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Dear everyone,
Would you mind helping me solve the problem below?
In our plant, there is a machine operated via an HMI program installed on SICOMP IPC R 120 (made by Siemens with order number 6ap1123-0bv00).
All I see the SICOMP is the same as a common PC. Unless its built-in ports aren't used. The S5 135U linked to SICOMP via a PCB card attached to the SICOMP slot (I don't know what the slot standard is).
The PCB card only contains 2 serial/COM ports and 2 parallel/LPT ports.
The problem is our HMI software only detects a serial mouse, and the SICOMP spare part is obsolete.
My questions are:
"Is it possible to change the old SICOMP into the new Industrial PC?"
For this question, I got 2 contradicting practitioners' opinions. One of them says it is possible as long as we got the complete data of HMI-PLC tag connection.
Others said that it is impossible due to the fact that our HMI program was made with a different language such as C/C++, and the solution is that we should buy the new one from our OEM.
"Can I re-program the HMI display with a new HMI software such as Wonderware or WinCC Flexible, then run it on the new industrial PC?"
Thank you for reading my message, and I really appreciate your answers.
My best regards,
Grahadian
Would you mind helping me solve the problem below?
In our plant, there is a machine operated via an HMI program installed on SICOMP IPC R 120 (made by Siemens with order number 6ap1123-0bv00).
All I see the SICOMP is the same as a common PC. Unless its built-in ports aren't used. The S5 135U linked to SICOMP via a PCB card attached to the SICOMP slot (I don't know what the slot standard is).
The PCB card only contains 2 serial/COM ports and 2 parallel/LPT ports.
The problem is our HMI software only detects a serial mouse, and the SICOMP spare part is obsolete.
My questions are:
"Is it possible to change the old SICOMP into the new Industrial PC?"
For this question, I got 2 contradicting practitioners' opinions. One of them says it is possible as long as we got the complete data of HMI-PLC tag connection.
Others said that it is impossible due to the fact that our HMI program was made with a different language such as C/C++, and the solution is that we should buy the new one from our OEM.
"Can I re-program the HMI display with a new HMI software such as Wonderware or WinCC Flexible, then run it on the new industrial PC?"
Thank you for reading my message, and I really appreciate your answers.
My best regards,
Grahadian
