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Hi,
The project I'm working on is going to need a lot of simulation before it hits site.
The project is to build a new FL SCADA which will communicate with about 30 existing PLCs.
(The simulation needs only to present a couple of datablocks per PLC to the SCADA. There is no need to simulate the 1000s of I/O.)
The problem is that to simulate 30 PLCs would appear to need 30 PCs. I want to do it with a lot less than this!
The PLCs are Siemens S5 on an H1 network.
How can I make a single PC simulate multiple H1 PLC nodes?
Also, does anyone have any suggestions of what driver to run on the SCADA, so that I can use the standard NIC, not a special Siemens CP card?
Thanks in advance.
Buzby
The project I'm working on is going to need a lot of simulation before it hits site.
The project is to build a new FL SCADA which will communicate with about 30 existing PLCs.
(The simulation needs only to present a couple of datablocks per PLC to the SCADA. There is no need to simulate the 1000s of I/O.)
The problem is that to simulate 30 PLCs would appear to need 30 PCs. I want to do it with a lot less than this!
The PLCs are Siemens S5 on an H1 network.
How can I make a single PC simulate multiple H1 PLC nodes?
Also, does anyone have any suggestions of what driver to run on the SCADA, so that I can use the standard NIC, not a special Siemens CP card?
Thanks in advance.
Buzby