Article - CS279207

Unable to Connect to S7-200/300/400/1200/1500 PLC via TCP/IP Ethernet in PTC Kepware Products

Modified: 25-Oct-2024   


Applies To

  • Kepware Server (formerly KEPServerEX) 5.20.396.0 to 6.16
  • ThingWorx Kepware Server (legacy) 8.0 to 6.16

Description

  • When using the Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet Driver, KEPServerEX is unable to connect to an S7-200, 300, S7-400, S7-1200 or S7-1500 PLC
  • Cannot connect to S7-300 device using on-board ethernet port
  • Unable to read tag value updates from device S7-300
  •  I'm able to ping the S7-1200 network IP from the server.
    • Tags I try to set up on this device just return Quality: "Bad" in the OPC Quick Client
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