Connection Parameters Needed for HMI/cMT Products to Communicate with a Siemens S7-1200/S7-1500 (Absolute Addressing) Ethernet using EBPro (EasyBuilder Pro)

Introduction

All Maple Systems HMIs programmed with EBPro (EasyBuilder Pro), including every cMT X Series and cMT Series model, are compatible with a Siemens S7-1200/S7-1500 (Absolute Addressing) Ethernet. Configure your Controller and HMI/cMT with the following parameters to establish reliable communication.

Supported Series: Siemens S7-300/1200/1500 Series, ET200SP series

Website: http://www.siemens.com/entry/cc/en/

HMI Setting

Parameters	Recommended	Options	Notes
PLC type	Siemens S7-1200/S7-1500 (Absolute Addressing) (Ethernet)
PLC I/F	Ethernet
Port no.	102
Rack	0
CPU slot	1
On-line simulator	Yes
Multi-HMI connect	TIA Settings *Note

*Connect S7-300 settings

EasyBuilder Device Settings dialog showing IP Address Settings with port 102, and CPU Settings with Rack 0 and CPU slot 2.

NOTE: According to Connection resource / HMI Communication settings

TIA Portal Connection resources panel showing HMI communication row highlighted with maximum 4 connections and 0 configured.

Support Device Type

Data type	EasyBuilder data format	Memo
Bool	bit
Byte	16-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned	8-bit
SInt	16-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Signed	8-bit
USInt	16-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned	8-bit
Word	16-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned	16-bit
Int	16-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Signed	16-bit
UInt	16-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned	16-bit
DWord	32-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned	32-bit
DInt	32-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Signed	32-bit
Real	32-bit Float	32-bit
UDInt	32-bit BCD, Hex, Binary, Unsigned	32-bit
LInt	64-bit Signed
ULInt	64-bit Unsigned
LReal	64-bit Double
Array

NOTE¹: EBPro (EasyBuilder Pro) V6.03.02 or later supports 64 bits data type, but please note that the address limit range is 48 bits in maximum.

NOTE²: Importing data types other than those in the above table may result in failure to communicate.

Both single-dimensional arrays and multi-dimensional arrays can start with non-zero values. Example: [1..9], or [1..3,2..5]

Address tags do not allow the use of special characters, such as: [ ] " etc., which may cause unexpected situations such as import exceptions or communication exceptions.

User Define Type

User define type can be established in PLC data type.

TIA Portal PLC data types panel showing a UDT with UDT_Bool (Bool) and UDT_Int (Int) members.

2. User define type can be used in DB. User-defined types mapping address function are not supported. When using a user-defined type, please add it to the end of DB, to avoid influencing import and communication (address offset calculation).

TIA Portal Program Blocks view of All_Types DB showing Static_1 member of UDT type with UDT_Bool and UDT_Int sub-members.

3. User define type cannot be imported automatically, you need to manually create an address in EBPro (EasyBuilder Pro) to communicate.

EasyBuilder address dialog with Device set to Siemens S7-1200/S7-1500, Address type DB2Bit, Address 2820, and format DDDDDo range 0 to 655327.

EasyBuilder address dialog with Device set to Siemens S7-1200/S7-1500, Address type DB2, Address 284, and format DDDDD range 0 to 65532.

Device Address

Bit/Word	Device type	Format	Range	Memo
B	`I`	`DDDDDo`	0 ~ 655357	Input (I)
B	`Q`	`DDDDDo`	0 ~ 655357	Output (O)
B	`M`	`DDDDDo`	0 ~ 655357	Bit Memory
B	`DBnBit`	`FFFFFDDDDo`	0 ~ 6553599997
B	`DBxBit`	`FFFFFDDDDDo`	0 ~ 10700655327
B	`DB1Bit–DB99Bit`	`DDDDDo`	0 ~ 655357	Data Register Bit
BYTE	`IB`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65535	Input (I)
W	`IW`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65533	Input (I)
DW	`ID`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65535	Input (I)
LW	`IL`	`DDDDD`
BYTE	`QB`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65535	Output (O)
W	`QW`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65533	Output (O)
DW	`QD`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65535	Output (O)
LW	`QL`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65535
BYTE	`MB`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65535	Bit Memory
W	`MW`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65533	Bit Memory
DW	`MD`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65535	Bit Memory
LW	`ML`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65535
BYTE	`DBBn`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	Data Register
BYTE	`DBBx`	`FFFFFDDDDD`	0 ~ 1070065535	Data Register
W	`DBn`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	Data Register
W	`DBx`	`FFFFFDDDDD`	0 ~ 1070065535	Data Register
DW	`DBDn`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	Data Register
DW	`DBDx`	`FFFFFDDDDD`	0 ~ 1070065535	Data Register
LW	`DBLx`	`FFFFFDDDDD`	0 ~ 1070065535
LW	`DBLn`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 599999999
W	`DBn_String`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	Char Array
W	`DBx_String`	`FFFFFDDDDD`	0 ~ 1070065535	Char Array
W	`DBn_String1`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	String
W	`DBx_String1`	`FFFFFDDDDD`	0 ~ 1070065535	String
DW	`DBDn_String`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	Char Array
DW	`DBDx_String`	`FFFFFDDDDD`	0 ~ 1070065535	Char Array
W	`DB1 ~ DB99`	`DDDDD`	0 ~ 65535	Data Register
DW	`S5TIME_10Ms`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	10MS ~ 9S990MS
DW	`S5TIME_100Ms`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	100MS ~ 1M39S900MS
DW	`S5TIME_1S`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	1S ~ 16M39S
DW	`S5TIME_10S`	`FFFFFDDDD`	0 ~ 655359999	10S ~ 2H46M30S

NOTE: Double word and floating point value must use DBDn device type.

NOTE: When using DBn, DBDn, DBLn, DBx, DBDx, DBLx addresses, the object address must be an even number due to the limitation of the original software protocol.

PLC Setting

NOTE: Please follow the settings below, or the communication may fail.

Do not check [DB UTILITAIRES] → [Attributes] → [Optimized block access].

TIA Portal DB UTILITAIRES Attributes dialog with Optimized block access checkbox unchecked.

2. Check [General] → [Protection] → [Permit access with PUT/GET communication from remote partner].

TIA Portal PLC Protection settings dialog with Permit access with PUT/GET communication from remote partner checkbox checked.

How to Import Address Tags Using TIA Portal

Exporting PLC Tags (.xlsx file format)

Open PLC Tags in TIA Portal
Under [PLC tags] create the address tags and then click the Export icon.
Designate Export Directory
Designate the directory to save the file and click OK.

Exporting Program Blocks (.scl file format)

Create Data Block in TIA Portal
Under [Program blocks] create Data_block_1 [DB1] as shown in the following figure. Click the right mouse button on [DB1] and then click [Generate source from blocks].
Add New PLC in EBPro (EasyBuilder)
In EBPro (EasyBuilder) click [New PLC…], select Siemens S7-1500 (Ethernet) PLC type, and then click [Settings…] to set the parameters.

Importing Tags into EBPro (EasyBuilder)

Click Import Tag Button
Click [Import Tag…] button.
Select Import File Type
Select file type .scl; .db or select TIA file *.apxx for import (TIA File is recommended). Compiling the TIA file by using TIA software before import is necessary to avoid importing incomplete data.
NOTE: Before importing TIA Files, users need to compile the file and download it to the PLC (*.ap12~17).

TIA Portal Edit menu open with the Compile option highlighted.

NOTE: CPU 1510SP-1 PN (6ES7510-1DJ01-0AB0) — unable to import using TIA project (*.ap*), please use [Get tag info] instead.

Import Files (.scl; .db)

Select the PLC Tags and Program Blocks to be imported, click [Import] button, and then click [OK] to leave when the tags are imported successfully.

NOTE: At least one db file must be imported. If only plc tags are selected, import cannot complete successfully.

EasyBuilder Import Tags dialog with PLC tags file and DB1.scl Program Block loaded, showing Import tag information successfully status for both.

Import Files (.ap)

Select the tags to be imported and then click OK. (Support multiple devices in the same project)

TIA Portal tag tree selection dialog for TIA project import showing PLC with Blocks, UDTs, and Tags checkboxes.

NOTE: Before importing the file, the editor needs to confirm that the TIA project is compiled and downloaded to the PLC and runs correctly.

The ‘Import tag information successfully’ message window is shown if the import has succeeded.

Get Tag Info

In S7-1200/1500 program software create PLC program and tag and then download
to PLC.
Select Go offline, EBPro (EasyBuilder) will connect to PLC and get tag data. In PLC type select “SIEMENS S7-1200/1500 (Absolute Addressing) (Ethernet)”.
Click “Settings…”, input PLC IP address
Click “Settings…”, input PLC IP address
Check the PLC that is not connected to any PC. Click “Get Tag Info…”
Check the PLC that is not connected to any PC. Click “Get Tag Info…”
Added Tag Manager that allows selecting the Siemens S7-1200/1500 PLC tags to be
imported.
NOTE:
Both single-dimensional arrays and multi-dimensional arrays can start with non-zero values. Example: [1..9] , or [1..3,2..5]
Importing data types other than those in the above table may result in failure to communicate.
Address tags do not allow the use of special characters, such as: [ ] ” “,. etc., which may cause unexpected situations such as import exceptions or communication exceptions.
Create an object and click read address “Settings…”
Create an object and click read address “Settings…”
In device select “S7-1200/1500” then select “user-defined tag”.
In device select “S7-1200/1500” then select “user-defined tag”.
Select PLC tag.
Select PLC tag.

Wiring Diagram

The diagram below shows the Ethernet cable wiring.