Product Overview
The Siemens TCP/IP Server Ethernet driver was designed specifically for use with the KEPServerEX communications platform. It acts as a simulated Siemens PLC, and is intended for simulation of Siemens S7-300. The mode of communications is S7 Messaging on Industrial Ethernet (ISO 8073 Class 0) over TCP/IP as defined in RFC1006.
The Siemens TCP/IP Server Ethernet driver does not require special libraries or hardware. All that is needed is a standard Ethernet card. Devices require specialized ladder programming to communicate with this driver.
Resources
Performance
- Supports 256 virtual devices
- Supports the SFB14-GET and SFB15-PUT commands
Protocols
- Siemens Industrial Ethernet
Available Languages
- English
- German
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
Application Support
- DDE Format CF_Text and AdvancedDDE
- NIO Interface for iFIX
- OPC .NET Service (OPC .NET) Version 1.00
- OPC Alarms and Events (OPC AE) Version 1.10
- OPC Data Access (OPC DA) Versions 1.0a, 2.0, 2.05a, and 3.0
- OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) Clients
- SuiteLink and FastDDE for Wonderware
Release Notes
6.10.623.0
2/23/2021
- Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software. Renamed this driver in compliance with updated terminology.
6.4.405.0
6/11/2018
- Increased the maximum channel count from 256 to 1024.
6.4.321.0
12/13/2017
- Added support for larger PDU sizes of 480 and 960.
Note: Using larger PDU sizes allows for increased throughput and larger array size access from the device.
- Added a new setting called Maximum PDU Size. The driver communicates using the PDU size defined in this setting. Available PDU sizes include 240, 480, and 960.
6.2.460.0
7/6/2017
- Added Chinese language support.
6.0.2107.0
11/15/2016
- Added German language support.
- Added Japanese language support.
5.17.495.0
2/24/2015
- Fixed a runtime crash that could occur if there was a socket error while reading unsolicited data.
5.5.94.0
2/18/2011
- The driver will now check for License Activation upon receiving unsolicited communications.