Siemens S7-1500

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Refer to these sections for details:

Supported Series

Siemens S7-1500 series Ethernet.

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PLC Connection Settings

Parameters Recommended Options Notes
PLC Type Siemens S7-1500 absolute addressing (Ethernet)
PLC Interface Ethernet

Port # 102

PLC Station # 2

Rack 0

CPU Slot 1

PLC Configuration

The instructions listed here provide only the basic configuration steps. Refer to the Siemens PLC documentation for current, complete details.

The steps shown here are for the Siemens S7-1500 Ethernet series.

Multi-connect: Yes, Max 3

  1. Do not select DB UTILITAIRES > Attributes > Optimized block access.
  2. Select General > Protection > Permit access with PUT/GET communication from remote partner.

Import Tags using the TIA Portal

  1. Create the PLC Tags and click Export and specify a directory where the .xlsx file will be saved.
  2. Under Program blocks, created Data_block_1 [DB1].
  3. Right-click on [DB1] and then click Generate source from blocks and specify the directory where the .scl file will be saved.
  4. Click New PLC and select Siemens S7-1500 (Ethernet).
  5. Click Settings to set the parameters.
  6. Click Import Tag.
  7. Select a file type (.sd; *.db) or select TIA file (.ap12; *.ap13; *.ap14) for import.
    Required: To avoid importing an incomplete data set, use the TIA software to compile the TIA file before importing tags.
  8. Select the PLC Tags and Program Blocks to be imported, click Import, and then OK.

OT Link Platform DeviceHub Configuration

To configure DeviceHub for this Siemens S7-1500 Ethernet PLC:

  1. DeviceHub > Add Device
    Type: Siemens
    Driver: Siemens S7-1500

  2. Enter details specific to your environment and click Add Device.

Supported Device Types

S7-1500 Data Type

Data Format

Description

Byte

8-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned

8-bit

SInt

8-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Signed

8-bit

Bool bit bit

USInt

8-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned

8-bit

Word

16-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned

16-bit

Int

16-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Signed

16-bit

UInt

16-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned

16-bit

DWord

32-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned

32-bit

DInt

32-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Signed

32-bit

Real

32-bit Float

32-bit

UDInt

32-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned

32-bit

Array



Device Addresses

Bit/Word

DeviceType

Format

Range

Description

B

PE

DDDD

0 ~ 40950


W PE DDDD 0 ~ 4095
B PA DDDDd 0 ~ 40950
W PA DDDD 0 ~ 4095
B MK DDDDd 0 ~ 40950
W MK DDDD 0 ~ 4095
B DB DDDDDd 0 ~ 327670
W DB DDDDD 0 ~ 32767