sonofsiemen
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Still can't communicate with the Simatic 505 with 525 CPU. I have a very old IBM DOS laptop with TI Soft on it and can connect flawlessly. But with this NEW, straight from the factory Siemens Simatic Field PG M2 with Windows XP, I can't. It has the 25 pin AG port and 9 pin MPI/DP port as in the picture. I am tryin to connect with STEP5 software from the laptop. Siemen Rep said I could with it. Do I need the old TI Soft software on this new laptop to connect? I have also heard that a program Softshop will work with these PLCs alongside Windows XP, is that true? Where can I get these two softwares if needed? I could prob take it off the old laptop, but I don't work much with DOS based stuff and don't really know about how to go about doing it. And how to install it on the new laptop with Windows XP. My new laptop has the harddrive partitioned so that I can run STEP5 (which is DOS based) and it does fine. What to do.... What to do.... Thanks