Using S5TIME

[kingnoboru]

Hi guys,
someone have used a siemens datatype S5TIME in a tag? I follow the user guide about s7 controller but i don't understand how to use this kind of datatype. I need to convert each tag via script? There's a better way?
Thank's a lot.

[mark.monroe]

The S7 driver in iX Dev does not support the S5TIME PLC data type. You will need to split out the time into support datatypes, like Data Blocks. Then use a script if you need to rebuild the time on the HMI.

[bjornidar]

Hi,

I've done this a couple of times, also with other HMI/ SCADA products.
There is no support for S5Time in any of the HMI/SCADA I've tried - other than WinCC / WinCC Flexible, so the best solution I've come up with is to convert the S5Time to INT in the PLC and then read to HMI/ SCADA.