The following system requirements are necessary for the use of the S7-Xplorer data interface:
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ibaPDA v8.2.0 or higher
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Base license for ibaPDA + license for ibaPDA-Interface-PLC-Xplorer or ibaPDA-Interface-S7-Xplorer
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For more than 16 connections, you need additional one-step-up-Interface-S7-Xplorer licenses for each additional 16 connections.
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The ibaPDA-Interface-PLC-Xplorer license contains, among others, the license for this interface. |
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SIMATIC STEP 7 or SIMATIC NET, in case PC/CP connections are used
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SIMATIC STEP 7 and S7-CFC, in case signals are to be selected using Drag & Drop
For further requirements for the used computer hardware and the supported operating systems, refer to the ibaPDA documentation.
Supported controllers:
SIMATIC S7 controller LOGO!, S7-200, S7-300, S7-400, S7-400H, S7-1200, S7-1500 or WinAC RTX or S5
System restrictions
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Restrictions SIMATIC TIA-Portal:
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SIMATIC TIA-Portal STEP 7 V14 SP1 or higher is a prerequisite for generating address books from TIA Portal projects.
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Restrictions S7-1200 CPU:
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For the TIA connection mode with S7-1200 CPUs, only firmware versions ≥ V4 are supported by the S7-Xplorer module.
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Restrictions LOGO! and S7-200:
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Only LOGO!-controllers of the 0BA7 and 0BA8 families are supported.
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Access to absolute operands only
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The controllers SIMATIC LOGO! and SIMATIC S7-200 are to be configured via special software tools. Both project types cannot be read by ibaPDA. Hence, address books cannot be generated for a signal selection by means of the symbolic names or CFC connectors.
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Restrictions for S5:
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Since ibaPDA cannot read SIMATIC STEP 5 projects, yet, address books for the signal selection cannot be created with the symbolic names.
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Regarding the number of connections, the following technical constraints apply:
The number of S7-, SINAMICS- and SIMOTION-Xplorer connections is limited to 240. TCP and PC/CP connections of the SINAMICS-, SIMOTION- and SINUMERIK-Xplorer are evaluated differently. A SINAMICS-, SIMOTION- or SINUMERIK-Xplorer connection over TCP only counts 1/16. A PC/CP connection is calculated in full.
This means:
Number of S7-Xplorer connections
+ number of SINAMICS-Xplorer-TCP connections not routed / 16 1)
+ number of SIMOTION-Xplorer-TCP connections not routed / 16 1)
+ number of SINUMERIK-Xplorer-TCP connections not routed / 16 1)
+ number of SINAMICS-Xplorer-TCP connections routed
+ number of SIMOTION-Xplorer-TCP connections routed
+ number of SINAMICS-Xplorer-PC/CP connections
+ number of SIMOTION-Xplorer-PC/CP connections
+ number of SINUMERIK-Xplorer-PC/CP connections
≤ 240!
1) Only active connections are taken into account. The division must always be rounded to the next larger number. (One connection resource per started 16 connections.)
Access to the SINAMICS Control Units which are integrated in the SIMOTION controls is not supported.
License information
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31.001042 |
ibaPDA-Interface-PLC-Xplorer |
Extension license for an ibaPDA system adding all additional Xplorer data interfaces. (Full specifications under www.iba-ag.com) |
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31.000001 |
ibaPDA-Interface-S7-Xplorer |
Extension license for an ibaPDA system adding the data interface S7-Xplorer (interface to SIMATIC S7) with 16 connections. |
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31.100001 |
one-step-up-Interface-S7-Xplorer |
Extension license for 16 additional S7-Xplorer connections (max. 14 extension licenses) |
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To use more than 16 data connections per interface, you can purchase the one-step-up-… extension licenses separately for each interface. Up to 16 further connections to PLCs can be established on each one-step-up-license. Up to 240 connections can be configured and used per data interface with the multiple purchase or multiple release of these licenses (up to 15 in total). Exception of SIGMATEK: Here, only up to 4 licenses (64 connections) can be activated.
Consider the limitation of the number of signals by the ibaPDA base license. |
