KL3964R Communication Server for SIMATIC S7-CP340
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1. version as Windows NT Service refer to Running KL3964R OPC amp DDE version as Windows NT Service section of this manual 2 The Service Startup configuration can be changed by MS Windows NT Control Panel Services configuration dialogs The Allow Service to Interact with Desktop checkbox in Service dialog box must be checked the Service dialog box can be invoked by pressing the Startup button on Services dialog box when Service KL3964R_lOServer is selected If Allow Service to Interact with Desktop is not selected then KL3964R Server full functionality is not ensured e g the Server configuration can not be changed no message boxes will be displayed etc Once all entries have been made click on OK KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 10 Com Port Settings Command This command is used to configure the communication port that will be used to communicate with SIMATIC S7 CP340 PLC Invoke the Configure Com Port Settings command The Communication Port Settings dialog box will appear ED CZ Com Port com DI Reply Timeout E secs Save Defaults m Baud Rate C10 Cam 600 1200 2400 C a800 9600 C 14400 C 19200 C SEH J T Stop Bits Lei C Parity f Even C Odd C None Mak C Space Select the Com Port and examine the characteristics of the selected Port To select a necessary Com Port click2. Dump Screen if checked then information about active messages are displayed on the KL3964R main window This also can be used to find out how many messages are actually sent to the PLC s All debug information except Dump Screen is displayed through the Wonderware Logger or and KL3964R Internal Logger if Show Logger is checked which must be active for these commands to work Note If you check Show Send and or Show Receive debug output grows very fast and it is possible that computer can become very slow KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 33 KLINKMANN AUTOMATION KL3964R Communication Server Revision History Jul 97 Rev 1 0 First Release Oct 97 Rev 1 1 Manual file name changed Minor changes Oct 97 Rev 1 2 Minor changes in chapter Files on the KL3964R Distribution Disks Oct 2000 Rev 1 3 OPC support added Feb 2001 Rev 1 4 OPC compliance information added Mar 2002 Rev 1 5 Installation from CD information added KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15
3. Start an application e g InTouch application In Server s system menu select the Dump command Wait until error occurs Close InTouch application and Server Supply the Server provider with Server s configuration file KL3964R CFG and if possible with an application PLC programs and configuration parameters of CP340 communication processor WIN INI entries The first time you run the KL3964R Server configuration most of the items in the following list will automatically appear in the WIN INI file located in the MS Windows system directory e g C WINNT It is an ASCII file and can be altered manually if you wish with any text editor e g MS Windows Notepad do not use a program that formats text such as MS Word or Write unless the file is saved as a DOS text The following is a typical entry for the KL3964R Server KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 31 KL3964R Winlconic 0 WinFullScreen 0 WinTop 112 WinLeft 0 WinWidth 200 WinHeight 168 ProtocolTimer 10 ConfigurationFile C KL3964R ShowSend 0 ShowReceive 0 ShowErrors 1 There are following additional WIN INI entries available for KL3964R Server SlowPollRetries and SlowPollinterval The SlowPollRetries entry is used to enter the number of consecutive error retries for one topic PLC If after SlowPollRetries there is still no successful response from PLC then this topic is changed to slow poll mode T
4. Port COM1 PLC Address fi Update Interval fon msec 3 Enter the Topic Name Note If using InTouch the same Topic Name is to be entered in the Add Access Name dialog box described in the Using the KL3964R Server with InTouch section 4 Click on the Com Port button to associate a topic with the communication port Note Additional topics may be associated with the same communication port later 5 The PLC Address entry is reserved for RS422 485 and is not relevant for RS232 communication Default value is 1 6 Set the Update Interval field to indicate the frequency the items points on this topic will be read polled Default value is 1000 milliseconds When all entries have been made click on OK to process the configuration for this topic Select Done in Topic definition dialog box when configuration for all Topics has been performed KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 13 Item Names The KL3964R DDE Server supports item point names that are consistent with the point naming used by Siemens PLCs The tables below list the item point names supported by the KL3964R DDE Server Data Blocks Data Format ltems Suffix DDE Tag Range Type DBm DBXb i Discrete Oori Byte DBm DBBb Integer 0 to 255 KF Integer 128 to 127 Word DBm DBWn Integer 0 to 65535 KF Integer 32768 to 32767 Integer 999 to 999 KT Message 0 0 to 999 3 S5T Message Omsto2h46m
5. amp DDE version The separate installation package is supplied for each version of the Server In both cases the name of Server executable file is KL3964R EXE All further information in this manual is same for all versions of the Server with the exception of few points where communication protocol specific features are explained Communication Protocols Dynamic Data Exchange DDE is a communication protocol developed by Microsoft to allow applications in the Windows environment to send receive data and instructions to from each other It implements a client server relationship between two concurrently running applications The server application provides the data and accepts requests from any other application interested in its data Requesting applications are called clients Some applications such as Wonderware InTouch and Microsoft Excel can simultaneously be both a client and a server FastDDE provides a means of packing many proprietary Wonderware DDE messages into a single Microsoft DDE message This packing improves efficiency and performance by reducing the total number of DDE transactions required between a client and a server Although Wonderware s FastDDE has extended the usefulness of DDE for the industry this extension is being pushed to its performance constraints in distributed environments The KL3964R Server Suite Link amp DDE version supports the FastDDE Version 3 an extension to Wonderware s proprietary FastD
6. is the row column ID of the cell containing the data value For itemname use some of the valid item names described in the Item Names section TERMINATE channel Closes the channel at the end of the macro Some applications have a limited number of channels Therefore they should be closed when finished Channel is the channel number returned by the previously executed INITIATE function RETURN Marks the end of the macro The following is an example of Excel macro used to poke value from cell B2 to topic 7300 item MW100 PokeMacro Ctrl a INITIATE KL3964R S7300 POKE A2 MW100 B2 ON TIME NOW 0 01 TerminateDDEChannel RETURN TerminateDDEChannel TERMINATE A2 RETURN Note Refer to the Microsoft Excel manual for complete details on entering Remote Reference formulas for cells KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 25 Using the KL3964R Server with OPC Clients The OPC amp DDE version of KL3964R Server is accessible from OPC Clients There are following general steps needed to access an OPC item from KL3964R Server 1 Run OPC Client application and select the KL8964R OPC and DDE Server from the list of available OPC Servers If KL3964R Server currently is not running it will start automatically Create a new group or topic if Wonderware OPCLink application is used If OPC Client supports the validating of items validate the item be
7. on the combo box button and make your choice from the list box The Reply Timeout field is used to enter the amount of time in seconds the Simatic S7 PLC using the selected communication port will be given to reply to commands from the Server Note The default value of 3 seconds is sufficient for most configurations If BaudRate slower than 2400 is selected this timeout should be increased Check communication BaudRate that matches the hardware settings the default value 9600 The following other communication parameters are used 8 Data Bits 1 Stop Bit Even Parity These parameters can not be changed Once all entries have been made select Done to process the configuration for the communication port To reset the default values click on Defaults Saving KL3964R Configuration File If the configuration file does not currently exist or a new configuration path has been specified the Server will display the Save Configuration dialog box KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 11 Save Configuration Configuration File Directory C KL3964R4 Defaults M Make this the default configuration file This dialog box displays the path where the Server is going to save the current configuration file The path may be changed if necessary Also the path can optionally be recorded in the WIN INI file by selecting the Make this the default configuration file option Doi
8. set to 0 after 3 consecutive unsuccessful retries to communicate with this PLC From InTouch the state of communication may be read by defining an I O Discrete tagname and associating it with the topic configured for the PLC and using STATUS as the item name From Excel the status of the communication may be read by entering the following formula in a cell KL3964R topic STATUS where topic is the name of topic e g plc01 configured for PLC UPDATEINTERVAL The UPDATEINTERVAL item is an Integer type Read Write item used to access the currently set Update Interval see Topic Definition Command section It indicates the current requested update interval in milliseconds The value of this item can be read through DDE Suite Link or OPC Client can poke new values to this item The range of valid values is from 10 to 2147483647 milliseconds The value of zero indicates that no KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 17 items on this topic are updated The write commands are still executed new values written to PLC if UPDATEINTERVAL value is 0 zero Note By poking a value of zero to the UPDATEINTERVAL item a client can stop all update activities on the corresponding topic without having to deactivate the items MAXINTERVAL The MAXINTERVAL item is an Integer type Read Only item used to access the measured maximum update interval in milliseconds of all items for the corresponding
9. topic for the last completed poll cycle The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 milliseconds The UPDATEINTERVAL and MAXINTERVAL items can be used to tune the performance of communication ITEMCOUNT The ITEMCOUNT item is an Integer type Read Only item used to access the number of active items in the corresponding topic The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 ERRORCOUNT The ERRORCOUNT item is an Integer type Read Only item used to access the number of active items with errors in the corresponding topic The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 ERRORITEMS The ERRORITEMS item is an Integer type Read Write Only unique for each topic used to access the total number of items with invalid item names these items are rejected by Server The ERRORITEMS value can be reset by writing 0 to this item The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 WRITECOUNT The WRITECOUNT item is an Integer type Read Only item used to access the number of write commands messages waiting for execution The range of valid values is from 0 to 2147483647 For example in following way the WRITECOUNT item can be used to avoid the increasing of memory occupied by not executed write commands activate the hot link with WRITECOUNT item and start to monitor it activate new write command by poking new value only if value of WRITECOUNT becomes equal to 0 e g all previous write commands are executed and memory occupied by
10. will appear C Main Details Alarms Details amp Alarms Members Cancel Close New Restore Delete Save Tagname Jun oo Type o Integer Group sSvstem Readonly Read Write Comment AccessLevel T LogData TI Log Events I Retentive Value Retentive Parameters Click on New and enter the Tagname The tagname defined here is the name InTouch will use The KL38964R Server does not see this name Select the tag type by clicking on the Type button The Tag Types dialog box will appear KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 21 Memory Discrete 1 0 Discrete Indirect Discrete Memory Integer v 1 0 Integer Memory Real 1 0 Real Indirect Analog Memory Message LA Message Indirect Message Group Var Hist Trend Tag ID To access KL3964R items the type must be I O Discrete I O Integer or I O Message Select the Tag type The Details dialog box for the tag name will appear Initial Value fo Min EU 32768 Max EU 32767 Deadband fo Min Raw 32768 Max Raw 32767 Ge Conversion Eng Units P irea i Square Root Item IT Use Tagname as ltem Name Log Deadband fo Unassigned Select the Access name for KL3964R Server by clicking on the Access Name button The Access Names dialog box will appear Access Names Add Delete a KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270x
11. 30s Double Word DBm DBDk Integer 2147483648 to 2147483647 BCD Integer 9999999 to 9999999 KG Real Floating point String DBm DBSb z Message ez Note All data blocks are Read Write m 1 to 65535 b 0 to 65535 0 to 7 n 0 to 65534 k 0 to 65532 z length of character string Z lt 65535 Also is used abbreviated items names without DB e g DB12W24BCD Flags Data Format ltems Suffix DDE Tag Range Type Fb ior Mb i Discrete ei Byte FBb Integer 0 to 255 Or MBb KF Integer 128 to 127 Word Fwn Integer 0 to 65535 Or Mwn Integer 32768 to 32767 Integer 999 to 999 Message 0 0 to 999 3 Omsto2h46m305s Double Word FDk Integer 2147483648 to Or MDk 2147483647 Integer 9999999 to 9999999 Real Floating point Note All flags are Read Only b 0 to 255 i 0 to 7 n 0 to 254 k 0 to 252 KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 14 Inputs Type Bit IL Dierf Discrete ort Byte IBb Integer 0 to 255 rete meer 2 Integer 0 to 65535 KF Integer 32768 to 32767 BCD Integer 999 to 999 Message 0 0 to 999 3 S5T Message 0 ms to 2 h 46 m 30 s Double Word Integer 2147483648 to 2147483647 Integer 9999999 to 9999999 Real Floating point Note All inputs are Read Only b 0 to 65535 i 0 to 7 n 0 to 65534 k 0 to 65532 Outputs Data Format Items Suffix DDE Tag Range Type Bit QbiorAbi Discree Oori Byte QBb
12. 5 function block CALL FB5 DB5 IMPORTANT The function block FB5 calls system function SFC 36 This function masks all synchronous errors see Error messages section in this manual See the README TXT from ADDITION ZIP for more information Connection Cable To connect Simatic S7 PLC to your computer you can either use the manufactured cable LIYCY 7x0 14 or you can make your own connections cable between the computer RS 232 serial port and CP340 communication processor on the Simatic S7 300 PLC CP340 Simatic S7 PLC PC 9 P female 9 P female RxD 2 3 TxD TxD 3 2 RxD RTX 7 8 CTX CTX 8 7 RTX DSR 6 4 DTR DTR 4 6 DSR GND 5 5 GND KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 8 Configuring the KL3964R Server After the KL3964R Server is initially installed a small amount of configuration is required Configuring the Server automatically creates a KL3964R CFG file that holds all of the topic definitions entered as well as the communication port configurations This file will automatically be placed in the same directory in which KL3964R EXE is located unless the path where the configuration file will be placed is specified via the Configure Server Settings command LC KL3964R l Ea Help Configure Comm Port Settings Topic Definition Server Settings Server Settings Command A number of parameters that control the internal operation of the Server can be
13. 64R Server must be started with command line parameter Service KL3964R Service After this the KL8964R OPC amp DDE Server NT Service will be installed with Startup type Manual The Service Startup configuration can be changed by MS Windows NT Control Panel Services configuration dialog boxes The Allow Service to Interact with Desktop checkbox in Service dialog box must be checked the Service dialog box can be invoked by pressing the Startup button on Services dialog box when Service KL3964R OPC amp DDE Server is selected If Allow Service to Interact with Desktop is not selected then KL3964R Server full functionality is not ensured e g the Server configuration can not be changed no message boxes will be displayed etc To use KL3964R Server OPC amp DDE version as Windows NT Service you may need to configure DCOM For details of configuring DCOM refer to Configuring DCOM section of this manual If KL8964R OPC amp DDE Server NT Service will be accessed only from KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 28 local OPC clients i e KL8964R Server will not be used as a remote OPC Server then custom access and launch permissions NETWORK are not needed To uninstall KL3964R OPC amp DDE Server NT Service at first the Service must be stopped by Control Panel Services Stop and then KL3964R Server must be started ma
14. DE Version 2 This extension supports the transfer of Value Time Quality VTQ information The original DDE and FastDDE Version 2 formats are still supported providing full backward compatibility with older DDE clients FastDDE Version 3 works on Windows 9x systems as well as Windows NT systems KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 2 NetDDE extends the standard Windows DDE functionality to include communication over local area networks and through serial ports Network extensions are available to allow DDE links between applications running on different computers connected via networks or modems For example NetDDE supports DDE between applications running on IBM compatible computers connected via LAN or modem and DDE aware applications running on non PC based platforms under operating environments such as VMS and UNIX SuiteLink uses a TCP IP based protocol and is designed by Wonderware specifically to meet industrial needs such as data integrity high throughput and easier diagnostics This protocol standard is only supported on Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 or higher SuiteLink is not a replacement for DDE FastDDE or NetDDE The protocol used between a client and a server depends on your network connections and configurations SuiteLink was designed to be the industrial data network distribution standard and provides the following features Value Time Quality VTQ places a time stamp and qu
15. Integer 0 to 255 or ABb KF Integer 128 to 127 Integer 0 to 65535 Integer 32768 to 32767 Integer 999 to 999 Message 0 0 to 999 3 S5T Message 0 ms to 2 h 46 m 30 s Double Word QDk Integer 2147483648 to or ADk 2147483647 Integer 9999999 to 9999999 KG Real Floating point Note All outputs are Read Only b 0 to 65535 i 0 to 7 n 0 to 65534 k 0 to 65532 Counters Data Format Items Suffix DDE Tag Range Type Note All counters are Read Only n 0 to 255 KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 15 Timers Data Format ltems Suffix DDE Tag Range Type Word Tn BCD Integer 0 to 3999 KT Message 0 0 to 999 3 S5T Message O ms to2h46m30s Note All timers are Read Only n 0 to 255 Item Point Naming Examples The following examples show the correct format for item point names DB10 DBX20 2 or DB10 DX20 2 or DB10 X20 2 or DB10X20 2 data block 10 bit 2 of data byte 20 DB12 DBB1234 or DB12 DB1234 or DB12 B1234 or DB12B1234 data block 12 data byte 1234 value in the controller is binary and has a range of 0 to 255 DB20 DBW101KF or DB20 DW101KF or DB20 W101KF or DB20W101KF data block 20 data word 101 value in the controller is binary and has a range of 32768 to 32767 DB10 DBW14BCD or DB10 DW14BCD or DB10 W14BCD or DB10W14BCD data block 10 data word 14 value in the controller is in BCD format and has a range of 999 to 999 DB20 DBW28KT or DB20 DW28
16. KL3964R Communication Server for SIMATIC S7 CP340 for Microsoft Windows and InTouch Applications User Manual Ver 1 x Rev 1 5 DR 270 10 DR 270 11 KLINKMANN AUTOMATION P O Box 38 FIN 00371 Helsinki Finland Tel int 358 9 5404940 Fax int 358 9 5413541 www klinkmann com Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server i Table Of Contents KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev 1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 1 KL3964R Communication Server for SIMATIC S7 CP340 Overview The KL3964R Communication Server for SIMATIC S7 CP340 hereafter referred to as the KL3964R Server or KL3964R or Server is a Microsoft Windows 32 bit application program that acts as a communication protocol server and allows other Windows programs to access to data on the Simatic S7 family of Programmable Logical Controllers PLC The Server allows the PC to access a Siemens PLC through a CP340 setup using the 3964R protocol Any Microsoft Windows program that is capable of acting as a DDE FastDDE SuiteLink or OPC Client may use the KL3964R Server There are two different KL3964R Server versions described in this manual Server version ordering number DR 270 10 supporting SuiteLink FastDDE and DDE protocols this version hereafter is referred to as the Suite Link amp DDE version Server version ordering number DR 270 11 supporting OPC and DDE protocols this version hereafter is referred to as the OPC
17. KT or DB20 W28KT or DB20W28KT data block 20 data word 28 value in the controller is in timer BCD format and has a range of 0 to 3999 DB20 DBW28S5T or DB20 DW28S5T or DB20 W28S5T or DB20W28S5T data block 20 data word 28 value in the controller is in timer BCD format and has a range of 0 to 3999 DB10 DBS28 115 or DB10 DS28 115 or DB10 S28 115 or DB10S28 115 data block 10 value in the controller is character string containing 115 bytes and starting at data byte 28 F100 4 or M100 4 KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 16 bit 4 of flag byte 100 FD17KG or MD17KG flag double word 17 value in the controller is binary floating point 14 0 or E4 0 bit O of input byte 4 QW12KC or AW12KC output word 12 value in the controller is in binary format and has a range of 0 to 999 C10BCD counter word 10 value in the contoller is in counter BCD format and has a range of 0 to 999 T1S5T timer word 1 value in the controller is in timer BCD format and has a range of 0 to 3999 Monitoring and Controlling Communication with a PLC For each topic there are following additional items offered by KL3964R Server to monitor and control the communication with PLC STATUS For each topic there is a built in discrete item that indicates the state of communication with PLC The discrete item STATUS is set to 0 when communication fails and set to 1 when communication is successful The STATUS value is
18. Shield program Notes 1 The KL3964R Server Suite Link amp DDE version is developed with Wonderware I O Server Toolkit ver 7 0 and needs the Wonderware FS2000 Common Components to be installed on computer where the KL3964R Server is running The Wonderware FS2000 Common Components are installed automatically when any of Wonderware FS2000 Components e g InTouch or some Wonderware I O server is installed If KL3964R Server Suite Link amp DDE version will run on PC where Wonderware FS2000 Common Components are not installed then a special I O Server Infrastructure installation package can be obtained from Klinkmann Automation see Installing the I O Server Infrastructure section below This I O Server Infrastructure installation package contains the minimum set of software needed to run the KL3964R Server Suite Link amp DDE version and these infrastructure files must be install prior to executing the KL3964R Server The HASP key is needed for full time running of KL3964R Server The HASP Driver setup is performed during the Server setup Without HASP Driver installed the KL3964R Server will run only 1 hour with all features enabled KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 6 Installing the UO Server Infrastructure The I O Server Infrastructure installation package can be supplied 1 Asa self extracting archive lOServerInfrastructure exe if downloaded from Kl
19. ality indicator on all data values delivered to VTQ aware clients Extensive diagnostics of the data throughput server loading computer resource consumption and network transport are made accessible through the Microsoft Windows NT operating system Performance Monitor This feature is critical for the scheme and maintenance of distributed industrial networks Consistent high data volumes can be maintained between applications regardless if the applications are on a single node or distributed over a large node count The network transport protocol is TCP IP using Microsoft s standard WinSock interface OPC OLE for Process Control is an open interface standard to provide data from a data source and communicate the data to any client application in a common standard way The OPC is based on Microsoft OLE COM and DCOM technologies and enables simple and standardised data interchange between the industrial or office sector and the production sector From general point of view many aspects of OPC are similar to DDE but main difference is in the implementation by using Microsoft s COM Component Object Model technology It enables fast exchange with process automation data and OPC open interface allows access to data from OPC Server in same standard way from OPC client applications supplied by different developers For more information on the basics of OPC please refer to the OPC Specification The OPC Data Access Custom Interface Specificati
20. an application specific sub group of data elements In the case of data coming from a KL8964R Server program the topic name is the exact same name configured for the topic in the KL8964R Server Note This will usually be the same as the Access Name although if desired they may be different However it must be the same name used when the topics were configured in section Configuring the KL3964R Server Which protocol to use Select the protocol DDE or Suite Link that you are using KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 20 When to advise server Select Advise all items if you want the Server program to poll for all data whether or not it is in visible windows alarmed logged trended or used in a script Selecting this option will impact performance therefore its use is not recommended Select Advise only active items if you want the Server program to poll only points in visible windows and points that are alarmed logged trended or used in any script Click OK to accept the new Access Name and close the Add Access Name dialog box The Access Names dialog box will reappear displaying the new Access Name selected in the list Click Close to close the Access Names dialog box Defining the Tag names To define the Tag names associated with the new Access Name invoke the Special Tagname Dictionary command in WindowMaker The Tagname Dictionary dialog box
21. fore adding it Add the item Depending on OPC Client it can be done in several different ways for example AON a By entering separately the access path to topic name valid topic name configured in KL3964R Topic definition and separately the item name b By entering the full path to item name in the format TopicName ltemName where TopicName is the valid topic name configured in KL3964R Topic definition c By browsing the server address space By default the KL3964R Server is installed and used as a local OPC Server both OPC Server and OPC Client reside on same computer The KL3964R Server can run also as a remote OPC Server in this case OPC Server and OPC Client are located on separate computers Accessing the remote OPC Server is same as for local OPC Server but some DCOM Distributed COM configuration is required before accessing the remote OPC Server The DCOM configuration must be done both on OPC Server and OPC Client computers Configuring DCOM To access KL8964R Server as a remote OPC Server it is necessary to install KL3964R Server on both OPC Server and OPC Client computers Also the DCOM must be configured on both computers After Server installation the System Administrator must configure DCOM by Dcomcnfg exe or Dcomcnfg32 exe for Win9x system tool This utility is located in the Windows system directory e g in WinNT system32 or Win9x system KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Kl
22. ged cable or if PLC is notin RUN state KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 30 Error1 Request data out of shared data block lt data block numbers Messages start Addr lt start address gt end Addr lt end address gt This error message is always displayed if data block exists but is too short If data block does not exist then data block not loaded error is masked with SFC 36 MSK_FLT call see S7 PLC demo program s FB5 function block otherwise PLC will stop with error If data block not loaded error is masked then PLC will continue to work The rest of error messages are self explanatory and does not require commentary Troubleshooting If you experience communication problems while using the KL3964R Server then try the following suggestions Minimise your project to a size at which problem still occurs In InTouch application delete topics related to other Servers gradually delete topics and or items related to the KL3964R In PLC program delete blocks leaving only blocks responsible for PLC PC communication If the reason of problem is still not determined then ask the Server provider for support supplying him with Wonderware Logger file aeh Obtain Wonderware Logger file as described below Start Wonderware Logger Start KL38964R DDE Server In Server s system menu check options Show Errors Show Send Show Receive Verbose
23. he KL3964R Server from CD or distribution disks on MS Windows NT 2000 XP or 95 98 1 Insert the CD with Klinkmann Software into CD drive or insert the KL8964R Server Disk1 into a floppy drive A or B 2 Select the Run command under the Start menu 3 Run STARTUP EXE if installing from CD or SETUP EXE if installing from distribution disks floppies 4 If installing from CD select Protocol Servers DDE SuiteLink OPC find KL3964R SL and DDE Server or KL8964R OPC and DDE Server and click on Setup 5 Proceed as directed by the KL3964R Server Setup program Notes 1 If installing the KL3964R Server OPC amp DDE version on Windows 95 then DCOM Distributed COM must be installed on Windows 95 before installing the KL3964R Server The DCOM update can be obtained for example from the Microsoft s web site Bias ar Terese co E A or from Microsoft Visual C 5 0 and 6 0 CDs Before starting the KL3964R Server the DCOM must be configured both on NT and Win9x for right Access Permissions and Location on NT or Properties on Win 9x See Configuring DCOM section in this manual for DCOM configuration details 2 All MS Windows both NT and 9x applications using Microsoft s shared DLLs e g MFC42 DLL and MSVCRT DLL must be closed before installing the KL3964R Server KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 5 OPC amp DDE ver
24. he WIN INI file SlowPolllnterval entry is used to enter the slow poll mode update interval in seconds The default values they are used if WIN INI file does not contain these entries are SlowPollRetries equal to 5 and SlowPolllnterval equal to 60 seconds For example the following entries can be used to specify that slow poll mode 2 minutes will start after 3 consecutive unsuccessful retries SlowPollRetries 3 SlowPollinterval 120 Entering into slow poll mode is reported to WWLogger and or to KL3964R Internal Logger by following string Entering slow poll mode on topic lt TOPICNAMEs port lt PORTNAME gt If all topics for some port are in slow poll mode then after 5 full slow poll cycles all topics are at least 5 times polled this port is closed and reopened again Leaving the slow poll mode is reported to WWLogger and or to KL3964R Internal Logger by following string Leaving slow poll mode on topic lt TOPICNAMEs port lt PORTNAME gt ShowRejectedWrites The ShowRejectedWrites entry is used to enable the logging of rejected write messages This option can be useful when communication with a separate topic PLC is suspended by SUSPEND item see Item Names section and the Server rejects each write to this topic PLC If ShowRejectedWrites 1 then information about each rejected write value is reported to WWLogger and or to KL8964R Internal Logger If KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klin
25. ing a DDE formatted formula into a cell as shown in the following examples KL3964R S7300 FW100 KL3964R S7300 QB12 KL3964R PLC1 TEW14 Note Refer to the Microsoft Excel manual for complete details on entering Remote Reference formulas for cells Writing Values to KL3964R Points Values may be written to the Server from Microsoft Excel by creating an Excel macro that uses the POKE command The proper command is entered in Excel as follows channel INITIATE KL3964R topicname POKE channel itemname Data_Reference TERMINATE channel RETURN The following describes each of the above POKE macro statements channel INITIATE KL3964R topicname Opens a channel to a specific topic name defined in the Server in an application with name KL3964R the executable name less the EXE and assigns the number of that opened channel to channel KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 24 Note By using the channelsINITIATE statement the word channel must be used in the POKE statement instead of the actual cell reference The applicationname and topicname portions of the formula must be enclosed in quotation marks POKE channel itemname Data_Reference POKEs the value contained in the Data_Reference to the specified item name actual location in the Siemens equipment via the channel number returned by the previously executed INITIATE function Data_Reference
26. inkmann s web site 2 On one distribution disk floppy To install the I O Server Infrastructure from the self extracting archive run the lOServerInfrastructure exe and proceed as directed by the I O Server Infrastructure Setup program To install the I O Server Infrastructure from the distribution disk on MS Windows NT or 95 1 Insert the I O Server Infrastructure disk into a floppy drive A or B 2 Select the Run command under the Start menu 3 Type A SETUP or B SETUP 4 Click on OK 5 Proceed as directed by the I O Server Infrastructure Setup program To uninstall the I O Server Infrastructure start Control Panel select Add Remove Programs and select the IO Server Infrastructure from the list of available software products Click on Add Remove and proceed as directed by the UninstallShield program Note The I O Server Infrastructure installation will be rejected if Wonderware FS2000 Common Components are already installed on same computer KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 7 Modifying Simatic S7 PLC program To enable the PLC program to communicate with KL3964R DDE Server modify it as described below Copy FB2 FB3 FB5 DB2 DB3 DB5 blocks from KL3964R demo program to your PLC program PLC demo program is stored in the ADDITION subdirectory In your PLC program include the Call instruction in the OB1 block to call the FB
27. inkmann Automation KL3964R Server 26 Below is a simple example how to configure DCOM on NT Workstations for OPC Server computer computer name JohnB and on OPC Client computer computer name SteveL Action Remote OPC Server OPC Client Computer name Computer name JohnB SteveL Run Dcomenfg exe Invoke Default Properties and set v v Default Authentication Level to None Default Impersonation Level to Impersonate Select OPC Server from Applications list v and click on the Properties button Click on the Location tab uncheck Run application on this computer check Run application on the following computer and browse the remote computer JohnB Edit Security settings v 1 set the following custom access permissions NETWORK SYSTEM SteveL 2 set the following custom launch permissions INTERACTIVE SYSTEM NETWORK SteveL 3 be sure the Default Configuration Permissions contain SYSTEM Click on the Identity tab and select The v interactive user Before starting a remote OPC Server be sure the OPC Server computer and OPC Client computer can access each other on the network The Remote Procedure Call Service should be started on OPC Server computer Now remote OPC Server is accessible for OPC Client on computer SteveL To allow the access to more OPC Clients configure DCOM on each OPC Client computer KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Se
28. kmann Automation KL3964R Server 32 ShowRejectedWrites 0 default then Server rejects each write to suspended topic s without logging any information Troubleshooting menu The following debugging choices are appended to the Server s System Menu the menu that appears when you click on the Server icon in the upper left hand corner of the Server s window Suspend Protocol Resume Protocol these choices permit you to turn protocol processing on and off wnat means that you can suspend access to PLC s Show Send if checked then all outgoing user data logged in hexadecimal format Show Receive if checked then all incoming user data logged in hexadecimal format Show Errors if checked then all information about errors logged Show Logger if checked then KL38964R Internal Logger is activated and all debug information is going to KL3964R Internal Logger The KL3964R Internal Logger file is named in the format KL3964R _YYYYMMDD LOGn where YYYY is a year MM is a month DD is a day and n is a order number of consecutive KL3964R Internal Logger file starting from 1 the KL3964R Internal Logger file maximum size is 16 MB if there is more information logged then next consecutive file is created e g there can be consecutive files KL3964R_19990413 LOG1 KL3964R_19990413 LOG2 etc Dump all information about ports topics messages and data items logged This can be use to find out how many messages are actually sent to the PLC s
29. n name The name of the Windows program server that will be accessing the data element In the case of data coming from or going to KL3964R Server OPC amp DDE version the application portion of the address is OPCLINK topic name Meaningful names are configured to identify specific devices PLCs These names are then used as the topic name in all conversations to that device PLC This must be same name as Topic Name entered in the OPCLink Topic Definition dialog box for example Controller1 Note You can define multiple topic names for the same PLC to poll different points at different rates item name A specific data element within the specified topic The OPCLink Server item syntax follows the following rules The item names must start with d discrete value i integer value m message string The item name added to the OPC path of the topic without the heading type letter must give a fully qualified OPC item name for the KL3964R Server Some examples of possible item names acceptable by OPCLink Server KL3964R Server connection iMWO integer Flag Word address 0 dM100 4 discrete Bit number 4 of Flag Byte address 100 Error messages The messages about errors detected by the Server are displayed on the WWLogger screen and saved to log file Error PLC doesn t respond This error may be caused by incompatibility between PC communication port and CP340 communication processor parameter settings dama
30. ng so it will allow the KL3964R Server to find the configuration file automatically each time it is started Configuration File Location When the KL3964R Server starts up it first attempts to locate it s configuration file by first checking the WIN INI file for a path that was previously specified If the path is not present in the WIN INI file the Server will assume that the current working directory is to be used To start the Server from an application directory configuration file other than the default configuration file a special switch d is used For example invoke the Start Run command and enter the following KL3964R d c directoryname Note There is no limit to the number of configuration files that may be created although each must be in a separate directory Topic Definition Command The user provides each connected Siemens PLC with an arbitrary name that is used as the Topic Name for all references to this PLC The following steps are taken to define the Topic attached to the PLC 1 Invoke the Configure Topic Definition The Topic definition dialog box will appear Topics w Delete KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 12 2 To modify an existing topic select the topic name and click on Modify To define a new topic click on New The KL3964R Topic Definition dialog box will appear KL3964R Topic Definition Topic Name fs 7300 UK Com
31. nually with command line parameter DelService KL3964R DelService After this the KL3964R Server OPC amp DDE version will be still registered and accessible to OPC clients Using KL3964R with OPCLink Server The Wonderware OPCLink I O Server hereafter referred to as OPCLink is a Microsoft Windows application program that acts as a communication protocol converter and allows other Windows application programs access to data from local or remote OPC servers OPCLink connects to OPC servers converts client commands to OPC protocol and transfers data back to clients using DDE FastDDE or Suite Link protocols Please refer to Wonderware OPCLink Server and OPC Browser User s Guide for details how to install start and use the OPCLink Server The following information in this section covers only the most important points about using OPC amp DDE version of KL3964R Server with OPCLink Server OPCLink Topic Definition The Topic Definition option from OPC Link Configure menu is used to create modify or delete OPCLink topic definitions If OPC Link will communicate with KL3964R Server then there must exist one or more topics defined for KL3964R Server There are following important fields on the OPCLink Topic Definition dialog box Topic Name Enter a unique name e g Controller1 for the PLC in this field If using InTouch then same Topic Name is to be entered in the Add Access Name dialog box when defining
32. on is maintained by OPC Foundation the current specification is 2 04 dated September 2000 The OPC support for KL3964R Server OPC amp DDE version is implemented based on FactorySoft OPC Server Development Toolkit and it conforms to OPC Data Access Custom Interface Specification 2 04 The KL3964R Server OPC amp DDE version is tested for compliance and is compatible with OPC Foundation OPC Data Access Compliance Test Tool The Suite Link FastDDE Version 3 and DDE support for KL3964R Server Suite Link amp DDE version is implemented by Wonderware I O Server Toolkit ver 7 0 060 KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 3 The FastDDE Version 2 and DDE support for KL3964R Server OPC amp DDE version is implemented by Wonderware I O Server Toolkit ver 5 0 008 Accessing Remote Items via the Server The communication protocol addresses an element of data in a conversation that uses a three part naming convention that includes the application name topic name and item name The following briefly describes each portion of this naming convention application name The name of the Windows program server that will be accessing the data element In the case of data coming from or going to Siemens equipment via this Server the application portion of the address is KL3964R topic name Meaningful names are configured in the Server to identify specific devices The
33. r will use this path to load the configuration file the next time it is started Note Only the path may be modified with this field The configuration file is always named KL3964R CFG Note There is no limit to the number of configuration files created although each must be in a separate directory When using the KL3964R Server with InTouch it is good practice to place the configuration file in the application directory Start automatically as Windows NT Service Enabling this option will cause the KL3964R Server Suite Link amp DDE version to start as a Windows NT service Windows NT offers the capability of running applications even when a user is not logged on to the system This is valuable when systems must operate in an unattended mode Enabling this option and rebooting the system will cause the Server to run as a Windows NT service However to view configuration information or to reconfigure the Server the user must log on to the system Any Server related problems that may arise such as missing adapter cards licensing failures or device drivers not loading will not be visible to the user until a log on is performed Disabling this option and rebooting the system will cause the Server to run as a Windows NT application program once again Notes 1 The Start automatically as Windows NT Service feature can be activated only with KL3964R Server Suite Link amp DDE version To start the KL3964R Server OPC amp DDE
34. rver 27 The following table contains most frequent errors when configuring DCOM Error message Possible reason DCOM not installed DCOM has not been installed Server execution failed 1 OPC Server can not be started 2 Identity for OPC server not properly configured 3 OPC Server is not located on a local hard disk 4 OPC Server path in registry is too long or uses LFN Long File Names 5 DCOMCNFG Location is not set to Run on this computer Class not registered OPC Server has not been registered RPC server is unavailable 1 Remote Procedure Call service is not running on the OPC Server computer 2 Invalid computer name for remote OPC Server 3 Make sure TCP IP is installed properly Interface not supported 1 Permission not granted to OPC Client 2 Guest account disabled Access is denied 1 DCOM security not configured properly 2 OPC Server application not located on local hard disk 3 SYSTEM account in DOCOMCNFG must have Access Launch and Configure privileges Error 80070776 Network error TCP IP has not been configured properly Catastrophic failure 1 Trying to access an object before it is created 2 Unhandled exception is occurs on the OPC Server Not enough storage SYSTEM account in DOCOMCNFG must have Access Launch and Configure privileges Running KL3964R OPC amp DDE version as Windows NT Service To install KL8964R Server OPC amp DDE version to run as Windows NT Service the KL39
35. s Names dialog box will appear Access Names Close pelete Click on Add The Add Access Name Dialog Box will appear KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 19 Add Access Name Access Name 57300 i i Node Name Cancel node2 Application Name KL3964R Topic Name 57300 Which protocol to use C DDE Ge SuiteLink When to advise server Advise all items Ce Advise only active items Note If Add is selected this dialog box will be blank when it initially appears Data has been entered here to illustrate the entries that are made The following fields are required entries when entering an Access Name Definition Access Name In the Access Name box type the name you want InTouch to use to this Access Name For simplicity use the same name that you will use for the Topic Name here Node Name If the data resides in a network I O Server in the Node Name box type the remote node s name Application Name In the Application Name box type the actual program name for the I O Server program from which the data values will be acquired In case the values are coming from the KL3964R Server the KL3964R is used Do not enter the exe extension portion of the program name Topic Name Enter the name defined for the topic in the KL8964R Server to identify the topic the KL3964R Server will be accessing The Topic Name is
36. se names are then used as the topic name in all conversations to that device For example 87300 Note You can define multiple topic names for the same device PLC to poll different items at different rates item name A specific data element within the specified topic For the KL3964R DDE Server an item is an individual data bit byte word timer etc in the PLC The term point is used interchangeably with the term item in this User Manual For more information on item names see the Item Names section later in this manual KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 4 Getting Started Quickly with the Server Follow these steps 1 Install the Server 2 Modify the PLC program 3 Configure the CP340 communication processor 4 Start and configure the Server 5 Start Client application Installing the KL3964R Server Installing the Server The KL3964R Server installation package can be supplied 1 Asa self extracting archive 27010xxx EXE for Suite Link amp DDE version or 27011xxx EXE for OPC amp DDE version if downloaded from Klinkmann s web site the xxx is the current latest version of the Server 2 From installation on CD 3 On two or three distribution disks floppies To install the KL3964R Server from the self extracting archive run the 27010xxx EXE or 27011xxx EXE and proceed as directed by the KL3964R Server Setup program To install t
37. set In most cases the default settings for these parameters provide a good performance and do not require changing However they can be changed to fine tune the Server for a specific environment To change the Server s internal parameters invoke the Configure Server Settings command The Server Settings dialog box will appear Protocol Timer Tick 50 msec f I NetDDE being used Cancel Configuration File Directory C KL3964R IT Start automatically as Windows NT Service The following describes each field in this dialog box Protocol Timer Tick This field is used to change the frequency at which the Server checks for work to do At this frequency the Server tries to send one data request to PLC and receive one reply from PLC If the send response cycle is too long then more than one activation of Server is necessary to process it If computer is very busy or some other MS Windows application is taking over the computer then the Server is activated rarely than setting in the Protocol Timer Tick KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 9 Note The default value is 50 milliseconds The minimum value is 10 milliseconds NetDDE being used Select this option if you are networking using NetDDE Configuration File Directory This field is used to specify the path disk drive and directory in which KL3964R will save its current configuration file The KL3964R Serve
38. sion Otherwise there can be problems with KL3964R Server registration as OPC server If during the KL3964R Server OPC amp DDE version installation some warning messages about shared DLLs are displayed then it is quite possible the KL3964R Server registration as OPC server failed In this case after system reboot the KL3964R Server registration as OPC server can be done by starting the KL3964R Server manually with special command line parameter added KL3964RI Regserver When installation is finished the subdirectory specified as a folder where to install the KL3964R Server files will contain the following files KL3964R EXE The KL3964R Server Program This is a Microsoft Windows 32 bit application program KL3964R HLP The KL3964R Server Help file KL3964R CFG An example configuration file LICENSE TXT Klinkmann Automation software license file KLSERVER DLL Dynamic Link Library necessary for OPC amp DDE version of the Server WWDLG32 DLL Dynamic Link Library necessary only for OPC amp DDE version of the Server ADDITION ZIP Packed file containing Simatic STEP 7 Statement List demo program and InTouch example application To uninstall the KL38964R Server start Control Panel select Add Remove Programs and select the KL3964R SL and DDE Server or KL3964R OPC and DDE Server from the list of available software products Click on Add Remove and proceed as directed by the Uninstall
39. the Access Names for OPCLink Server in InTouch WindowMaker OPC Server Name Select the name of the OPC server KL3964R OPC_ Server that will be used by this topic The list box shows the registered OPC servers in the system OPC Path Enter the name of the OPC path e g 7300 used by this topic This OPC path is the first part of a full OPC item name string common to all items that will be used in this topic The available OPC paths for KL8964R Server can be obtained by clicking on Browse button this allows to view the KL3964R Server s exposed address space Update Interval Enter the frequency in milliseconds that the server will acquire data for the items points associated with this topic If O zero is entered here OPCLink will not gather data from KL3964R Server KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 29 Browse Clicking on this button initiates the browsing through exposed address space of KL3964R Server The starting addresses of each available data area and names of pre defined additional items will appear on Browse OPC items window in alphabetical order Accessing KL3964R Items via the OPCLink Server The communication protocol addresses an element of data in a conversation that uses a three part naming convention that includes the application name topic name and item name The following briefly describes each portion of this naming convention applicatio
40. them is freed SUSPEND Special Read Write Discrete Item SUSPEND may be used to control the communication with a separate topic If application changes SUSPEND value from 0 to 1 then communication with topic is suspended If SUSPEND value is changed back to 0 then communication with this topic is resumed KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 18 Note If topic is suspended by setting SUSPEND value to 1 then Server rejects all new write values to this topic i e no new write messages are created after SUSPEND value has changed from 0 to 1 Using the KL3964R Server with Suite Link and DDE Clients The Suite Link amp DDE version of KL3964R Server is accessible from Suite Link clients e g InTouch and DDE clients e g Excel The OPC amp DDE version of KL3964R Server is accessible from DDE clients Using the KL3964R Server with InTouch To access to operands on KL8964R PLCs from InTouch the Access Names and Tag names should be defined in WindowMaker Defining the Access Names InTouch uses Access Names to reference real time I O data Each Access Name equates to an I O address which can contain a Node Application and Topic Ina distributed application I O references can be set up as global addresses to a network I O Server or local addresses to a local I O Server To define the Access Names in WindowMaker node invoke the Special Access Names command The Acces
41. tton in the top dialog box to accept the new tag name To define additional tagnames click on the New button To return to the WindowMaker main screen select Close Monitoring the Status of Communication with InTouch InTouch supports built in topic names called DDEStatus and OStatus that are used to monitor the status of communications between the Server and InTouch For more KL3964R Server Ver 1 x User Manual Rev1 5 270xxm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 23 information on the built in topic names DDEStatus and lOStatus see your online InTouch User s Guide The status of communication between the Server and InTouch can be read into Excel by entering the following DDE reference formula in a cell on a spreadsheet in following examples 7300 is the Topic Name configured for KL3964R Server view DDEStatus S7300 or view lOStatus S7300 Notes on Using Microsoft Excel Data from the KL3964R topic PLC may be accessed from Excel spreadsheets To do so enter a formula like the following into a cell on the spreadsheet KL3964R topic litem Sometimes Excel requires the topic and or item to be surrounded by apostrophes In the formula topic must be replaced with one of the valid topic names defined during the Server configuration process Replace item with one of the valid item names described in the Item Names section Reading Values into Excel Spreadsheets Values may be read directly into Excel spreadsheets by enter
42. xm15 Klinkmann Automation KL3964R Server 22 Select the appropriate Access Name and click on Close If the Access Name has not been defined as previously described click on Add and define the Access Name now The Details dialog box will appear displaying the selected Access Name Initial Value jo Min EU 32768 Max EU 132767 Deadband jo Min Raw 1 232768 Max Raw 32767 r Conversion Eng Units e Linex i o H 57300 L Square Root ltem M Use Tagname as Item Name Log Deadband jo For integers fill in the Min EU Max EU Min Raw and Max Raw fields These fields control the range of values that will be accepted from the Server and how the values are scaled If no scaling is desired Min EU should be equal to Min Raw and Max EU equal to Max Raw Enter the KL3964R item name to be associated with this tagname in the Item field in the Details box Initial Value jo Min EU jo Mag EU 65535 Deadband fo Min Raw Io Max Raw 65535 at m Conversion Eng Units la i eeu 2 Square Root Item Fw 00 M Use Tagname as Item Name Psa separ fo Refer to the Item Names section below for complete details Where applicable the Use Tagname as Item Name option may be selected to automatically enter the tag name in this field Note The tag name can only be used if it follows the conventions listed in the Item Names section Once all entries have been made click on the Save bu
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