Select all application options to be installed. Usually this authorization key is located on a separate floppy disk. Infomation: Authorizing the software can be done at a later time. Untick the option to Run automatic authorization to continue Click Next >. If you already have SIMATIC NET software installed, this drive should then be selected as the destination drive.
Information: The software can be used for testing and validation purposes without a license.Įnter your name and company in the dialogue user registration to continue click Next >.Ĭitect / SIMATIC NET V6.1 – Whitepaper V1.0 ( 6 / 29 ) Read the software licence contract and click Yes if you agree to the license agreement. Information: Also disable your virus scanner temporarily for the installation!!Ĭitect / SIMATIC NET V6.1 – Whitepaper V1.0 ( 5 / 29 ) In this case English to continue click Next >.Įnd all currently running Windows programs to continue Click Next >. In the Setup Language dialogue select the langauge applicable to you. 2: Information about Changed Configuration Citect / SIMATIC NET V6.1 – Whitepaper V1.0 ( 4 / 29 ) Read the information below, it is important to familiarise yourself with the new properties of the changed configuration to continue click Next >.įig.
Start the SIMATIC NET installation by clicking on the button Install SIMATIC NET Software.įig. Should the installation not start automatically, then you can run Setup.exe from the root directory of the CD. Once you have logged on to the PC with administration rights, put the SIMATIC NET CD in the CD drive. Installation of SIMATIC NET Software V6.1 1. Information: The card location of S7 CPU becomes important later in the configuration.Ĭitect / SIMATIC NET V6.1 – Whitepaper V1.0 ( 3 / 29 )ģ. The hardware modules occupy the following slots in the Siemens PLC: 1. Hardware - Standard Network Card - S7-300 with CPU315-2 DP - Siemens power supply PS30 / 5A - Siemens CP343-1 TCP Configuration example Required Software / Hardware Software - Siemens SIMATIC NET Software V6.1 SOFTNET-S7 Industrial Ethernet - CitectSCADA V5.x - Windows XP + SP1 SIMATIC NET version 6.0 requies service pack 4 or higher (of Simatic NET).Ĭitect / SIMATIC NET V6.1 – Whitepaper V1.0 ( 2 / 29 )Ģ. Windows XP Professional + SP1 Windows NT4.0+SP6.0a or Windows 2000 Professional+SP1/2/3ĪTTENTION SIMATIC NET V6.0 does not support Windows 2000 service pack 4.
The latest Citect drivers can be downloaded from The following SIMATIC NET versions are supported by Citect: SIMATIC Net V6.1 SIMATIC Net V6.0 Therefore it has lower performance than the S7NT/S7WIN drivers. ATTENTION The S7NTSP and S7WINSP drivers do not perform Blocking.
S7NTSP and S7WINSP driver support reading from PID Blocks. The following operating systems are supported by the Citect S7 driver: S7NT S7WIN S7NTSP S7WINSP Therefore it is possible to use one Citect driver for different kinds of communication (MPI, Profibus, Ethernet) since the S7API makes it transparent. The SIMATIC NET software supports different kinds of communication (MPI, Profibus, Ethernet) with Siemens PLCs. Therefore the Siemens software (SIMATIC NET) with the S7-Functions must be installed and configured before successful communications with the Citect S7NT driver is possible. General information Citect performs communication via the S7-Functions (S7API) of Siemens. 3COM) via Softnet-S7 Industrial Ethernet to a S7-300 with an Ethernet CP343 module. Communication is acheived using a standard network card (e.g.
Summary: This article describes the configuration of a S7 Connection with the SIMATIC NET software V6.1. Whitepaper The information in this article refers to: - SIMATIC NET Software-Product-CD 11/2002 (Software-Version V6.1). Configuration of a S7 Connection via Industrial Ethernet with SIMATIC NET V6.1 (SOFTNET-S7)