Como hacer un sistema scada con un PLC S7 CPU313C-2DP?

[Andoni]

Buenas!

Soy un estudiante haciendo su proyecto final de carrera en bergen(Noruega). Tengo que hacer un sistema SCADA y para esto dispongo de:
1)tarjeta PC1500PFB con su software APPLICOM COMMUNICATION SERVER V2.9
2)Win98
3)PLC siemens S7 CPU313C 2DP
4)cable PROFIBUS
5)Labview 6.i

las dudas que tengo son:

1) me vale windows 98 para esta tarjeta? porque he instalado el software y he conseguido ejecutar PCINIT y parece que esta inicializada correctamente, pero no me fio mucho porque el soporte tecnico de applicom me ha dicho que no vale win98.
2)como puedo crear los conectores para el cable profibus? yaque la escuela dudo que tenga unos. He conseguido una pagina web donde aparecen las conexiones para D9 con unas resistencias (supungo de terminacion de lazo)pero no estoy seguro si es eso.
3)Como puedo realizar la configuracion del PLC para la red PROFIBUS?
4)Como puedo utilizar LabView mediante PROFIBUS DP? o puedo utilizar OPC server? pero no se que es. En el software de la tarjeta si viene el OPC server pero no se si el PLC tiene que soportarlo. No se que es esto.

Cualquier consejo que se me pueda dar me seria de gran ayuda, gracias.

In English:

I am a foreing student working on his final project in bergen (Norway). I have to make a SCADA system and to this purpouse i have the next:

1)PC1500PFB card with software APPLICOM COMMUNICATION SERVER V2.9
2)Win98
3)PLC siemens S7 CPU313C 2DP
4)PROFIBUS cable
5)Labview 6.i

My doubts are the next:

1)Is it valid Win98 fot this card? because i have installed the software and i have gotten to run it and seems to be well initialized, but i do not trust too much on it because the applicom technical support told me that it was not valid win98 for this card.

2)how can i make the connector for the PROFIBUS cable? since, i do not think that the school has any. I got one homepage where the connexions for D9 connector are with some resistors (loop termination resistors i guess)but i am not sure about it.
3)How can i make the PROFIBUS network configuration for the PLC?

4)How can I use labview by means PROFIBUS DP? or, Do i have to use OPC server? but i do not know what is it. In the card's software there is the OPC server but i do not if the PLC has to support it. i do not about this.

Any advice you could give me will be so helpful, than you in advance.

Andoni.

[Jorge M.]

Hello Andoni,

let me try to answer a bit your questions:

1) You should stick to what Applicom says in terms of OS supported. The card may work fine in Win98 but if it's not officially supported, then it's advisable to use a supported OS. You can get the drivers contacting Applicom.

2) I recall that on the 1500PFB's online help there's a diagram on the cabling requirements for Profibus DP. Also, surely you'll find the info here:
http://www.applicom-int.com
(go to the support area)

3) These 2 links may be of help (apart from the applicom site):
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/5913e03f551de3f786256a32005b4586?OpenDocument
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/CB7DACE9F3765FB286256C8500833E34?OpenDocument

4) To use LabVIEW with the Applicom board you have 2 easy ways:
a) Use the Datasocket vi's to connect to the OPC server (which is provided by Applicom). You can find info here:
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/df8c0a4ba2e2b22a86256a3700592bea?OpenDocument
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/ab02af4396dcdf6186256be3006970dc?OpenDocument

b) I recall that Applicom provided also a set of vi's to communicate with the PFB boards (not sure in which version).

The other ways are not as easy (DLL and ActiveX provided by applicom)

Hope this helps!
Regards,

Jorge M.