S7-Plcsim Products; Table 1- 1 Comparison Of S7-Plcsim Products - Siemens Simatic S7-1500 Function Manual

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S7-PLCSIM products

PLCSIM Advanced V2.0, PLCSIM V15 and PLCSIM V5.x
Table 1- 1 Comparison of S7-PLCSIM products
Function
Runtime
User interface
Communication
Supported CPU families
API for co-simulation
1
Web server
OPC UA
Process diagnostics
S7 communication
Open user communication
Traces
2
Motion
3
Protected blocks (KHP)
Multiple instances
Support of distributed in-
stances
Virtual time
Connection of real
CPUs/HMIs
DNS usage
Virtual memory card
Communication between the
instances
Via C++ and C# programs and simulation software
1
Can be monitored with PLCSIM V15 in the TIA Portal; can also be monitored with PLCSIM Advanced V2.0 in the Web
2
server.
With PLCSIM V15 the axes are always in simulation mode irrespective of the axis configuration.
3
With PLCSIM Advanced V2.0 the axes can also be operated in "Real" mode over the API.
S7-PLCSIM Advanced
Function Manual, 12/2017, A5E37039512-AB
PLCSIM Advanced V2.0
Independent
Control Panel
Softbus, TCP/IP
S7-1500 (C, T, F),
ET 200SP, ET 200SP F
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓, UDP only via TCP/IP
✓
✓
✓
Up to 16
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
-
-
PLCSIM Advanced 2.0 and PLCSIM V15 and higher can be
installed and operated on the same PC or the same virtual
machine. The communication between the two applications
cannot be simulated.
PLCSIM V5.4 SP8 is automatically installed with PLCSIM Advanced. The communication
between the two applications can be simulated.
Instances of PLCSIM Advanced can communicate via Softbus with PLCSIM V5.4 SP8.
PLCSIM V15
Programming with STEP 7
Look&Feel of TIA Portal
Softbus only
S7-1200 (F),
S7-1500 (C, T, F),
ET 200SP, ET 200SP F
-
-
-
✓
Softbus
Softbus
(✓)
(✓)
✓, for S7-1500 CPUs only
Up to 2
-
-
-
-
-
PLCSIM as of V12 and PLCSIM V5.x can be installed and
operated on the same PC or the same virtual machine.
Instances of PLCSIM as of V12 can communicate via Soft-
bus with PLCSIM V5.x.
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PLCSIM V5.x
Programming with STEP 7
Look&Feel of STEP 7 V5.x
Softbus only
S7-300, S7-300F
S7-400, S7-400F
-
-
-
-
Softbus
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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