Hello!
I am going to set up a SCADA computer.
It will communicate with two plc,s.
The plc,s I use are Siemens 315-2 DP. These use CP 343-1 Lean cards to communicate with eachother and the computer.
The SCADA software is a danish one, called IGSS. It has drivers that support communication with the plc,s.
Earlier I used the same computer and plc,s. Difference is that I used CP 342-5 cards with the plc,s, and a cp 5613-A2 in the computer. The communication between these was S7 set up in NETPRO. To make it work, I had to have a Simatic NET on the SCADA computer. Then I had to set up the connection in NETPRO in the Simatic NET software, then download it to the CP card.
But now when I use Ethernet, I have been told that I can use a normal network card, the one that all PC,s nowadays has. I will use TCP on IP connection. TCP on IP connection between the plc,s I set up in NETPRO, but what about the computer???
Do I have to set it up at all?, do I need the Simatic NET software at all? Or will the drivers find the CP cards as long as I set up the CP,s IP-adresses???...
Thank you very much for answers...
Orense
I am going to set up a SCADA computer.
It will communicate with two plc,s.
The plc,s I use are Siemens 315-2 DP. These use CP 343-1 Lean cards to communicate with eachother and the computer.
The SCADA software is a danish one, called IGSS. It has drivers that support communication with the plc,s.
Earlier I used the same computer and plc,s. Difference is that I used CP 342-5 cards with the plc,s, and a cp 5613-A2 in the computer. The communication between these was S7 set up in NETPRO. To make it work, I had to have a Simatic NET on the SCADA computer. Then I had to set up the connection in NETPRO in the Simatic NET software, then download it to the CP card.
But now when I use Ethernet, I have been told that I can use a normal network card, the one that all PC,s nowadays has. I will use TCP on IP connection. TCP on IP connection between the plc,s I set up in NETPRO, but what about the computer???
Do I have to set it up at all?, do I need the Simatic NET software at all? Or will the drivers find the CP cards as long as I set up the CP,s IP-adresses???...
Thank you very much for answers...
Orense