I'm sure some have tried. But because this protocol is Siemens property, I don't think anybody is willing to risk a lawsuite by publishing what they've found out about it.
Hello asdf;
Luca Gallina (www.runmode.com) suggests the following link: http://www.bitman.ca/
They have a demo for PPI communications dlls, and a monitoring system for S7-200 PLCs.
Hope this helps
Daniel Chartier