Siemens TIA Portal Openness FeatureFunctionality and Possible Use

European Spallation Source – Integrated Control System Division

Nick Levchenko

CERNDate: 2016-02-01

Scope

• Functionality & Features

• Availability & Compatibility

• Installation & Use

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Functionality & Features

• Automation of engineering by controlling the TIA Portal externally from within a custom made program you have created

• The following functions are available:

– create/delete project data, PLC and HMI data

– modify projects and project data (import/export/etc.)

– download/upload/compare project data to/from PLC/HMI

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Use @ ESS

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CCDB

Database that holds

information on all

devices, their locations, controlling them PLC’s,

etc.

Custom Application

TIA PortalO

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ss

Extracts datafrom CCDB

Generates PLC code (in the

form of import files)

Uses Openness to import

files to PLC project

System Architecture

• TIA Portal Openness provides a public API (DLL)

• Users can create their own application (MS Visual Studio: C#, VB.Net, etc.) to use any functions provided by the API

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Object Model

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Availability & Compatibility

• Available from TIA Portal V12 SP1

• More feature added with every version

• Currently available via Siemens only (some files required)

• Will be publicly available from TIA Portal V14

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Siemens Roadmap

Open and close TIA Portal

Open, save, close project

Import/export of HMI

configuration data for HMI

RT Advanced

XML-Export PLC blocks of

S7-300/400

Read tag tables

Read selected hardware

configuration data

+ XML-Export PLC blocks of

S7-1200/1500 (except

SCL)

+ Export/import tag tables

via XML

+ Modify a TIA project via UI

and API

+ Import ASCII sources

(STL/SCL/DB/UDT)

TIAP V12 SP1

Openness

+ Import/export of extended

HMI configuration data for

HMI RT Advanced

+ XML-Import of PLC blocks

in S7-1500 (only STL)

+ Copy from Library to Device

+ Start Block Editor / Tag

Editor

+ Start Compile PLC / HMI

+ Silent Update Check for

type objects

TIAP V13

Openness

TIAP V13 SP1

Openness

TIAP > V14

Openness

+ XML-Import of

LAD/FBD/GRAPH blocks

+ Generate ASCII Source from

Block

(STL/SCL/DB/UDT)

+ Extended possibilities for

reading data from the

project (Blocks and library

data)

+ Support of the

UserXperienceSet

Configurations haveto be adapted

+ XML-Export of SCL blocks

+ XML-Import of

SCL/GRAPH/LAD/FBD blocks

+ Export/Import of HWCN data

+ Generation/Modification APIs

for

TIA Portal Project data

+ Up/download

+ Compare

+ Im/Export of HMI project data

for HMI RT Prof

+ Predecessors functional

replacement

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Installation & Use

• Contact your local Siemens

• They will provide you with some installation and configuration files and user manuals

• They will also provide some demo applications (as Visual Studio projects)

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Example

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Traditional Import/Export

1. Generate text files (*.scl, *.db, etc.)

2. Attach them as external sources

3. Manually generate block from external sources using TIA Portal

4. Any changes? Repeat steps 1 and 3

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Openness Import/Export

1. Generate XML files

2. Automatically import them into TIA Portal

3. Any changes? Repeat steps 1 and 2, which can be fully automated in your custom made software tool

Traditional import/export using connected external sources still available and usable via Openness as well

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XML File Additional Features

1. Better, industry-standard format

2. XML import lets one create instance DB with user-defined name AND number:

https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/ww/en/posts/tia-and-creating-db-s/88731/?page=0&pageSize=10

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Demo

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