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Tech Note 275
Configuring TCP/IP Industrial Ethernet with SIMATIC NET Version 6.0 and Generic NIC Card (e.g.
3Com Card)
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Topic#: 001063
Created: October 2002
Table of Contents
Preface, Purpose, Requirements

Content
Set PG/PC Interface
Select access point of applications
Selection or creation of an access point
Interface Parameter Assignment Used
Add Interface
SIMATIC NET Commissioning Wizard
Commissioning Wizard 1(4)
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Change local settings
Change Hardware configuration
SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Insert Application
SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Insert Network Card
SIMATIC NET PC Config - Configure IP resp. MAC Address
SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Finish
Edit network and connection configuration
NetPro
NetPro - Insert new connection
NetPro - Select Connection Partner and Connection Type
NetPro - Properties S7 connection
NetPro - Enter Rack/Slot of the CPU
NetPro - Configured connections
NetPro - Save and Compile Network
NetPro - PLC Download "Selected Stations"
NetPro - PLC Download "Connections and Gateways"
Commission Wizard 4(4)
Configuration Console
SIMATIC NET S7 I/O Server - Define Topic
Define New Topic
S7 Topic Definition
Testing the connection between I/O Server and PLC with WWClient
Requirement
Best arrangement of WWClient, I/O Server and WWLogger on the desktop
Operate Menus CONNECTIONS - CREATE
Entries in "Create Connection" Window
View of WWClient if Connection is successfully established
Menu ITEM in WWClient
Explanation of the Quality State in WWClient
Entry in S7 I/O Server if Connection is OK
More documentation
This Tech Article ...

1. supports you in defining an access point in PG/PC Interface.
2. helps you to establish a TCP/IP respective Ethernet connection via the Simatic NET S7 I/O Server (Version 7.5.0.11 or higher) and a
Network card (e.g. 3Com Etherlink) by using the Simatic NET Software Version 6.0 (CD 07/2001 + SP2 or higher).
3. supports you in defining a topic in the S7 I/O Server and to test the connection via the WWClient test client.
Requirements
z SIMATIC NET S7 I/O Server Version 7.5.0.11 or higher must be installed.
z SIMATIC NET Software Version 6.0 + SP2 or higher must be installed.
z Computer with S7 I/O Server and PLC with TCP/IP Industrial Ethernet communication processor, connected to a network.
Set PG/PC Interface
You will find the program Set PG/PC Interface in the following menu.
Select access point of application

After starting Set PC/PC Interface the window looks similar to this one.
Selection or Creation of an Access Point

Now you have to select the access point of application.
You can either select a predefined access point, or you create a new one with Add/Delete.
Notice that the S7ONLINE (STEP 7) should pointing to PC Internal (Local).
Interface Parameter Assignment Used

Now select the desired interface parameter assignment.
The Access Point of the Application now must look similar to the one in the picture.
Add the Interface

This step is only necessary if you have problems when configuring the Interface Parameters Assignment Used.
If you can neither select TCP/IP nor Ind. Ethernet, then probably none of the modules is installed.
Click on . The following window displays:
Select the appropriate module and click
After this you should now be able to configure the Interface Parameter Assignment Used.
SIMATIC NET Commissioning Wizard
You will find the Commissioning Wizard in the following menue.
When doing this for the very first time you will see Step 1 of 7.
If you have started this program at least once before, you will see Step 1 of 4.
If you click Step 2 of 4 displays.
Please click the button
Change local settings
Select and press
Change the Hardware Configuration
Select and press
The following window displays.
SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Insert Application
Select Index 1 and perform a double-click on .
SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Insert Network Card
Do the same with Index 2 and respect to the network card that will be used.
SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Configure IP resp. MAC Address
In the window displaying now you can select if you want to use either the MAC-Address (Ind. Ethernet) or the IP address (TCP/IP). You can
also select both options. The addresses to enter in that window are the addresses of the computer for which you are doing this
configuration.You also have to select the subnet you want to use for communication. In this case Ethernet.
When pressing the button, the following window displays. No settings are necessary here.
SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Finish
The necessary settings have been performed. Save and compile your configuration. You can now close this window. The Commissioning Wizard
still shows step 2.
Please press again.
Select and press
The Change Settings window displays again.
Edit the Network and Connection Configuration
Now select and press .
The following NetPro window should display.
NetPro
Here you will see the PCStation that was configured before. If you do not see it, your configuration was not save and compiled correctly, you
need to reconfigure your PCStation. You can double click on the area where the application or IE General suppose to be, the Hardware
configuration window will appear.
Please notice the PC station Name is default to as PCStation, if you want to change this name, make sure the new name is save and compiled
and later downloaded. Check it with Station Configuration Editor to make sure the PC station name is matching to the name you use in the
NetPro configuration.
NetPro - Insert new connection

If you now select the Application, a table displays in the lower part of this window. In this table you have to define the connections. Therefore
perform a double-click somewhere in the first line.
NetPro - Select a Connection Partner and Connection Type
The following window displays. Please select (Unspecified) as connection partner and S7 connection as connection type.
When pressing the following window displays.
NetPro - Properties S7 Connection

Here you enter the network address of the partner. In case of a TCP/IP connection this is the IP address of the PLC you want to connect to.
If the connection is an Ind. Ethernet connection uncheck the TCP/IP checkbox. Now the address is the MAC address of the PLC.
When pressing the following window displays.
NetPro - Enter Rack/Slot of the CPU

Please enter the rack and the slot of the CPU in the PLC. The slot number can be seen in the hardware configuration in the Step7 programming
language. Usually it is 2 for an S7-300 PLC, and 3 for an S7-400 PLC. All other values should be default.
With you close the window and accept these settings.
NetPro - Configured connections

Now you see the configured connection.
NetPro - Save and Compile Network

The network configuration has to be saved and compiled.
To do this select menu entry Save and Compile in the Network main menu.
NetPro - PLC Download "Selected Stations"
Now download the hardware configuration to the PC Station Manager.
Note that the download menu is available only if the PCStation is selected and active. It does not work if the connection in the table below is
selected.
Warning: It may happen that the download is not successful with a more or less meaningless error message. In this case please check the
hardware configuration in NetPro against the configuration of the "Station Configuration Editor". You will find the "Station Configuration Editor"
as an icon (computer symbol) on the right side of your taskbar. Both configurations must be identical before SIMATIC NET allows a download.
(Both configurations must be identical in terms of PC Station Name, the positions of the components - application and IE general, OPC server,
etc.)
NetPro - PLC Download Connections and Gateways

The last step is to download the connections and gateways to the PC Station Manager.
NetPro settings are now complete. You can close the window.
The Commissioning Wizard
Select and step forward with .
Confirm step 4 of 4 by pressing .
Now the Configuration Console displays.
Configuration Console
In the pull down menu Mode of the module select Configured mode and confirm with . Then close the window.
Now the SIMATIC NET configuration is completed!
SIMATIC NET S7 I/O Server - Define Topic
In the main menu Configure select Topic Definition.
Define New Topic
Press New to create a new topic.
S7 Topic Definition
The Topic Name may be chosen freely.In the pull down menu CP-Name select the access point that you defined in step 1.1 "Select access point
of application ".
If you then click the arrow in the pull down menu VFD the application that you defined in the previous steps must appear.If you selected the
correct VFD, then in the pull down menu Connection also must appear the corresponding connection.
If you do not find entries in the pull down menus VFD and Connection, something went wrong with the SIMATIC NET software. Then it doesn't
help to type in the entries manually. In this case please check all your SIMATIC NET settings again and download them to the PC. Then restart
the S7 server and try again.
For best performance you should select and .
If you do not explicitly want cyclic services, you should disable them .
Testing the Connection Between I/O Server and PLC with WWClient
The handy tool, WWCLIENT, which is located in the Common directory of the Wonderware FactorySuite, can be used for testing a
connection between I/O server and PLC.
Requirements
SIMATIC NET software set-up correct.
I/O Server is running.
Best arrangement of WWClient, I/O Server and WWLogger on the Desktop
Operate menus CONNECTIONS - CREATE

Enter the following information in the window Create Connection.
Entries in "Create Connection" Window
Optional, Name of the computer the I/O server is running on. Necessary if
Node
the I/O server is running on a remote computer in the network.
Application Name of the *.exe file of the I/O servers. In this case S7.
Topic Name of the topic as defined in the I/O server.
Selection of the connection type between I/O server and client. Possible
Connection Type
choices are DDE and IOT (Suite Link).
Accept the changes .
Close the window with .
View of WWClient if Connection is Successfully Established

In WWCLIENT you should see a line similar to the following Connection type \\Nodename\Server|Topic
In the I/O Servers an entry similar to the following should display. The Status of the connection should be GOOD.
Menu Item in WWClient
In field ITEM enter the desired data in the PLC. Please be sure to use the correct syntax of the I/O server. Please refer to the corresponding
section in the online documentation of the I/O server.
With AdviseEx the item will be activated.
WWCLIENT should look similar to the screenshot below.
If you enter a value in the field VALUE, this value can be poked to the PLC by pressing the button POKE. This value now should also be visible
in WWCLIENT.
Values that are changing in the PLC will change accordingly in WWCLIENT.
Explanation of the Quality State in WWClient
This quality can be used to analyze communication problems.
Better explanation of the quality state can be found in the electronic documentation (pdf file) of the SIMATIC NET S7 I/O server looking for
"Quality".
Here is a list of the possible Codes and their meaning in short:
00C0 Data quality good.
00C0 Clamp hi.

0055 Clamp lo.
0040 Cannot convert.
0004 No access.
0018 No communication.
If the communication is OK, you will see: 0x00c0.
Entry in S7 I/O Server if Connection is OK
In the I/O server the number of connected items in WWClient should be seen in the column ITEMS. If all items are correct, the column ERRORS
should show the value "0".
Now the connection is tested and fully functioning.
More documentation:
If Internet access is available, the following links will guide you directly to the documents on Wonderware's Tech Support web site.
Technote 132 - Using FactorySuite 2000s WWClient to Check I/O Server Communications.
Technote 48 - Using WWClients to Check I/O Server Communication.
FAQ22 - The Wonderware Siemens SIMATIC S7 I/O Server.
Additional documentation is located on the SIMATIC NET CD.
Please take a look at the electronic documentation on the SIMATIC NET CD. There you will find additional explanations and descriptions
regarding this CD and its software.
P. Craemer
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technical information on our software products at Wonderware Technical Support
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Preface, Purpose, Requirements

Commissioning Wizard 2(4)

This Tech Article ...

z SIMATIC NET S7 I/O Server Version 7.5.0.11 or higher must be installed.

z SIMATIC NET Software Version 6.0 + SP2 or higher must be installed.

Set PG/PC Interface

Select access point of application

Selection or Creation of an Access Point

Notice that the S7ONLINE (STEP 7) should pointing to PC Internal (Local).

Interface Parameter Assignment Used

Add the Interface

Click on . The following window displays:

Select the appropriate module and click

SIMATIC NET Commissioning Wizard

You will find the Commissioning Wizard in the following menue.

Commissioning Wizard 1(4)

If you click Step 2 of 4 displays.

Commissioning Wizard 2(4)

Please click the button

Change local settings

Select and press

Change the Hardware Configuration

Select and press

The following window displays.

SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Insert Application

Select Index 1 and perform a double-click on .

SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Insert Network Card

SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Configure IP resp. MAC Address

SIMATIC NCM PC Config - Finish

Please press again.

Select and press

The Change Settings window displays again.

Edit the Network and Connection Configuration

Now select and press .

The following NetPro window should display.

NetPro - Insert new connection

NetPro - Select a Connection Partner and Connection Type

When pressing the following window displays.

NetPro - Properties S7 Connection

When pressing the following window displays.

NetPro - Enter Rack/Slot of the CPU

With you close the window and accept these settings.

NetPro - Configured connections

NetPro - Save and Compile Network

NetPro - PLC Download "Selected Stations"

Now download the hardware configuration to the PC Station Manager.

NetPro - PLC Download Connections and Gateways

The Commissioning Wizard

Select and step forward with .

Commissioning Wizard 4(4)

Confirm step 4 of 4 by pressing .

Now the Configuration Console displays.

Now the SIMATIC NET configuration is completed!

SIMATIC NET S7 I/O Server - Define Topic

In the main menu Configure select Topic Definition.

Define New Topic

Press New to create a new topic.

For best performance you should select and .

Best arrangement of WWClient, I/O Server and WWLogger on the Desktop

Operate menus CONNECTIONS - CREATE