9/25/2008 1:34 PM | |
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Hi Is there any benefit if you use a Rack PC 847B with onboard profinet together with wincc and S7 PLC's Bye Eric |
9/25/2008 1:58 PM | |
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I do not see any option on this rack PC with profinet card. What profinet card do you have? CP1616? This will let you configure PNI/O Devices under the PC. |
9/26/2008 7:45 AM | |
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Hi Have a look at the this rackPC link it says its CP1616 compatable. We are considering buying a rack PC as a wincc server .The question is : if we buy a rack PC with this new profinet option is there any advantage ( or use) if we connect the wincc to S7 PLC's Eric |
9/26/2008 12:33 PM | |
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Hello Eric; The following FAQ states that there is no specific channel for Profinet components in WinCC; therefore you should use either the OPC channel, or standard Ethernet channel: http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/21915219 By the way, the phrase above is almost a word-for-word quote of one of the shortest FAQ I have ever found on Siemens' support webpages... There is a short section on Profinet in the WinCC Communications manual: http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/21320307 If you look closely on page 31, there is a discussion on using a Simatic PC station (which you couldgenerate with a CP 1616); WinCC would then be an OPC client "using the OPC Server PROFINET IO"; in that case, Siemens states that it would be incapable of "Receiving and acknowledging of alarms"... |
9/26/2008 1:58 PM | |
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Thanks Daniel Wonder why Siemens does not put a CP1613 onboard ? So the CP 1616 would only be usefull if you use the rackPC as a softPLC . greetings Eric |
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