s5 connection/ setup headache

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Thread Starter

mangleman

Please can anyone help solve this headache of a problem

I am still trying to go online with my S5 and PC.

I am connecting to the com 1 port (9 pin- male) of my PC, with a 9 -25 female-female through connector. This is then connected to a siemens convertor pc/232 6es5-734-1bd20 (25 male - to CPU connector.

In s5 I have just selected the com 1 port and tried to change from offline to online which results in an error message saying PLC TIMEOUT,
or ascii ? port not ready. Is this a software setup error or hardware, I have also tried selecting com ports 1-4 but with no luck

Any ideas would be welcome!!

thanks!
 
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Vincent Bonesire

wich version of Step5 have you?

If you are working on Windows 95 or 98 check first if your com 1 is still selected in your PC's setup.I had this problem after upgrading my
Step5 in version 7.0. Before I had step5v6.85
 
I cannot find the file s5encomm.exe anywhere in the siemens directories. I have a file s5com but i think this is totally different to what
you are talking about. Please could you explain where to find this file and how to use it!

Thanks! mm
 
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Zan Von Flue

Hi
I would also check the 25/9 pole adaptor.
It could be either pin 2/3 have to exchanged or not all pins are correctly connected. Easy would be a Comm.Quick tester. A better one has
swithes and Leds to check and configure, if necessary, the connection.

Later
zan
 
I had a similar problem when running S5 v7.14 on my desktop. A very old 3.2, pure CPM code with DOS/CPM emulator, worked with no problems, while
v7.14 did not.

Try downloading the S5ENCOMM.EXE patch from Siemens web site "http://www4.ad.siemens.de":http://www4.ad.siemens.de , it fixes a problem related to the RS232 voltage levels (affects both notebooks and desktops).

I would also update Step5 v7.0 to the latest version, check for upgrades at the above web address.

regards
Luca Gallina
 
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