Connecting a Siemens PLC to the Reliance SCADA/HMI system

April 22, 2014

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