Siemens S5 OPC Server - KEPServerEX OPC Servers

Overview

Kepware's 32 bit Siemens S5 device driver works in conjunction with our OPC Server KEPServerEX, to provide data exchange between OPC Clients and Siemens S5 PLCs using AS511 protocol. The AS511 Protocol allows a direct connection to the programming port of the PLC. The programming port utilizes a Current Loop connection requiring the use of either the supplied programming cable or an external RS-232 to Current Loop converter. The Driver Manual contains a wiring diagram and recommendations for Current Loop converters. KEPServerEX automatically optimizes your data acquisition based on client demand. Data integrity is ensured with our extensive error handling.

This product is part of a Suite and when it is purchased you will receive all drivers in the suite. Siemens OPC Server Suite.

Siemens S5 OPC Server

Devices

Supported Devices

Device	Note
Siemens S5 - 90U
Siemens S5 - 95U
Siemens S5 - 100U - 100
Siemens S5 - 100U - 101
Siemens S5 - 100U - 103
Siemens S5 - 101U
Siemens S5 - 115U - 941
Siemens S5 - 115U - 942
Siemens S5 - 115U - 943
Siemens S5 - 115U - 944
Siemens S5 - 115U - 945
Siemens S5 - 135U - 921
Siemens S5 - 135U - 922
Siemens S5 - 135U - 928
Siemens S5 - 155U - 946
Siemens S5 - 155U - 947

Features

Specific Driver Features

Specific

Supports direct Peer-to-Peer Current Loop connection from PC serial port.
Supports Ethernet Encapsulation. Note: While this driver does support Ethernet Encapsulation, tight timing requirements of this protocol may preclude the driver from working in all Ethernet network environments.
Supports multiple PLC connections when using Ethernet Encapsulation.
Memory Types Supported: I, Q, F, T, C, and Data Block Access by named type.
All data types are supported.

General

Multi-threaded design ensures optimum performance
Full Time On-line operation allows on the fly changes
Channel Diagnostics with protocol display
OPC Diagnostic feature provides a real-time and historical view of OPC events that occur between any OPC client and the server
Additional System Tags provided for monitoring and diagnostics
Free OPC Test Client provided
Modem support included on all Serial port drivers
CSV file import and export of Server tags for easy configuration on large projects
Auto Demotion of Devices
Supports running as a Windows service
Supports direct scaling of device data which allows raw device data to be converted to engineering units for OPC client applications
Automatically backup project file on save
Includes a built-in User Manager that allows complete control over what types of functionality each individual user can access
Allows the user to specifically select a NIC card for use with any Ethernet driver or serial driver running in Ethernet Encapsulation mode
Supports up to 16 concurrent serial ports and PC card configurations

Client

OPC DA 1.0
OPC DA 2.05a
OPC DA 3.0

DDE CF-Text
NetDDE
AdvancedDDE
FastDDE for Wonderware's Intouch

3rd Party Client Support

To see a list of HMI's and Clients that we support go to our HMI / Client Support page.

Required

Required Software and Hardware

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 2000 (SP4 or greater) (32 bit and 64 bit)
Windows Server 2003 (SP2 or greater) (32 bit and 64 bit)
Windows XP (SP2 or greater)
Windows Vista Business/Ultimate (32 bit and 64 bit)
Windows Server 2008 (32 bit and 64 bit)

PC Hardware

Minimum

400 Mhz Pentium CPU
128 Megs of RAM
100 Megs of Free Hard Drive Space

Recommended

600 Mhz Pentium CPU
512 Megs of RAM
100 Megs of Free Hard Drive Space

Hardware Requirements

For Device and Hardware Requirements see the Devices tab.
Hardware Accessories

Protocol

Communication Protocol

AS511 Current Loop.

VB

Visual Basic

KEPServerEX Visual Basic OPC Client
Complex and Simple Visual Basic OPC Client Examples
Using Modems and Visual Basic with KEPServerEX.
Download the Modem and VB Example with Source Code
Knowledge Base

Help

Help/Links

Revisions

Siemens S5 OPC Driver Revisions

Driver updates below coincide with Server Release V4.270.416.0 (09/27/07)

All Drivers

- Fixed issue where server menu buttons like 'New', 'Open', 'Exit' would become permanently disabled when attempting to perform auto tag generation on a driver that had missing runtime dependencies.
- Fixed issue that could occur when multiple items with the same scan rate are read by exception and another item is added/asynchronously read/removed at that same rate. This issue resulted in stale data for those tags read by exception.

Driver updates below coincide with Server Release V4.264.401 (06/01/07)

All Drivers

- Fixed issue in the driver library where it was possible to delete a tag prior to stopping it. This would result in the accessing of invalid memory which could eventually result in an exception that would prevent a channel from processing any tags.

Driver updates below coincide with Server Release V4.210.367 (11/17/06)

All Drivers

- Fixed issue where a rapid sequence of item add, sync read, and item remove requests could result in bad OPC quality for some items included in a block sync read and/or sync read timeouts.
- Fixed issue with Unsolicited UDP Mode Ethernet Encapsulation mode, where driver would stop receiving unsolicited messages after sending a message.

Driver updates below coincide with Server Release V4.110.270 (3/22/04)

All Drivers

- Library fix affecting all drivers.

Driver updates below coincide with Server Release V4.90.237 (6/09/03)

Siemens S5 (V4.23.22)

- Fixed issue that would allow write items to be orphaned when a communications error occurred.

Driver updates below coincide with Server Release V4.90.237 (5/10/03)

All Drivers

All drivers have been updated to support 32 channels. (Exceptions are DDE Client driver, Modbus Plus, and SattBus).

Siemens S5 Serial (V4.10.26)

- Enhancement - expanded all lower level PLC address ranges. Now all smaller PLC's have the same address range. This has been done at customer request that has shown that the PLC's have more memory than we were aware of.