UC20-WL2000-AC

Siemens PLC Communication

S7 & S7Comm Node-RED Configuration

Xavi Cerqueda Puig

Technical Support Engineer
Electronics, Communications & Automation
 Agenda

01 Application Overview & Setup

02 S7 Library Nodes

03 S7comm Library Nodes

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 Old Webinars

01 U-Control Web Basics 06 Node-RED: Databases & Cloud Connection

02 Node-RED Basics 07 ModbusTCP & RS485 Module

03 Node-RED: SD Card & e-mail handling 08 Siemens PLC’s Communication

04 Node-RED Dashboard & Visualization

05 U-Link Remote Access & IoT Dashboard

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 Agenda

01 Application Overview & Setup

02 S7 Library Nodes

03 S7comm Library Nodes

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 Overview

UC20-WL2000-AC PLC S7-1200

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 Library Nodes

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 Access Web Server

Access web server or

configuration interface of IoT
Controller through any browser.

USB Port: 192.168.10.202

Ethernet Port X1: 192.168.0.101

Ethernet Port X2: 192.168.1.101

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 Access Node-RED

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 Agenda

01 Application Overview & Setup

02 S7 Library Nodes

03 S7comm Library Nodes

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 S7 in Node

With double click in s7 in node, you can edit the

connection paràmeters:

• PLC: PLC you want to connect with (see

next slide)
• Mode: You can choose between single or
all variables
• Variable: You can select the specific
variable you want to read (in case you
choose single variable mode)

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 S7 in Node

In this tab, you can edit the connection

paràmeters:

• Address: PLC IP Address

• Mode: Rack/Slot (Default)
• Port: 102 (Default)
• Slot: 1 (for PLC s1200 and s1500)
or 2 (for s7-300)
• Rack: 0 (Default)

Cycle time and Timeout by Default.

You can also add the variables you want to
read/write in the other tab (see next slide).

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 S7 in Node
In this tab, you can
add a list of variables

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 S7 in Node

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 S7 in Node
If you change the status
of the DI2, you will
receive a message in
the debug screen.

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 S7 out Node

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 S7 out Node

If you press the true inject, the

status of the variable DO0, will
change to 1

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 S7 out Node

If you press the false inject, the

status of the variable DO0, will
change to 0

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 S7 out Node

If you don’t select any

variable in the s7 out node,
you can send variable
name through msg.variable
(see next slide)

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 S7 out Node

If you don’t select any

variable in S7 out
node, you can send
variable name through
msg.variable

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 Agenda

01 Application Overview & Setup

02 S7 Library Nodes

03 S7comm Library Nodes

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 S7comm Read Node

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 S7comm Read Node

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 S7comm Read Node

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 S7comm Read Node
If you press inject
node, it will read the
DI_0 variable, which is
in the position I0.0 of
the PLC.

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 S7comm Read Node
If you press inject
node, it will read the
DI_0 variable, which is
in the position I0.0 of
the PLC.

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 S7comm Write Node

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 S7comm Write Node

With double click in s7comm write node,

you can edit the connection paràmeters:

• Connection: PLC you want to

connect with (see next slide)
• Signal: Variable you want to
write

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 S7comm Write Node

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 S7comm Write Node

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Thank you!
Contact

Weidmüller S.A
Name Xavi Cerqueda Puig
Position Technical Support – Electronics, Communications & Automation
Pol. Ind. Sudoeste C/ Narcís Monturiol 11-13
08960 Sant Just Desvern - Barcelona
Email xavier.cerqueda@weidmueller.com
Web www.weidmuller.es