I have been using TIA portal 13 for several projects HMI. The HMI is 1200 panel.
On the previous project, I could connect to the PLC and use "online/simulation/start" or CTRL+Shift+X to start a simulation of the 1200 HMI on my PC while also viewing the plc code in step 7.
On this project, I can go online with the HMI, download to the HMI, set the IP and select the HMI in accessible nodes. But the simulation is grayed out , both in the menu and also the PC icon on the TIA portal tool bar are non functional.
I am on the home screen of the project and the home screen window has the focus.
The PG interface in control panel is set to the real network card.
I thought if I could go online from the HMI software in TIA Portal, and download to both the HMI and the PLC, the simulation should always work.
I have read all the posts and followed all the advice, but still not working.
I do not want to simulate the PLC.
I want to run a simulation of the screen of the HMI on my PC while online with the real PLC to debug some code.
The HMI the PC and the PLC are all in the same network subnet.
On the previous project, I could connect to the PLC and use "online/simulation/start" or CTRL+Shift+X to start a simulation of the 1200 HMI on my PC while also viewing the plc code in step 7.
On this project, I can go online with the HMI, download to the HMI, set the IP and select the HMI in accessible nodes. But the simulation is grayed out , both in the menu and also the PC icon on the TIA portal tool bar are non functional.
I am on the home screen of the project and the home screen window has the focus.
The PG interface in control panel is set to the real network card.
I thought if I could go online from the HMI software in TIA Portal, and download to both the HMI and the PLC, the simulation should always work.
I have read all the posts and followed all the advice, but still not working.
I do not want to simulate the PLC.
I want to run a simulation of the screen of the HMI on my PC while online with the real PLC to debug some code.
The HMI the PC and the PLC are all in the same network subnet.