VB connection to S7-400 PLC

Hi there,

Is it possible to use VB as a front end and communicate with a Siemens S7-400 (CP443-1?)?
At our plant we are using WinCC for visualisation, now for a new application I should need about 8 new licenses of WinCC which is very expensive. That why I thought off VB.
The only thing we have to do, when a certain production line comes in stop mode, I need to send the date and Timestamp to a SQL-server and (were the plc connection comes in) let a light flashing.

Thanks in advance

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Hi,

You can choice Prodave and comunicate via MPI with VB, look here:

http://omarz.htmlplanet.com/

Or you can find some OPC Activex for Industrial Ethernet S7 here:

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-...&Search=Search+for+Keywords+in+Chosen+Section

Best Regards