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Which PC-Card should I use to connect WinCC and PLCs redundand

Created by: ionut.b at: 3/5/2008 9:40 PM (6 Replies)

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3/5/2008 9:40 PM	Rate (0)
ionut.b Bronze Member Joined: 1/17/2007 Last visit: 10/6/2020 Posts: 289 Rating: (3)	To use CP1613-A2 on the 2 PC I must install SIMATIC NET (6GK1716-1CB64-3AA0). Do I require to buy two licenses? It goes up to 120 connections, but I only need one. Some Lean versions?
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3/6/2008 12:11 AM	Rate (0)
J_Bell Posts: 5822 Rating: (412)	Hello, Instead of the CP 1613 you can also use a standard NIC with SOFTNET S7 Lean... than you have a cheaper solution. But in this case you will still have to buy a licence for each PC. Best regards J_Bell
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3/6/2008 8:49 AM	Rate (0)
ionut.b Bronze Member Joined: 1/17/2007 Last visit: 10/6/2020 Posts: 289 Rating: (3)	Sorry...NIC stands for ? Can you recomand a model ? Thank you.

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3/6/2008 9:42 AM	Rate (0)
J_Bell Posts: 5822 Rating: (412)	Hello ionut.b, I am sorry well, NIC is the acronym of Network Interface Connector, or better to say PC-Network card. It is hard to recommend a special card, but my best experiences with such NICs I had with 3Com... but this depends on the personal taste. Best regards J_Bell
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3/6/2008 10:09 AM	Rate (0)
ionut.b Bronze Member Joined: 1/17/2007 Last visit: 10/6/2020 Posts: 289 Rating: (3)	Thanks J_Bell and April. Your help is so important to me, and all of us thatare getting used to Siemens.

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3/6/2008 11:12 AM	Rate (0)
ionut.b Bronze Member Joined: 1/17/2007 Last visit: 10/6/2020 Posts: 289 Rating: (3)	Dear J_Bell, if I chose to use a standard NIC, meens that I give away the hard comm. offered by Cp1613-A2,for soft comm (SOFTNET LEAN). Is my application affected: speed of transmision or load to the PLC?

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3/6/2008 1:01 PM	Rate (0)
J_Bell Posts: 5822 Rating: (412)	Hello, actually the use of a NIC in PC does not affect the PLC at all. The speed of Communication should also be not affected, the only thing I could think of is that the amount of Connections is more limited (a CP 1613 reaches up to 120 S7 Connections each), you can only use one NIC for Communication with SIMATIC NETin each PC and you can not run Redundancy with the PLC because Redconnect is not supported elsewhere than with the CP 1613. These are the only limitations I could see. Best regards J_Bell
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