The Address books node is used to configure and manage address books, which are needed for address book-based connections to other systems, such as some Xplorer or SIMATIC interfaces.

The respective address book tabs are only visible if appropriate interfaces and/or licenses are active on the ibaPDA system.

The basic structure is the same for all tabs.

In the upper part there are some settings that depend on the connection type as well as the Button for importing, generating and deleting address books.

Below is a table listing all of the address books available on the system, with reference to the PLC, the creation date and – if available – the project. The last column lists the modules that have been configured for the specific CPU.

Address book tabs are available for the following systems:

Table Systems with address book support

Name

Tab visible ...

ABB

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-ABB-Xplorer

B&R

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-C&Rodesys-Xplorer

Bachmann M1

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-Bachmann-Xplorer, ibaPDA-Request-Bachmann-M1

Codesys

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-Codesys-Xplorer

DTBox

… with license ibaPDA-Request-DTBox-xxxx

Hitachi MicroSigma

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-Hitachi-MicroSigma

IEC61850

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-IEC61850-Client

Logix

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-Logix-Xplorer

OPC UA

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-OPC-UA-Client

SIMATIC S7

… with licenses ibaPDA-Interface-S7-Xplorer, ibaPDA-Request-S7 or ibaPDA-Request-S7-UDP

... if an S7 module (all types) is included in the I/O configuration.

SIMOTION

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-SIMOTION-Xplorer

TwinCAT

… with license ibaPDA-Interface-TwinCAT-Xplorer, ibaPDA-Request-TwinCAT

Simatic S7 example

S7 operands in English/German

Here you can choose the language in which the S7 operands will later be available when browsing through the signal tables.

<Create address books>

This button opens the "S7 address book generator" dialog. You can select the source directory of an S7 project for creating the S7 address book. This can be a local or network drive.

<Import address books>

Import address books which are already available as ZIP files.

<Delete selected address books>

Delete address books from the ibaPDA server’s directory.

Unload S7 address book when the acquisition is running to reduce the memory usage

By enabling this option, the address book is outsourced to the hard disk during the acquisition in order to free up the main memory for the acquisition.