12/4/2017 1:19 PM | |
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Dear fritz, In one of our customer place they are already using ibaPDA v6.35.0. Now they need to connect Simotion latest controller to this software via Profinet interface. We have supplied CP1616 card for the profinet communication, that is installed in the PC and showing status healthy. Now to configure the CP1616 PN communication, do we need any additional license / package in ibaPDA side ? If so can you pls suggest the details ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Last edited by: Jen_Moderator at: 12/4/2017 2:37:16 PMNew subject after splitting
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12/5/2017 4:40 AM | |
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Hello vipz you need to have the ibaPDA-Interface-SIMOTION-Xplorer license for this as well as at least ibaPDA V6.38.0 (you'll get the latest ibaPDA version when you buy the SIMOTION-Xplorer license). Alternatively, add the ibaPDA-Interface-Drive-Xplorer license which bundles up the SIMOTION-Xplorer as well as the SINAMICS-Xplorer in a cost effective way. Either way, I suggest you get in touch with the iba Office in charge for your country or region concerning pricing and delivery and anything else iba related you are after. If unsure who your local iba Team is, have a look at https://www.iba-ag.com/en/germany/contact or leave your details there and your local iba Office will contact you. P.S: No need for the CP1616 in the ibaPDA Server PC, a standard Ethernet interface does suffice. Hope this helps |
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12/5/2017 8:50 AM | |
Joined: 10/7/2005 Last visit: 9/22/2024 Posts: 3021 Rating: (1054) |
Sorry vipz, but both Interfaces (ibaPDA-Interface-SIMOTION-Xplorer as well as ibaPDA-Interface-SINAMICS-Xplorer) require at least ibaPDA V6.38.0 (as well as buying the license for them). While each one can be bought individually, the ibaPDA-Interface-Drive-Xplorer bundles both licenses up in one package which will cost you less than buying them individually. |
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12/7/2017 12:56 AM | |
Joined: 10/7/2005 Last visit: 9/22/2024 Posts: 3021 Rating: (1054) |
Hi vipz well, if you told them that you have a CP1616 in your ibaPDA Server and you want to connect to Simotion via Profinet, then I am not surprised that they gave you that advice. iba has had for some time an "ibaPDA-Interface-Profinet-CP" license that makes it possible to use a CP1616 as a Profinet I/O Controller to get data from Profinet I/O devices (you'll also need Step 7 for this to do the PC station setup, HWconfig and NetProg and there's a bit of setup work involved all up). I don't think this is what you want (to do) though and the ibaPDA-Interface-SIMOTION-Xplorer license is a much easier way to acquire the data and does NOT require a CP1616 either (a standard Ethernet port in the ibaPDA Server PC is all you need). |
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12/13/2017 3:03 AM | |
Joined: 10/7/2005 Last visit: 9/22/2024 Posts: 3021 Rating: (1054) |
Hi vipz here's some feedback to your questions A. You can do the required engineering of the CP1616 PROFINET I/O Controller "PC Station" on a different PC and then download it to the "PC Station" on the iba PC (or manually copy over the xbd file that is created by this process) This is general Siemens stuff really and the links below have more info on this https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/de/view/77377601 https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/de/view/77377601 Having said that and for what it is worth, I personally would go for the SIMOTION-Xplorer license instead which does NOT require any of the above B. Providing the CP1616 can be used for TCP based protocols (please check this first and/or consult with Siemens), you can (ab)use it as a simple Ethernet card with the SIMOTION-Xplorer license (of course, using a CP1616 is a somewhat expensive overkill in this case). Other than the iba related configuration of the SIMOTION-Xplorer interface (which allows you to read in the SIMOTION address book), there is no CP1616 PROFINET I/O Controller "PC Station" related Engineering involved in this (not fully sure what you mean by "If so Engineering will be in ES or in iba system ?" |
Last edited by: Jen_Moderator at: 12/14/2017 8:49:32 AMInserted right links. Cheers |
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