fgcastro Posted October 18, 2005 Report Posted October 18, 2005 Hello. In our installation we run a 22 OMRON PLc network. Recently, we got a courtesy WINCC Flexible Standard license. What does it take to run WinCC with OMRON PLC's? Thank you. Quote
JesperMP Posted October 19, 2005 Report Posted October 19, 2005 Are you planning to use one OP/TP/PC per PLC ? That will be no problem. Siemens OP/TP panels supports Omron Hostlink/multilink directly, so you are covered with your Win CC Flex standard. If you want to use a PC with a runtime, then you need Win CC Flex Advanced to make the project. Or do you want to connect one OP/TP/PC to all PLCs at the same time ? That wont work, because Win CC Flex projects allows for max 8 connections in all. Win CC Flex RT on PCs also supports OPC connections, but you dont need that as it has native Omron support. Quote
PdL Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 Most likely with an OPC server for Omron Hostlink, you won't run in to the limitation of max 8 connections. Quote
JesperMP Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 Unfortnately that wont circumvent the limitation.In WinCC Flex you will have to setup each "device" (meaning PLC CPU), and the limit is 8. Quote
PdL Posted October 20, 2005 Report Posted October 20, 2005 My experience with OPC is that the client application doesn't refer to actual devices rather to items from the server application ? Well, it does sound like Siemens to have thought of this too Quote
JesperMP Posted October 21, 2005 Report Posted October 21, 2005 (edited) Its not Siemens fault, it is the way OPC works. I think that fgcastro wants to have on OP per PLC. He has only WinCC Flex Standard, so he probably isnt considering a solution that involves PCs at all. Edited October 21, 2005 by JesperMP Quote
fgcastro Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Posted October 21, 2005 In our installation we have three networks running a sail making machine. Two networks are Controller Link (OMRON propietary network) connected between them through a wireless ethernet link. We monitor and control the application through a PC (running Omron's HMI tool) connected to the main PLC though a wired Ethernet connection. I wanted to test if WinCC could perform as OMRON"s HMI tool or better? Quote
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