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5/29/2013 8:49 PM | |
Joined: 5/4/2009 Last visit: 5/28/2024 Posts: 914 Rating: (40) |
Dear friends, Is this not the right place to open this thread?! Please help. Regards. Tomy. |
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5/31/2013 12:17 PM | |
Joined: 9/27/2006 Last visit: 9/22/2024 Posts: 12282 Rating: (2685) |
Hello Tomy; The worlds of Automation (Process, Batch...) and Power generation and distribution may be close, by certain areas, but the industries have taken different routes. In Siemens' world, Energy management is part of the Energy division: http://www.energy.siemens.com/entry/energy/hq/en/#428910-429130 Look for example at the amount of threads in the forum on Siprotec protection relays and Sicam control systems, and you will find that apart from some basic networking (on Profibus-DP) or integration of specialized hardware with S7 controllers the 2 worlds do not have the same requirements. A S7-300 is considered too small in memory and too slow for the business of Energy management; even more so a S7-200. They do not support the right networks (IEC 61859, DNP3...), they do not handle SOE functions and reporting well.... Hope this helps, Daniel Chartier |
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