Communication - Drivers & Protocols

WinCC OA User Days London Daniel Hgerl

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Table of content

Architecture overview 4
S7 Driver 6
S7Plus Driver 7
OPC UA Server & Client 9
IEC 61850/61400-25 Client 11

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Architecture overview

SIMATIC WinCC Open Architecture

SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
Part of automation system
Operation and control of technical plants
Current process states / values
Alerting
Historical archiving
User interaction

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Architecture overview

Drivers & Protocols OPC OPC Modbus SNMP

Communication channel (S7, BACnet, Modbus, ) Client Client Client Manager

Process Interface
Client / Southbound
North- OPC DA Modbus SNMP Provide
Server / Northbound bound Server Server Agent Service
Configuration
Driver Configs (_address, _distrib) SIMATIC WinCC Open Architecture
Plantmodel Views

Examples
Native S7 Driver South- S7 OPC UA Use
bound Driver Client Service
S7Plus Driver
OPC UA Server & Client
IEC 61850 Client
S7 S7 OPC UA OPC UA OPC UA
PLC PLC Server Server Server

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S7 Driver

Basic data Current features in WinCC OA 3.14

3rd party library ACCON AGLink
Windows, Linux
S5, LOGO, S7-200/300/400/1200/1500
Protocol: S7 messaging
Communication services
Write data
Poll on use
S7 Alarming
TSPP / Time Stamped Push Protocol
Symbolic data access with STEP7
Projected connections
Redundant connections (ReduLAN)
Redundant devices (H-Systems)
Operating state
PLC time synchronization

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S7Plus Driver

Basic data Features in WinCC OA 3.15

Siemens library Communication services
Windows, Linux Write data
S7-1200/1500/ET 200SP/Software Controller Poll on use
Protocol: S7+ messaging Unsolicited data (Subscriptions)
Symbolic data access with TIA project export file
All levels of security protection
Support of all available variable types (also arrays)
Redundant connections (ReduLAN)
Operating state
PLC time synchronisation
Read certain PLC limits (max. Subscriptions, )
Statistics (reads per second, )

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Comparison S7 / S7Plus Drivers

S7 Classic Driver (WinCC OA 3.14) S7Plus Driver (WinCC OA 3.15)

Platforms Windows, Linux Windows, Linux
Network Configuration Not necessary PC Identifier / S7DOS
Project Browsing (offline) Yes (complete TIA Project) Yes (TIA Plugin export)
Project Browsing (online) No No (planned for the future)
Optimized Data Access Yes (only with Symbolic) Yes
Performance (VC/sec) 3.200 (Symbolic) 13.900 (Polling + Subscriptions)
39.000 (only Subscriptions)
Unsolicited Data TSPP Subscriptions
- Configuration Requires PLC programming Same as Polling
- Fallback No Yes (Polling)
Protection Levels Yes (1-3 and only without PWD) Yes (All)
Secure Connection No Yes

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OPC UA Server & Client

Basic data Current features in WinCC OA 3.14

Industrial M2M Protocol Communication services
OPC UA Communication Stack Data Access
Windows, Linux Alarms & Conditions
Protocol: OPC UA TCP Historical Access (Client only)
Unsolicited data (Subscriptions)
Client configuration via address config Security profiles
Server configuration via Plantmodel views Authentication
Redundancy
Browsing of items
Mapping OPC UA status codes to WinCC OA user bits

Performance
Client: 20.000 VC/sec
Server: 5.000 VC/sec

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Comparison OPC UA Plantmodel View / DP Groups

Configuration via DP Groups Configuration via Plantmodel View

Data model equals the assigned DPE Data model independent from DPE structure
structure and cannot be adapted

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IEC 61850/61400-25 Client

Basic data Current features in WinCC OA 3.14

Electrical Substation Automation Systems Communication services
MicroWorks Triangle Communication Stack Datasets
Windows, Linux Report control blocks (buffered/unbuffered)
Protocol: MMS/GOOSE over TCP Control (direct or select before operate)
Time synchronization
Fields of application: protection devices, File transfer
smart metering, smart grids, wind turbines, Poll on use
high-voltage switchgears Configuration via ICD/CID/SCD file
Online browsing of IEC 61850/61400-25 server
Authentication
Redundancy

61400-25

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Summary

Roles of Drivers & Protocols Available in WinCC OA

Communication interface to external process images S7
BACnet
Architecture DNP3
Southbound (use a service) IEC (61850/61400-25)
Configured via Driver Configs (_address) Modbus TCP
OPC Server & Client
Northbound (provide a service) OPC UA Server & Client
Configured via Plantmodel Views S-Bus
SINAUT
SNMP

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Contact page

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