Einstein_86
Member
Hello everybody
I have already wrote a PLC program with SIMATIC S7 300 and simulated it using PLCSIM it's already working, now I want to build it's SCADA using Citect SCADA software. It's the first time in my life to work with SCADA and so (of course) with Citect. I want at the end to monitor the operation of my running PLC program in Simatic on the citect screen, without hardware just as software on my laptop. I have already built my Graphics on Citect but now cant make the necessary configurations !!
The citect user guide contains a lot but not in a certain order, I do not know what is the first thing I shall start configuration with and what's next !! like first the communications or the tags or what ? [ keeping in mind that I
I would appreciate if you gave me guidlines (as a beginner with scada) to follow.
I want also to give examples for points that are not clear for me: for ex : in configuration of communications, there is an option if I want to link to an external database or not, and if so what would be it's type, I do not know in my case ( of siemens PLC with citect) what option shall i select
Type of communication in my case :OPC or else ?
and regarding tags, i do not know what shall i write in the address (please see attached pic), is it the same address of the variable written in my PLC program or what ? and shall the tag name be exactly as the variable name in the plc code or i can write any name ?
I am sorry for my questions, but i am sure once i see the way i will go on good in it.
Thank you so much in advance
And also regarding tags
I have already wrote a PLC program with SIMATIC S7 300 and simulated it using PLCSIM it's already working, now I want to build it's SCADA using Citect SCADA software. It's the first time in my life to work with SCADA and so (of course) with Citect. I want at the end to monitor the operation of my running PLC program in Simatic on the citect screen, without hardware just as software on my laptop. I have already built my Graphics on Citect but now cant make the necessary configurations !!
The citect user guide contains a lot but not in a certain order, I do not know what is the first thing I shall start configuration with and what's next !! like first the communications or the tags or what ? [ keeping in mind that I
I would appreciate if you gave me guidlines (as a beginner with scada) to follow.
I want also to give examples for points that are not clear for me: for ex : in configuration of communications, there is an option if I want to link to an external database or not, and if so what would be it's type, I do not know in my case ( of siemens PLC with citect) what option shall i select
Type of communication in my case :OPC or else ?
and regarding tags, i do not know what shall i write in the address (please see attached pic), is it the same address of the variable written in my PLC program or what ? and shall the tag name be exactly as the variable name in the plc code or i can write any name ?
I am sorry for my questions, but i am sure once i see the way i will go on good in it.
Thank you so much in advance
And also regarding tags