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Application Examples with RFC 1006
Edition 7 / 05.11.2017
Helmholz products
S7/S5 OPC-Server V4.10.2.9117 (Company Helmholz)
Products of other manufacturers
INAT-OPC-Server (INAT GmbH)
Indusoft Web Studio V7.0 (Indusoft)
InTouch V9.5 (Wonderware GmbH)
KEPserverEx V5.4.135.0 (KEPware Inc.)
PROCON-Win V5.3 (GTI Control)
VisAM Win32 (VISAM GmbH)
WinCC V7.4 (Siemens AG)
WinCC flexible 2005/2007 (Siemens AG)
ZenOn V6.2 (COPA-DATA)
Helmholz GmbH & Co. KG | Hannberger Weg 2 | 91091 Großenseebach | Germany
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  • Page 1 WinCC V7.4 (Siemens AG) WinCC flexible 2005/2007 (Siemens AG) ZenOn V6.2 (COPA-DATA) Helmholz GmbH & Co. KG | Hannberger Weg 2 | 91091 Großenseebach | Germany Phone: +49 9135 7380-0 | Fax: +49 9135 7380-110 | E-Mail: info@helmholz.de | Internet: www.helmholz.de...
  • Page 2 (photocopy, microfilm, or other method) without the express written permission of Helmholz GmbH & Co.KG, not even for use as training material, or using electronic systems. All rights reserved in the case of a patent grant or registration of a utility mod- el or design.
  • Page 3 Date Revision 07.05.2008 First edition 07.04.2010 PRO family updated 29.11.2010 KEPserverEx V5.4.135.0 updated 04.07.2011 Helmholz OPC Server V4.0.6.4908 updated 05.08.2011 Added Indusoft Web Studio V7.0 and PROCON-Win V5.3 15.08.2012 Added WINCC V7.0 04.10.2017 Added WINCC V7.4 30.10.2017 KEPServer V6.2.429.0 updated ®...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Application and function description Information in the figures RFC 1006 Activation via the Web Interface Requirements Adapting the configuration side Helmholz OPC-Server V4.12.0.11527 Configuration of the communication partner Setting up the OPC Toolbox demo client INAT-OPC-Server (INAT GmbH) Configuring the INAT OPC server INAT-OPC Client Indusoft Web Studio V7.0...
  • Page 5 WinCC V7.4 (Siemens AG) 10.1 Add the protocol driver 10.2 Creating a variable WinCC flexible 2005/2007 (Siemens AG) 11.1 Configuring connections 11.2 Configuring the PG/PC interface ZenOn V6.2 (COPA-DATA) 12.1 Configuring Zenon 12.2 Setting the driver 12.3 Driver configuration 12.4 Integrating variables in images Address conversion table Troubleshooting...

  • Page 6: Overview

    1 Overview Application and function description This document is intended as a supplement to the NETLink ® product line manuals. Many visualization manufacturers support the TCP/IP protocol ‘RFC1006’ also known as ‘ISO on top of TCP’ to be able to com- municate with S7-300/S7-400 systems, for example.

  • Page 7: Rfc 1006 Activation Via The Web Interface

    RFC 1006 Activation via the Web Interface The examples described here are based on NETLink models with firmware versions less than V2.3 (e.g. NETLink ® PRO). Prior to the use with this device the RFC 1006 functionality has to be set manually. A detailed description is also given in the accordingly manual! ®...
  • Page 8 Configuration menu in NETLink ® PRO: After the new parameterization data have been stored, the Rebooting can take up to ® NETLink PRO is restarted to activate the new configuration. 15 seconds. ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...

  • Page 9: Helmholz Opc-Server V4.12.0.11527

    Systeme Helmholz OPC-Server V4.12.0.11527 The following steps must be performed in the described se- quence (Version November 2017): Configuration of the communication partner Start the “Configuration S7-OPC Server” program module via Start/Programs/Systeme Helmholz/S7-OPC-Server: • Select tab card “Devices”. • In this example, click device 0 and then select “S7-TCP/IP”...
  • Page 10 • The PLC no. and Rack in this example is not relevant • Enter the NETLink ® address in the IP address field • Enter the MPI address of the connected PLC in “Slot” • Finally set the type of PLC you are working with. •...

  • Page 11: Setting Up The Opc Toolbox Demo Client

    They serve as a visual check whether data exchange is taking place. Start program module “OPC Toolbox demo client” with Start/Programs/Systeme Helmholz/S7-OPC-Server. The various tab cards are displayed below. The “OPC Servers" field opens first: ®...
  • Page 12 • the tree structure can be open by clicking the plus sign in front of “Local” • open “Data Access V3” in a similar manner • open “Helmholz S7/S5 OPC Server” similarly • Double-click “Helmholz.OPc.S7.DA.1” The “group” opens in the left field. The green circle indicates •...
  • Page 13 Now switch to the “DA Items” tab card. • The connection quality status is displayed in the “Quality” column • Currently, only the permissible name range elements are dis- played under "Value". • Every item can be edited by selecting it and then clicking the “Properties”...

  • Page 14: Inat-Opc-Server (Inat Gmbh)

    INAT-OPC-Server (INAT GmbH) The following steps must be performed in the described se- quence (status May 2008): Configuring the INAT OPC server The following dialog box opens when you select “Configura- tion->AccessPathDefinition” from the menu: A new connection is generated via menu “Configuration->New” in dialog box “Access Path Definition”.

  • Page 15: Inat-Opc Client

    The most important entries are: • The IP address of the target station • Connection properties RFC1006 The RFC1006 setting is configured via the “ISO-on-TCP” but- ton. INAT-OPC Client Select the OPC Server. Once the server is configured, you can access the data of the controller via the OPC Client.
  • Page 16 Configuring visualization data • First of all, create a "Group" • Menu “Group->Add Group…” • Then select menu “Item->Add Item…” • Important! In field “Access Path” you must enter the name of the connection exactly as designated in the OPC server •...

  • Page 17: Indusoft Web Studio V7.0

    Indusoft Web Studio V7.0 The following steps must be performed in the described se- quence (status August 2011). The user should be familiar with IWS or at least have the “Getting Started” guide and the Indu- soft-driver specs “SIETH” at hand. Configuring the Indusoft communication driver Choose the tab „Comm“...
  • Page 18 • In the „Project Explorer“, tab „Comm“ right-click on the driv- er “SIETH” and from the context menu choose “Settings”: Under “Serial Encapsulation” choose “TCP/IP” and under “IP Address” enter the IP address of the NETLink. Everything else will be left default: ®...

  • Page 19: Setting Up Values To Visualize

    Setting up values to visualize In the tree of the “Project Explorer” under “Drivers” -> “SIETH” you can find a “Main Driver Sheet”. Double-click either this or any other driver sheet: On this “Driver Sheet” you have to configure any values you choose to visualize.
  • Page 20 • Enter the IP address of the adapter, the rack number and the slot (the PLCs MPI address) under the column “Station” using this format: <IP address> : <Rack> : <Slot> • Adjacent enter the memory address of the variable you want to access on the PLC under the column “I/O Address”...
  • Page 21 • Important for S7-200 users! The V registers of the S7-200 can be read by stating the DB1 registers. (For further information please consult the “SEITH” driver manual): • Save the “Driver-Sheet” and run the application. The value contained in flag byte 0 (VB0 in a S7-200) will be saved and displayed in the tag “Mbyte”.

  • Page 22: Intouch V9.5 (Wonderware Gmbh)

    InTouch V9.5 (Wonderware GmbH) (System Management Console 2.0 Version 5.1) The following steps must be performed in the described se- quence (status July 2007): Starting the System Management Console "Start->Programs->Wonderware->System Management Console" Configuring the Device Group ® Enter Device Group (later the NETLink will be addressed with this name from the WWClient) ®...

  • Page 23: Configuring The Wonderware Client

    Configuring the Wonderware Client "Start -> Programs -> Wonderware Factory Suite -> Common-> WWClient" to establish connection If the connection has been set correctly, the following display opens: Configuring the item If the Item configuration is correct and the SIDirect DAServer has been activated, the configured “Item”...

  • Page 24: Kepserverex V6.2.429.0 (Kepware Inc.)

    KEPserverEx V6.2.429.0 (KEPware Inc.) The following steps must be performed in the described se- quence (status November 2017): Configuring KEPserverEx Start program module KEPServerEx, create a new project or right-click in the demo project and select “New Channel”. Select device driver “Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet” ®...
  • Page 25 Enter a new name or leave the existing one and “Continue” Select the computer’s own network card Leave default optimizations and confirm with “Continue”. ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...
  • Page 26 Select the Floating-Point Values to “Unmodified” and confirm with “Continue“ Finish” the channel settings. ® Select “Click to add a device” to assign the NETLink as a device ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...
  • Page 27 Enter a new name or leave the existing one and “Continue” Select device model “S7-300” ® Enter the IP address of the connected NETLink here. ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...
  • Page 28 Leave default timing and confirm with “Continue”. No changes at this point “Continue“ ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...
  • Page 29 No changes at this point “Continue“ No changes at this point “Continue“ The communications port for RFC 1006 is 102 (default) ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...
  • Page 30 The link type must be set to “OP”! Leave byte order at “Big Endian(S7 Default)”. ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...
  • Page 31 No changes at this point “Continue“ “Finish” the device settings. The following steps are provided as an example only and are not obligatory for customer applications. They serve as a visual check whether data exchange is taking place. ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...
  • Page 32 By clicking “Click to add a static tag” in this example, only one item will be assigned. The flag word zero will be processed in the sequential program of the connected CPU. Complete with “Apply” and “OK” ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...

  • Page 33: Starting The Opc Quick Client

    Starting the OPC quick Client The Quick Client can be started via the marked icon: The program module OPC Quick Client opens and the status of the item is displayed by marking the channel and device you previously created ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...

  • Page 34: Procon-Win V3.2 (Gti Control)

    8 PROCON-Win V3.2 (GTI Control) The following steps must be performed in the described se- quence (Version July 2011): Configuring the driver and connection • Open PROCON-WIN 5 VisuDesigner . • Create a new project by pressing „New Project“ • Choose “Compact” and name the project. •...
  • Page 35 A new project is created and opened immediately. • Double-click „Tag“. • From the menu bar click on “Tag” -> “Driver selection” • Select „S5-S7-COMBI RFC 1006”. • Click the button contained in the cell under the column “INI-File”. ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...
  • Page 36 • A text editor opens. • Search for this in color highlighted line: • The highlighted line is to be replaced with the following: ag0 = "/type=s7_osi /ip_adr=XXX /rtsap=[02.0Y] /wtsap=[02.0Y] /ltsap=[02.0Y] /uni=yes" • In place of the “XXX” enter the IP address of the NETLink •...

  • Page 37: Creating A Picture

    • Fill the table with the following values: Name user-defined Decimal places Min PLC -128 Max PLC Min PC Max PC Driver S5-S7-COMBI RFC 1006 Input Baustein-Typ MERKER Format S7-BYTE • Values not defined above are left at default. • Save the project (STRG+S). Creating a Picture •...
  • Page 38 • Now right-click on the white area beneath “Dynamic Sym- bol” and choose “New” -> “Numeric Digit” • Press the button contained in the cell under column “In- stance Value” row “Value”. • Choose the afore created tag and close the window with “OK”.
  • Page 39 • Close “Numberfield Control” by pressing “OK”. • Create an instance of the newly created numeric digit by pulling it on the picture using drag & drop. • Save the project (CTRL+S) and from the menu bar press “File” -> “Create Runtime”. •...
  • Page 40 • Enter the name of the project in the text file and save it. • Now start „PROCON-WIN 5 VisuCompact“. • A numeric field containing the content of the flag byte 0 in decimal format should be visible now. • To close VisuCompact double tap “Esc” ®...

  • Page 41: Visam Win32 (Visam Gmbh)

    VisAM Win32 (VISAM GmbH) The following steps must be performed in the described se- quence (status May 2008): Configuring VisAM Win 32 Open the program module VisAM editor • Communication -> Select channels • Click assignment 1 in the communication channel selection. In the selection, select assignment “Siemens S7 Ethernet ISO on TCP”...
  • Page 42 ...enter the IP address of the NETLink ® Confirm with “OK” and click TSAP… …and enter address. In this case 2/2 for bus address 2, rack 0, slot 2 (see the relevant chapters with the “Address conversion ® table” in the NETLink manual).
  • Page 43 Select Communication -> VDF Data Field Select Group 0 and click the “000" field to activate process var- iable selection. Coupling channel 1 is referenced to the previously defined communications channel. Confirm with “OK”. Save the settings. ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...

  • Page 44: Starting Visualization

    Starting visualization Select Project -> Test (hotkey F5) Select ”Online UL” and click “Start” Process visualization opens and the communications link is started. The connection monitor switches from “offline” to “online” mode. The transmission information can be displayed in Info. ®...

  • Page 45: Wincc V7.4 (Siemens Ag)

    10 WinCC V7.4 (Siemens AG) The following steps must be performed in the described se- quence (Version November 2017): Add the protocol driver 10.1 To parameterize a RFC1006 link in a WinCC project, a new TCP/IP link must first be created in the ‘SIMATIC S7 PROTO- COL SUITE.’...

  • Page 46: Creating A Variable

    With right-click: TCP / IP -> System parameter you have to select the correct logical device name in the ‘Unit' tab. ® In this case, the NETLink Gateway has the IP address 172.16.0.49 • click on ‚Properties’ • type in the IP address of the NETLink device All NETLink have the IP address 192.168.4.49 on •...
  • Page 47 • In the properties window of the variable, which was named ‘merker’ in this case, we can now select the type of variable by clicking the ‘Select’ button. Marker byte 0 is configured here. The following screenshot shows that a variable named ‘merker’ now exists under the ‘newconnection_1’...

  • Page 48: Wincc Flexible 2005/2007 (Siemens Ag)

    11 WinCC flexible 2005/2007 (Siemens AG) The following steps must be performed in the described se- quence (status April 2008): Configuring connections 11.1 Start WINCC flexible Project and open the connections in the communications register: • Select communications driver "SIMATIC S7 300/400" •...

  • Page 49: Configuring The Pg/Pc Interface

    Configuring the PG/PC interface 11.2 In the control panel, open the “Setting the PG/PC Interface” mod- ule. • Select the network card with protocol “TCP/IP” installed in the computer system as the “Used Interface Parameterization”. • Check whether “S7ONLINE (Step7) --> TCP/IP ->…“ is active for “Access point of application”...

  • Page 50: Zenon V6.2 (Copa-Data)

    12 ZenOn V6.2 (COPA-DATA) The following steps must be performed in the described sequence (status August 2007): Configuring Zenon 12.1 Start Zenon and create a new project or adapt an existing one and define variables. Configuring variables: ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...

  • Page 51: Setting The Driver

    Setting the driver 12.2 • Mark “S7 TCP-IP” • Press “Click here->” in the configuration Driver configuration 12.3 • “New” button: • Enter data • (remote IP address = IP address from NETLink ® Remote TSAP = MPI address of PLC) •...

  • Page 52: Integrating Variables In Images

    Integrating variables in images 12.4 Configuring images Finally, start the runtime: ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...

  • Page 53: 13 Address Conversion Table

    13 Address conversion table The following table is a parameterization aid for fining the correct settings for Routing over RFC or for remote TSAP in addressed mode. Please note that the rack and slot together fill only one byte which is divided as follows: •...

  • Page 54: 14 Troubleshooting

    A firmware update on ® the NETLink WLAN 1) Download the up-do-date “SHTools” software from the Com- must always be per- pany Helmholz web site and install this on your computer. formed via the network socket. ® NETLink PRO family Application Examples...
  • Page 55 Q: What must I observe when calling your technical support? A: Please have all relevant data of your system constellation with the connected stations and program modules at hand when you contact technical support at Helmholz GmbH & Co. KG. ® NETLink...

  • Page 56: 15 Directory Of Sources

    (http://www.inat.de/index.php?18&backPID=18&tt_products_sof =236) InduSoft Web Studio v7.0 (http://www.indusoft.com/indusoftart.php?catid=1&name=IWS/ webstudio) InTouch V9.5 (Wonderware GmbH) (http://global.wonderware.com/EN/Pages/WonderwareInTouch- HMI.aspx) KEPserverEx V5.4.135.0 (http://www.kepware.com/Products/OPC_Servers.html) PROCON-Win V5.3 (http://www.gti.de/index.php?id=45) S7/S5 OPC-Server (http://www.helmholz.de/prod.d,18_30_34.html?p_id=39) VisAM Win32 (http://www.visam.de/03_produkte/visam/index.php) WINCC V7.0 (http://www.automation.siemens.com/mcms/human-machine-in- terface/de/visualisierungssoftware/scada- wincc/Seiten/Default.aspx) WinCC flexible 2005/2007 (http://www.automation.siemens.com/hmi/html_00/products/sof tware/wincc-flexible/index.htm) ZenOn V6.2 (http://www.copadata.at/de/ger/home.html) ®...

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