Ben Raines
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I have an application requiring me to integrate a CTC Interact Touchscreen (via ethernet) to a Siemens S7-300/S7-400 class PLC. Normally our CTC screens are either serial or ethernet to SyMax / Modicon Quantums PLC’s. This particular application is needed in order to keep cost down. There is a CTC screen at the operator station on the ethernet bus. My issue at the moment is, I can’t seem to get a connection to the Siemens PLC. Typically we drop a CTC screen in the system (Modicon or SyMax), throw tags or direct addresses in the graphics, download the runtime and it flies. I can’t get the Siemens PLC to “talk” to the CTC screen. I’ve tried several of the Siemens drivers in the Runtime to no avail.
One thought I had was, do I have to make a connection in NetPro and download it to the PLC before it will recognize the screen? The machine process runs all the time so getting a few minutes to download the HW Config would have to be planned out well in advance, probably on a holiday shut-down.
Any ideas out there?
One thought I had was, do I have to make a connection in NetPro and download it to the PLC before it will recognize the screen? The machine process runs all the time so getting a few minutes to download the HW Config would have to be planned out well in advance, probably on a holiday shut-down.
Any ideas out there?