TimD
Lifetime Supporting Member
Hi Everyone,
Background:
I have an S7-200 at a site that I am about to visit. I am not sure if the PLC has a password protecting the code or not, but I am tasked with converting the old Maple HMI to a CMORE. I do have S7 Micro/Win and a PPI cable (RS-485 to USB) available on a Windows 7 laptop, I will bring this with me.
The Maple Soft HMI is quite old, and uses Indusoft Web Studio. I have a development license for Web Studio and am very familiar with using IWS.
I have never programmed a Siemens CPU before, but am familiar with AB and Automation Direct. I understand addressing schemes and data types very well on those CPU's (and also CMORE HMI's).
I have the instruction manual from Siemens, as well as several addressing examples, but none for CMORE, and AD does not post Siemens instructions on their site.
Issue:
In the SIPPI Main Driver sheet of IWS, there are addresses that look familiar, but a bit confusing to me as I read through them. I cannot match the pattern in CMORE... Examples for different data types are:
Datatype----IWS TAG--------CMORE TAG (assumed, no exact match)
INTeger-----DB1: DW408-----VD408
BOOLean----M:B2.0----------M2.0
Real---------DB1:F1000------VD1000
There are (I)inputs and (Q) outputs as well as BOOL.
Help Appreciated:
Do you have experience matching CMORE tags to an S7-200? If so, can you kindly post some examples of tags?
I appreciate any help I may get.
Thank You,
Tim
Background:
I have an S7-200 at a site that I am about to visit. I am not sure if the PLC has a password protecting the code or not, but I am tasked with converting the old Maple HMI to a CMORE. I do have S7 Micro/Win and a PPI cable (RS-485 to USB) available on a Windows 7 laptop, I will bring this with me.
The Maple Soft HMI is quite old, and uses Indusoft Web Studio. I have a development license for Web Studio and am very familiar with using IWS.
I have never programmed a Siemens CPU before, but am familiar with AB and Automation Direct. I understand addressing schemes and data types very well on those CPU's (and also CMORE HMI's).
I have the instruction manual from Siemens, as well as several addressing examples, but none for CMORE, and AD does not post Siemens instructions on their site.
Issue:
In the SIPPI Main Driver sheet of IWS, there are addresses that look familiar, but a bit confusing to me as I read through them. I cannot match the pattern in CMORE... Examples for different data types are:
Datatype----IWS TAG--------CMORE TAG (assumed, no exact match)
INTeger-----DB1: DW408-----VD408
BOOLean----M:B2.0----------M2.0
Real---------DB1:F1000------VD1000
There are (I)inputs and (Q) outputs as well as BOOL.
Help Appreciated:
Do you have experience matching CMORE tags to an S7-200? If so, can you kindly post some examples of tags?
I appreciate any help I may get.
Thank You,
Tim
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