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MatrikonOPC Server for Siemens PLCs
User's Manual

MatrikonOPC Server for Siemens PLCs v1.3.0 User’s Manual 2
MatrikonOPC Server for Siemens PLCs
User's Manual
This manual is a product of Matrikon Inc.
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Document Revision History:
Date
Document
Version
Description
Author
2008-05-12
0.1
Initial version
SN
2008-06-23
1.0
Added Configuration Wizard information, added
S7 OPC items description, changed Installation
and Un-Installation sections to reflect new
installer.
SN, LB
2008-07-10
1.1
Added diagrams of Siemens S7-300 PLC and
Hilscher‟s Netlink-MPI adapter.
LB
2008-07-27
1.2
Added S7 200 and S7 400 information.
SN
2008-08-08
1.3
Added offline mode and security information.
SN
2008-10-02
1.4
Installation section updated to include default
password. Updated Overview Manual section to
include appendices E and F. Replaced Appendix E
– Security with updated version. Added Getting
Data without Being Connected to a Device to OPC
Data Items section. References to hardware
licensing removed from Troubleshooting section.
LB
2008-10-06
1.5
Reverted back to previous version of Appendix E
to correspond with software version in use.
LB
2008-11-19
1.6
Added new version of Appendix E. Added custom
OPC properties information.
SN
2008-12-02
1.7
Corrected Overview of Manual, Compliance, and
Installed Files sections.
TNM, SN,
LB

MatrikonOPC Server for Siemens PLCs v1.3.0 User’s Manual 3
2009-01-26
1.8
Added Server Status List object, and new entries
in OPC Data Items section relating to support of
interpreting internal memory DWORD as REAL.
Updated Security appendix. Replaced
Configuration window screenshot to show addition
of View Tags and Security Settings icons on
toolbar. Added View Tags and Security Settings
descriptions to Tools Menu Commands table.
Added standard Redundancy Group overview
information to Creating and Configuring a
Redundancy Group Object section. In the OPC
Data Items section, added statistical and control
items tables for Redundancy Group and Server
Status List device links. Updated Security and
Offline Mode appendixes. Updated Installation
section. Updated SiemensPLC and Common
folders in Installed Files section. Removed
references to Advanced Options tab in the Options
section. Updated Insert New Object Window
Options table in the Server Configuration section.
TNM, LB
2009-04-08
2.0
Limitations section updated.
LB
2009-04-26
3.0
Updated local TSAP parameter description.
Updated screenshots. Updated product version
information.
RN
2010-01-13
3.1
Updated to software version 1.2.0 (Beta version).
LB
2010-01-15
4.0
Updated to v1.2.0 Driver.
LB
2010-01-22
4.1
Updated Installed Files section.
GW, LB
2010-01-27
4.2
Updated Troubleshooting section.
ZB, LB
2010-04-06
4.3
Updated to new framework and plug-in
documentation standard.
LB
2010-05-06
4.4
Removed all references to plug-in.
GEAK
2010-05-25
5.0
Software version updated to 1.3.0
GEAK
2010-06-08
6.0
Updated to standard stand-alone server template.
LB

MatrikonOPC Server for Siemens PLCs v1.3.0 User’s Manual 4
SOFTWARE VERSION
Version: 1.3.0
DOCUMENT VERSION
Version: 6.0
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 11
Who Should Use This Manual ............................................................................................ 12
Overview of Manual ......................................................................................................... 13
References ..................................................................................................................... 14
Document Terminology .................................................................................................... 14
Getting Started............................................................................................................... 16
System Requirements ...................................................................................................... 16
Software Requirements ................................................................................................. 16
Hardware Requirements ................................................................................................ 16
Configuration ................................................................................................................. 17
Starting the MatrikonOPC Server for Siemens PLCs .............................................................. 17
Tool Tray Menu ............................................................................................................... 18
Control Panel .................................................................................................................. 18
Configuration Window ...................................................................................................... 19
File Menu ..................................................................................................................... 21
Edit Menu .................................................................................................................... 21
View Menu ................................................................................................................... 22
Tools Menu .................................................................................................................. 22
Help Menu ................................................................................................................... 23
Options Window .............................................................................................................. 23
General Options............................................................................................................ 23
General Logging Options ................................................................................................ 25
Interface Logging Options .............................................................................................. 26
Advanced Options ......................................................................................................... 27
Server Configuration ........................................................................................................ 29
Configuration Wizard ..................................................................................................... 29
Creating Objects ........................................................................................................... 40
Creating and Configuring a Server Status List Object ........................................................ 42
Creating and Configuring a Siemens TCP/IP Channel ......................................................... 45
Creating and Configuring a Redundancy Group Object ....................................................... 48
Creating and Configuring an S7 ISO on TCP (RFC 1006) Connection .................................... 52
Creating and Configuring a S7 NetLink Connection ............................................................ 60
Changing Objects ......................................................................................................... 65
Removing Objects ......................................................................................................... 65
Importing Symbols From SIMATIC STEP 7 Project ............................................................. 65
Alias Configuration .......................................................................................................... 70
Inserting Alias Groups ................................................................................................... 70
Renaming Alias Groups .................................................................................................. 70
Inserting New Aliases .................................................................................................... 70
Editing Aliases .............................................................................................................. 73
Removing Aliases.......................................................................................................... 73
Removing Alias Groups .................................................................................................. 74
Exporting Aliases .......................................................................................................... 74
Importing Aliases .......................................................................................................... 74
Configure Alias Scaling .................................................................................................. 74
Configure Alias Events ................................................................................................... 76
Configure Categories ..................................................................................................... 77
Expression Wizard ........................................................................................................... 78
Examples ..................................................................................................................... 78
Item Path Browser ........................................................................................................... 82