Siemens ERPC driver

The Siemens ERPC device driver is discontinued. If you need assistance, please contact Technical Support.

The deviceWISE Siemens ERPC driver provides communication support between deviceWISE and Siemens S7-300 PLC (ERPC) devices. This guide describes how to use the Siemens ERPC driver in conjunction with the runtime and the Workbench.

A separate driver, the Siemens S7 Driver, is available to support additional Siemens PLC models.

Assumptions

It is assumed that you have experience with the following:

  • Siemens PLC architecture
  • Siemens PLCs
  • Siemens naming conventions
  • Siemens software application STEP 7 Programming Tools
  • The Workbench.

Before using information in this guide: should have occurred:

  • deviceWISE was installed in a Siemens CP 343-1 ERPC
  • The deviceWISE Workbench was installed on a computer that has TCP network connectivity to the deviceWISE node
  • The Siemens PLCs have been setup and have network connectivity.

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