Simulate S5 PLC with SINEC H1 comms

[jondownloads]

Hi,
I'm working on a SCADA migration. The old SCADA talks to a whole lot of PLCs, both S7 and S5. We don't have PLCs to test the SCADA so in order to perform the factory acceptance tests I'm trying to set a simulation environment.

S7 related work it's almost done, thanks to NetToPLCSim and STEP7 PLCSim.

I'm trying to address the S5 simulation problem now:
-It's there something similar to NetToPLCSim for S5? (Preferably free and open source)
-A plain SINEC H1 protocol simulator would work too. Is there any SINEC H1 communication simulator? (Preferably free and open source)

Thanks, Jon.

[jondownloads]

Given that no free/open source alternative seems to be available...

Could anyone suggest me a non-free SIEMENS S5 PLC simulator with communications (at least SINEC H1) included?

My first aim is to use it to set a simulation environment for factory acceptance testing. (I'd like to be able to set least 3 simultaneous connections against the PLC simulator.)

Thanks, Jon.

[jondownloads]

Hi, again. I'm looking for a (SINEC H1) communicable software simulator for SIEMENS S5 PLC.

I would appreciate it if anyone could provide some feedback on the tools I list below or suggest another software worth considering.

I already tried Ibh Softect's demo version for SoftPLC S5 (along with S5/S7 for Windows demo) but couldn't get the communications working. It seems that online functions are not available for demo versions:

http://www.ibhsoftec-sps.de/english/Selection_PLC.htm

I haven't tried MHJ's software jet, I just started "playing" with it. But the manual is in german so I don't really know if I'll figure out if it fits my needs.

http://www.mhj-online.de/de/index.ph...lt_content=811

I also found this one. Not tried it jet tough.

http://www.isa.uniovi.es/genia/engli...load/index.htm

And this one too.

http://www.autoware.com/english/s5100.htm (but I think that the PLC model doesn't fit 'cause those PLCs don't have SINEC H1 comms.)

Thanks, Jon.

[jondownloads]

Hi,
I tried to contact tech. support people for all the products I listed in my previous post. This is the feedback received so far:

-SoftPLC S5 ( http://www.ibhsoftec-sps.de/english/Selection_PLC.htm ):

"Our SoftPLC S5 does not support H1."



-WinSPS S5 ( http://www.mhj-online.de/de/index.ph...lt_content=811 ):

"the Software-PLC in WinSPS-S5 can only be connected by WinSPS-S5.
It can not connected by a other software."



-ABC Soft-PLC Simatic S7/S5 for simulation and test ( http://www.abcit.eu/en/Products/Soft.../Soft-PLC.aspx ):

"Our Soft-PLC does not support SINEC H1.

The following data couplings are supported:
-Socket Interface
o Send / Receive via TCP and UDP
o Fetch / Write
-RFC1006 interface (ISO on TCP)
o Send / Receive via TCP
o Fetch / Write"


Hope it helps, Jon.