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OPC UA communication
9.3 Using the S7-1500 as an OPC UA server
The following section uses the example of Euromap 77 to detail how to apply companion
specifications in STEP 7 (TIA Portal) and create the necessary PLC tags.
Note
EUROMAP and the OPC Foundation have established the Joint Working Group "OPC UA
Plastics and Rubber Machinery".
The existing EUROMAP recommendations EUROMAP 77 (data exchange between injection
moulding machines and MES), 82.1 (temperature control devices) and 83 (general
definitions) were published under the neutral umbrella of the OPC Foundation as OPC 40077,
40082-1 and 40083.
A major change it the change of the namespace, for example, for EUROMAP 77: Currently
"http://opcfoundation.org/UA/PlasticsRubber/IMM2MES/".
The examples listed below use the previously valid designations and references.
Example Euromap 77 (currently: OPC 40077)
Euromap 77 or the successor standard OPC 40077 standardizes the exchange of data
between injection molding machines and the higher-level MES (Manufacturing Execution
System). This allows the MES to connect all lower-level injection molding machines in the
same way.
The standardized data interface facilitates the integration of injection molding machines into
a plant.
Using companion specifications: Overview
Euromap 77 is described in the OPC UA XML file "Opc_Ua.EUROMAP77.NodeSet2.xml".
Note
Euromap 77, Euromap 83 and OPC UA for Devices (DI)
With Release Candidate 2, some of the Euromap definitions have been transferred from
Euromap 77 to Euromap 83 (currently OPC 40083). You will therefore also need to import
the OPC UA server interface of Euromap 83.
"OPC UA for Devices" is a generally applicable information model for the configuration of
hardware and software components. The information model also serves as the basis for other
companion standards and is therefore also imported.
The OPC UA XML files are available here:
Euromap77 (http://www.euromap.org/euromap77)
Euromap83 (http://www.euromap.org/euromap83)
OPC UA for Devices (https://opcfoundation.org/UA/schemas/DI/)
These XML files define an OPC UA interface of an injection molding machine that complies
with Euromap 77.
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