The OP17 is absolutely ancient.
You dont have the program for the OP17.
You dont have the program for the S7 PLC.
Getting a 3rd party to look at it at 330$/hour.
That the Siemens tech asked for the source project is because any support without this is extremely difficult. So the 330 per hour will very quickly add up to an enormous sum.
It is a bad situation, I suggest that you contact the original machine manufacturer to either support the existing OP17, or to have them migrate the OP17 to a newer more uptodate panel.
Other than that, you are looking at reverse engineering the OP17 program, which is not impossible for an expert, but will be expensive when you dont have access to the source S7 project.
You dont have the program for the OP17.
You dont have the program for the S7 PLC.
Getting a 3rd party to look at it at 330$/hour.
That the Siemens tech asked for the source project is because any support without this is extremely difficult. So the 330 per hour will very quickly add up to an enormous sum.
It is a bad situation, I suggest that you contact the original machine manufacturer to either support the existing OP17, or to have them migrate the OP17 to a newer more uptodate panel.
Other than that, you are looking at reverse engineering the OP17 program, which is not impossible for an expert, but will be expensive when you dont have access to the source S7 project.