With the WinCC Flexible Runtime, you can control, and monitor… the controller (PLCs) on your computer. In this post, we will guide you to communication between S7-200 and WinCC Flexible 2008 SP5.
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Connect S7-200 and WinCC Flexible – What do you need?
- WinCC flexible Runtime 2008 SP5: WinCC flexible Runtime is a high-performance and comprehensive software for the visualization of processes in projects you created with the WinCC flexible Advanced programming software. When you install WinCC Flexible, the “Runtime” is included.
- S7-200 PC Access V1.0 SP6: The software application that enables you to extract data from S7‑200 PLCs. You create tags for the PLC data and use the included test client for PLC communication.
- Step7 Micro/WIN V4.0 SP9: The programmable software for S7-200 PLCs.
- You can download all the software above at the download area of 365electricalvn by following the links below. After downloading the software, please install all on one computer.
- The laptop with Windows 7 SP1, 32-bit operating system
- A controller (S7-200 CPU 224 CN) for communication PLC with WinCC flexible
- A Siemens USB/PPI Multi-Master cable
- Accessories: 24VDC power, wires …
Could be helpful for you:
- Siemens WinCC Flexible 2008 SP5 (Service Pack 5) Download
- Download S7-200 PC Access & S7-200 PC Access SMART
- Step 7 MicroWIN on Windows 10 (V4.0 SP9). How to Install
Communication between S7-200 and WinCC flexible Runtime 2008
To connect S7-200 with WinCC flexible 2008, we need to work on all software listed above.
On Step7 Micro/WIN V4.0 SP9
- Create and save the S7-200 project for your application.
- Compile and download the project to the controller (PLC).
- Note: Create the symbol table for all variables, input, and output (V, M, I, Q …), it helps you easily to manage, control, monitor… on the next step.
On S7-200 PC Access
- Open the software. Click on “File” -> “Import symbols …”. And then browse to the S7-200 project file (.mwp) created in the previous step.
- On the project tree, click on the name of the symbol table. All symbols will show on the screen.
- Save the S7-200 PC Access project.
This tutorial pauses here, on the next post, we will continue with the steps on WinCC flexible 2008 SP5 software.
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Update about connecting PLC S7-200 and WinCC Flexible
- Next post: S7-200 and WinCC Flexible. How to Make a Communication? Tutorial 2
- On Windows 10 this method might not work because the S7-200 PC Access has the issue. You can refer to the next article, we make the connection between PLC S7-200 and WinCC Flexible 2008 SP5 on Windows 10 x64.
- All guide videos about PLC HMI, VFD and Servo programming by 365evn: Link
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