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Using S5TIME

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:12 am
by 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.

Re: Using S5TIME

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:43 am
by 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.

Re: Using S5TIME

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:50 am
by 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.