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Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet

The Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet driver for Kepware Server exchanges data between OPC clients and Siemens PLCs using the TCP/IP Ethernet protocol.

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  • Enterprise Connectivity

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    Advanced Manufacturing Suite

    Kepware’s Advanced Manufacturing Suite bundles every driver with tag linking and database logging unlocked data from any device for automation projects.

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  • Device Connectivity

    Siemens Plus Suite

    Kepware's Siemens Plus Suite provides connectivity to Siemens S7-1500 controllers via the OPC UA Client driver in addition to the features supported in the standard Siemens Suite for Kepware Server.

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Overview

Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet Product Overview

The Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet driver exchanges data between OPC clients and Siemens S7-200, S7-300, S7-400, and S7-1200 PLCs using the TCP/IP Ethernet protocol. The driver talks directly to the S7 PLC using a standard PC network interface card, and does not require additional software packages or libraries. Specialized block read and write optimizations automatically increase the speed of many applications when using CP243, CP343, and CP443 communications processors.

The Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet driver also supports the netLink adapter cable.

Performance

  • Supports multiple connections for each device
  • Supports the CP-243, CP-343, and CP-443 TCP/IP Communications Cards
  • Supports access on PC/PG/OP access ports
  • Supports maximum Packet Data Unit (PDU) size configured on device for performance and efficiency
  • Supports the following Memory Types: I, E, Q, A, M, F, T, C, Z, and Data Block Access
  • Supports bit-level access
  • Supports the low-cost NetLink communications adapter
  • Supports the NetLink Configuration Utility (Gateway from Ethernet to S7 MPI)
  • Supports Automatic Tag Generation from a Simatic STEP 7 project for S7-300 and S7-400 devices
  • Supports Automatic Tag Generation from TIA Portal for S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200, and S7-1500 devices via the TIA Portal Exporter Utility

Protocols

  • Siemens Industrial Ethernet

Supported Devices

  • netLink 50-MPI - S7-300
  • netLink 50-MPI - S7-400
  • netLink -MPI - S7-400
  • netLink-MPI - S7-300
  • netTap 40-MPI - S7-300
  • netTap 40-MPI - S7-400
  • S7-1200- Family
  • S7-1500- Family
  • S7-200 - Family
  • S7-300 - Family
  • S7-400 - Family

Available Languages

  • English
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Simplified Chinese

Application Support

  • DDE Format CF_Text and AdvancedDDE
  • NIO Interface for iFIX
  • OPC .NET Service (OPC .NET) Version 1.00
  • OPC Alarms and Events (OPC AE) Version 1.10
  • OPC Data Access (OPC DA) Versions 1.0a, 2.0, 2.05a, and 3.0
  • OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) Clients
  • SuiteLink and FastDDE for Wonderware

Documents

Release Notes

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Featured Suites

TIA Portal Exporter Utility

The enables users with Siemens S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200 or S7-1500 controllers programmed with Siemens TIA Portal to automatically generate the specific tags they need for their Kepware Server projects. Offered at no additional cost as a standalone installation, it provides compatibility with TIA Portal V13 SP1, V13 SP2, V14, V14 SP1, V15, and V16.

The features the ability to:

  • Select a specific controller within the Siemens TIA Portal project
  • Select tags from all tag tables, data blocks, UDTs and function blocks
  • Search/filter on tag name, address or data type
  • Import the specific tags required in a Kepware Server project
Download the TIA Portal Exporter Utility

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