Siemens S7 Serial PLC Tag

Introduction

The Siemens S7 Serial PLC Tag represents a Siemens S7 PLC communicating via a serial channel.

The Siemens S7 Serial PLC Tag supports the configuration properties of the Siemens S7 PLC Tag plus these properties:

Property	Type	Version	Description
Channel	Reference	1.4	The communication channel used by the PLC. Either a Siemens S7 Serial MPI Channel or a Siemens S7 Serial PPI Channel.
Address	USINT	1.4	The address of the PLC on the serial bus.

The Siemens S7 Serial PLC Tag supports the tag commands of the Siemens S7 PLC Tag.

The Siemens S7 Serial PLC Tag builds on the features of these tag types:

For properties common to all Siemens S7 PLC Devices.

For information about MPI serial channels that can be associated with this type of PLC.

For information about PPI serial channels that can be associated with this type of PLC.

To learn about abnormal conditions in SCADA applications.

For the meaning of terms used in Fernhill SCADA.