Simatic S5

We have purchased 2 German metal presses (1994) and they have t he 115U CPU 943 processors. Not sure what we need to access the program. The Seimens dist. suggested 5-6 K for software for, I would guess for xp. We have disc,floppies (3 1/2)that i think is software, (Anpassung V1.4 Sicker-disk).Can any one help with this? Thanks

'Anpassung' would mean 'revision' . My guess would be a revision for the program controling the press.

Have a look at www.process-informatik.de for windows based S5 software and interface leads, lot cheaper that Siemens S5

IBHsoftec has a software called S5 for Windows. I havent used it myself i use original DOS based STEP5 but its supposed to be good.
You can find it here http://www.ibhsoftec-sps.de/english/Product_S5_V6.htm


Another thing you can do is if your sure you have the correct program on 3'½ you can update from S5 to S7 and translate the program in Step7 pg software.

I have come across these german machines myself in the past & they will be written in graphset, this was common in germany in the 80s & 90s, it will translate into ladder (except some function blocks or others written in long segments (STL)without thoughts on ladder translation), but as for a backup copy it will do fine, the graphset uses some siemens special function blocks that will not translate into S7 all they are is like a function to step sequence so if re-writing find out how it works & re-write it.
many people have tried to convert these to S7 & you might as well forget the sequencer but use the logic & create your own.