- TIA-Portal
- Industrial Edge Management
- Edge Device
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Set up your VMs:
- Ensure TIA-Portal and Industrial Edge Management are installed and configured on your system.
- Install the necessary apps on your Edge Device: Common Configurator, IIH Semantics, IIH Essentials, Registry Service, Databus, Databus Gateway, and SIMATIC S7+ Connector.
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Configuring Databus:
- Open Industrial Edge Management and navigate to "Data Connections" > Databus.
- Launch the Industrial Edge Device (IED) with IIH.
- Add a new user with specified Topic, Username, Password, and Rights.
- Add desired topics.
- Deploy the configuration.
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Configuring OPC UA Server:
- Open Common Configurator on your Edge Device.
- Navigate to Settings > Databus Credentials.
- Enter credentials and save.
- Navigate to Settings > OPC UA Server.
- Manage users, add a user with username and password.
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Export Variables from TIA-Portal:
- Install the SIMATIC SCADA Export Add-In for TIA-Portal.
- Ensure variables to be imported have the option "Visible in HMI Engineering" set.
- Export tags by right-clicking on the PLC and choosing export to SIMATIC SCADA.
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Importing S7 Tags in IIH:
- Open Common Configurator and navigate to Get Data > Connector Configuration > SIMATIC S7+ Connector > Tags.
- Import the file from TIA-Portal.
- Choose an Acquisition Cycle, Access Mode, and publish to Databus.
- Deploy the configuration.
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Optionally Modifying OPC UA Model (only needed for datatype modification):
- Open SIOME and modify the OPC UA Model.
- Add necessary nodes and attributes.
- Export the updated model.
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Loading OPC UA Model into IIH:
- In Common Configurator, navigate to Define Data > OPC UA model.
- Import the optionally updated model file. You need to import the model four times and select the namespaces according to the following sequence.
- Base Information Model
- Information Model Kit
- Information Model Discrete
- Information Model Discrete Instances.
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Connecting S7 Values with OPC UA Model:
- In Common Configurator, navigate to Define Data > Organize.
- Connect S7 tags with OPC UA Model using Drag and Drop.
- Deploy the configuration.