Connecting a Siemens PLC to the Reliance SCADA/HMI system

April 22, 2014 | Reliance SCADA

The Reliance SCADA system can communicate with the following Siemens PLC models: S7-200, S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200, and LOGO! To connect Reliance's runtime software to Siemens control systems via Ethernet, Siemens Communication Driver can be used (for serial communication, use a NetLink converter).

The video tutorial describes how to

• Create a new project in the Reliance 4 Design development environment
• Select a Siemens device through the Device Manager
• Configure communication and define a tag
• Connect the Siemens device to the computer
• Add a Display component and a Container component to the visualization window
• Connect the display to the tag
• Display the tag's value and view communication with the Siemens PLC in the container