Siemens S7-PLCSIM¶

Requirements

Siemens Edition or Ultimate Edition
Siemens S7-PLCSIM V5/13-18/Advanced v3.0

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Samples:

This driver provides connectivity with Siemens S7-PLCSIM. It can be used to control Factory I/O with S7-PLCSIM v5/13-16/Advanced through TIA Portal.

TIA Portal Template Projects

Note that you must use a TIA Portal template project when connecting with S7-PLCSIM v13-18. Without these templates, Factory I/O will not be able to communicate with this particular version of S7-PLCSIM.

siemens s7-plcsim driver

Configuration¶

siemens s7-plcsim configuration

Configuration Setting	Description
Auto connect	Periodically tries to connect to the PLC until a successful connection is established.
Model	PLC model: S7-300, S7-1200, S7-1500 or S7-1500 (S7-PLCSIM Advanced). S7-PLCSIM Advanced must be configured with an instance name set to factoryio. You can change the instance name with the console command drivers.siemens_s7plcsim.instance_name = 'newname'.
Numerical Data Type	Choose whether WORD or DWORD will be used for analog values.
Bool Inputs	Address offset and number of Bool inputs to use for digital sensors (max 256). Sensors' values are written into I memories starting at address 0 (by default).
Bool Outputs	Address offset and number of Bool outputs to use for digital actuators (max 256). Actuators' values are read from Q memories starting at address 0 (by default).
DWORD Inputs	Address offset and number of DWORD/WORD inputs to use for analog sensors (max 64).
DWORD Outputs	Address offset and number of DWORD/WORD outputs to use for analog actuators (max 64).
Default	Click to reset to the default options.

About Analog Values¶

You should be aware of how floating and integer values are exchanged between Factory I/O and the PLC. The driver can be configured to read/write values using WORD or DWORD and the following list gives you detailed information on how data is encoded/decoded in both cases.

DWORD Inputs (Sensors)¶

Floating sensor values are encoded as 32-bit floating point numbers (REAL).
Integer sensor values are encoded as 32-bit integers.

DWORD Outputs (Actuators)¶

Floating actuator values are expected as 32-bit floating point numbers (REAL).
Integer actuator values are expected as 32-bit integers.

WORD Inputs (Sensors)¶

Floating sensor values ranging from -10 V to 10 V are linearized between -27648 and 27648.
Floating sensor values ranging from 0 V to 10 V are linearized between 0 and 27648.
Integer sensor values are converted into signed 16-bit integers.

WORD Outputs (Actuators)¶

Floating actuator values ranging from -10 V to 10 V are expected to be linearized between -27648 and 27648.
Floating actuator values ranging from 0 V to 10 V are expected to be linearized between 0 and 27648.
Integer actuator values are expected as signed 16-bit integers.

When using WORD, conversion between integer values and real number values can be done with the 'SCALE_X' and 'NORM_X' instructions.

TIA Portal Template Projects¶

In the existing OB1 there is already a Network 1

Do not delete this network. Otherwise, the connection will not work.

Downloads for TIA Portal v13

FactoryIO_Template_S7-1200_V13.zip
FactoryIO_Template_S7-1500_V13.zip

Downloads for TIA Portal 14

FactoryIO_Template_S7-1200_V14.zip
FactoryIO_Template_S7-1500_V14.zip

Downloads for TIA Portal 15 / 16

FactoryIO_Template_S7-1200_V15.zip
FactoryIO_Template_S7-1500_V15.zip