Siemens TCP/IP Server Ethernet

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Product Overview

The Siemens TCP/IP Server Ethernet driver was designed specifically for use with the Kepware communications platform. It acts as a simulated Siemens PLC, and is intended for simulation of Siemens S7-300. The mode of communications is S7 Messaging on Industrial Ethernet (ISO 8073 Class 0) over TCP/IP as defined in RFC1006.

The Siemens TCP/IP Server Ethernet driver does not require special libraries or hardware. All that is needed is a standard Ethernet card. Devices require specialized ladder programming to communicate with this driver.
  • Supports 256 virtual devices
  • Supports the SFB14-GET and SFB15-PUT commands
  • Siemens Industrial Ethernet
  • Simulated S7-300 (Server)
  • English
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • DDE Format CF_Text and AdvancedDDE
  • NIO Interface for iFIX
  • OPC .NET Service (OPC .NET) Version 1.00
  • OPC Alarms and Events (OPC AE) Version 1.10
  • OPC Data Access (OPC DA) Versions 1.0a, 2.0, 2.05a, and 3.0
  • OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) Clients
  • SuiteLink and FastDDE for Wonderware

6.10.623.0

2/23/2021

  • Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software. Renamed this driver in compliance with updated terminology.

6.4.405.0

6/11/2018

  • Increased the maximum channel count from 256 to 1024.

6.4.321.0

12/13/2017

  • Added support for larger PDU sizes of 480 and 960.

    Note: Using larger PDU sizes allows for increased throughput and larger array size access from the device.
  • Added a new setting called Maximum PDU Size. The driver communicates using the PDU size defined in this setting. Available PDU sizes include 240, 480, and 960.

6.2.460.0

7/6/2017

  • Added Chinese language support.

6.0.2107.0

11/15/2016

  • Added German language support.
  • Added Japanese language support.

5.17.495.0

2/24/2015

  • Fixed a runtime crash that could occur if there was a socket error while reading unsolicited data.

5.5.94.0

2/18/2011

  • The driver will now check for License Activation upon receiving unsolicited communications.