SIMATIC OPC UA

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Part 2  S7-1500 OPC UA Data Access Server
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Agenda

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S7-1500 OPC UA data access server
Use cases

Vertical line integration: e.g. MES, SCADA

OPC UA OPC UA
server server

Machine Machine

PLC PLC

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Feature Set with TIA V15.1 and FW 2.6

Browsing Read/Write Registered Subscription Methods

Read/Write

Client Client Client Client Client

Registering Nodes
Publishing
Browse Request

Call Request ( )
R/W Request

R/W Request
Browse Response

Call Response ( )
R/W Response

R/W Response
Node Handles
Sampling

Server Server Server Server Server

High performance Load reduction for Consistent data

Browsing of PLC Acyclic access to
with repeated HMI / monitoring transfer through
data data
acyclic access applications function call

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OPC UA address space
NodeId and namespaces

Node ID:
• Items in an OPC UA server are adressed by NodeIds.
• A NodeId is a unique identifier for an item inside a server NodeId
• NodeId = NamspaceIndex + IdentifierType + Identifier
Namespace(Index)

IdentifierType
Namespace:
• A server can holds multiple namespaces Identifier
• Namespaces are adressed with namespace indexes
• The OPC UA foundation namespace has index 0 ns=0;s=ServerState ns=0;i=2259

3 0

String Numeric

ServerState 2259

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NodeId and Namespaces
NamespaceArray:
• The NamespaceArray shows all namespaces URIs available on the server
• The array index of the Namspace URI is the NamespaceIndex

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Functional scope

Browse

OPC UA
server
Browse request
Node ID = 84 (root folder), BrowseDirection = forward

Browse response
Node ID, browse name, display name, node class, type def
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Browse

• Browsing of PLC data • Dynamic adaptation of clients to data available on a server

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Browsing

1
Browse request
2
Node ID: ns=0; i=84, BrowseDirection = forward

Browse response
BrowseName NodeID
Objects ns=0; i=85
Types ns=0; i=86
Views ns=0; i=87

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Browsing

1
Browse request
2
Node ID: ns=0; i=85, BrowseDirection = forward

Browse response
BrowseName NodeID
DeviceSet ns=2; i=5001
PlcUAServer ns=3; s=PLC
Server ns=0; i=2253

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Browsing

1
Browse request
2
Node ID: ns=3; s=PLC, BrowseDirection = forward

Browse response
BrowseName NodeID
Counters ns=3; s=Counters
DataBlocksGlobal ns=3; s=DataBlocksGlobal
DataBlocksInstance ns=3; s=DataBlocksInstance
DeviceManual ns=3; s=DeviceManual
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Browsing

1
Browse request
2
Node ID: ns=3; s=DataBlocksGlobal, BrowseDirection = forward

Browse response
BrowseName NodeID
HistoryData ns=3; s=“HistoryData”
InterfaceData ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”

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Browsing

1
Browse request
2
Node ID: ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”, BrowseDirection = forward

Browse response
BrowseName NodeID
drive1 ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”
drive2 ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”drive2”
machineInRun ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”machineInRun”
timePLC ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”timePLC”
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Browsing

1
Browse request
2
Node ID: ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”, BrowseDirection = forward

Browse response
BrowseName NodeID
actualSpeed ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”.”actualSpeed”
excecute ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”.”execute”
isActive ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”.”isActive”
motionSequence ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”.”motionSequence”
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Browsing

1
Browse request
2 Node ID: ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”.”actualSpeed”,
BrowseDirection = forward

Browse response
ArraySize: -1

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Functional scope

Read / Write

OPC UA
server
Read request
Node ID: ns=3; s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”.”actualSpeed”, Attribute: Value

Read response 100

100
Drive1. Value = “100”, Timestamp = 10/29/2018 3:15pm, Status = Good
actualSpeed Drive1.actualSpeed

Data access

100

Drive1.actualSpeed

• Symbolic read / write access to PLC data

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Registered Read / Write

OPC UA Register Node request

Node ID: s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”.”actualSpeed”
server Register Node response Node ID = i=“123456789"
Node ID: "123456789“
Memory: 16# ABCD_01234

Read request
Node ID: s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”.”actualSpeed”
Node ID = "123456789“, Attribute: Value Node Handle: "123456789"
100
123456789 100
Read response
123456789
Value = “100”, Timestamp = 10/29/2018 3:15pm, Status = Good

Data access

100 Performance enhancement

Drive1.actualSpeed for repeated access

• Repeated read / write access to PLC data

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Subscribe

OPC UA
Subscribe
server Node ID: s=“InterfaceData”.”drive1”.”actualSpeed”, Attribute: Value
Publishing interval: 5s, Sampling interval: 1s

Sampling Queue
Publishing 500
100
100
500 Value = “500”,
“100”, Timestamp = 10/29/2018 3:15pm, Status = Good
Drive1.
Drive1.actualSpeed
actualSpeed Publishing

Sampling

500
100 Load reduction for monitoring use cases
Drive1.actualSpeed (Compared to polling)

• Load reduction for monitoring use cases • Absolute filters possible

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Functional scope

Client
OPC UA Server
Subscription Create subscription Parameters defined by the client:
Item 1 Create monitored items
• Queue size
• Sampling interval
Item 2
• Publishing interval
Publish request
Item 3 Publish req.3
req.2
Queue req.1
Config parameters in the server:
req.1
• Min. possible sampling interval
f req.1 Item1
Item2
• Min. possible publishing interval
Sampling Publishing Item3
• Max. number of monitored items
e.g. 500ms e.g. 1000ms

Memory
Memory
Item 1 Item 2 Item 3

Maximum sampling queue size: 10 (all CPUs)

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Normal behavior of sampling • All items with the same sampling interval are
tsampling tsampling linked to a timer-triggered list

Comm.
Sampling
• The sampling is only excecuted if the previous
Sampling Sampling
tasks sampling task has been finished in time

!
Overload behavior of sampling An overload behavior will cause two publishs
with all items related to the affected sampling interval:
tsampling tsampling
Publishing 1: Publishing 2:
Not executed! Good  Good_Overload Good_Overload  Good
Comm.
Sampling Sampling This may temporarily cause a high communication load
tasks

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LiveDemo
Browse, Read, Subscribe

LIVE DEMO
Online Support:
C# OPC UA client • Configuration in TIA Portal

• Connect a OPC UA client to the Server

• Browse of Node Ids

• Read of Data

• Registered Read of Data

Drive1.
actualSpeed • Subscription

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Browse, Read, Subscribe

LIVE DEMO
Online Support:
C# OPC UA client • Configuration in TIA Portal

• Connect a OPC UA client to the Server

• Browse of Node Ids

• Read of Data

• Registered Read of Data

Drive1.
actualSpeed • Subscription

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Functional scope

Methods

OPC UA
server
Drive
Method FB
Call request
Node ID==“instDrive".“Method“,
NodeID “instDrive".“Method“, InputArguments:
InputArguments:[ [DriveSpeed
driveSpeed==“99999”
“1000” ]]
SetDrive
Speed
Call response
OutputArguments: [timeExecuted
OutputArguments: = “11:35“=] “11:30“
[ timeExecuted ] =Status
Status BadInvalidArgument
= Good
RPM: 1000
0

• Request based interaction • Consistent data transmission without

with the user program handshakes
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Methods

• Request based interaction • Consistent data transmission without

with the user program handshakes
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Method implementation

LIVE DEMO
Online Support:
OPC UA method examples

• OPC UA method implementation in TIA Portal

• OPC UA Method Call with a client

Drive1.
actualSpeed

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Method implementation

LIVE DEMO
Online Support:
OPC UA method examples

• OPC UA method implementation in TIA Portal

• OPC UA Method Call with a client

Drive1.
actualSpeed

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General behaviors

Behavior of the OPC UA server:

• Starts - when the server is activated and the project is loaded
OPC UA server
• The server is rebooted each time the CPU is loaded
• Remains activated, even with STOP of the CPU
• Provides PLC tags as the operating mode is being changed
(RUN > STOP)
• Accepts values written by the client
• Server methods in STOP issue error message "16#00AF_0000"

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S7-1500 OPC UA server quantity structure
CPU 1516

CPU 1516-3 PN/DP datasheet

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CPU 1518

CPU 1518-4 PN/DP datasheet

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Use cases for PLC OPC UA servers

Cloud
Gateway
Methods could be used for consistent data
Data
Server Shopfloor IT which require interaction with the other system.
(e.g. call a method to start a job in a machine)

ReadMachineParam
Subscriptions could be used to monitor
machine data.
OEE
(e.g. monitor changes of OEE data)
OEE

OEE
OEE

Read/writes could be used to do changes on

machine parameters which don't require
consistency

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Agenda

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