Connecting a Siemens PLC to the Reliance SCADA/HMI system

April 22, 2014 | Reliance SCADA

Siemens Communication Driver is designed for communication between Reliance's runtime software and control systems by Siemens. This video tutorial shows how easy it is to connect a Siemens PLC to the Reliance SCADA/HMI system via Ethernet (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