF, you may be not so lucky (I honestly can't say, its been to long, but do remember that TF always seemd to demand a Siemens CP in the PC) Siemens NCM (aka Softnet) canalso be used and did/doestypically come with an OPC Server. The challenge will be to get hold of an old enough version that runs under NT. Having said that, I wonder if its worhtwhile considering to run a "new" OPC server (with appropiateS5 and S7 I/O drivers) on the main "new" OS and browse the OPC tags from the VMWare NT OS(never tried this, but might be worth doing so). That's all from me, I hope its at least enough food for thought and perhaps others have more ideas (and please let us know what you find out). Last but not least, below are links to the relevant S5 CP1430TF manuals and relevant FAQ collection: SINEC CP 1430 TF with NCM COM 1430 TF Volume 1 of 2 SINEC CP 1430 TF with COM 1430 TF Volume 2 of 2 S5 CPs -- Configuring and programmingFAQ's |
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| 5/25/2011 3:22 PM | |
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Hello again josemiall Send/Receive Blocks cangenerally not be used to give you a a clear indication on the type of protocol that is in use as they task is merely to handle the data exchangebetween the CPU and CP (and you would for example also usethe same Send/Recive blocks for an Ethernet CPas well as a Profibus CP, so you can't even deduct from their existence what type of physical link it is). Having said that, check if your S5 program utilises only the "Send All" and "Receive All" OR if it additionally has job number dedicatedSend/Receive calls. If the latter is the case, its most likely ISO protocol that is in use (TF from memory needs only Send All and Receive All calls in the program as the variable definition is done on the CP1430). To verify this, pelase have a look at the previously linked manuals which has more on this and code examples too which may help. Having said the 'having said", I would strongly advise you to get hold of the COM1430 TF software anyhow as it will then be definitive and will also come in handy should you have to either change the setup and/or check the links during the upgrade (your local Siemens rep/office may be kind enough to give you a free copy as it is rather old software). |
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| 5/31/2011 5:27 PM | |
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Hello again, Finally I got the COM1430 TF software, and I also have the CP configuration file (with extension *.143). The problem I have is that I cannot open the file (or at least I don't know how to do it). Once change to COM1430 TF from Step 5, I select the .143 configuration file, but I cannot see the configuration. In all commands the message INVALID ENTRY appears. I have read the COM1430 TF manual fromhereand in the manual from above but I didn't find how to read the file... Any suggestions?? Thanks again!
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| 6/1/2011 8:16 AM | |
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Of course, I attach the file. Thanks!
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| 6/1/2011 3:00 PM | |
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Hello josemiall I have the same problem and fear the file is corrupted. I suggest you upload it directly from the CP1430. |
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| 10/1/2014 9:49 AM | |
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