groov your Siemens system

Published on Oct 09, 2014

Learn a simple way to build a secure mobile interface to your Siemens system with groov. In three steps you'll have imported your controller tags to a tag server, imported them to groov, and built a simple interface to turn on an LED and monitor a variable on a Siemens S7 PLC. Mobile interfaces are easy with groov because you build your interface using only a modern web browser. No plugins, no coding, and no programming required. Drag and drop from a library of touchscreen-ready gadgets, then tag them from your existing tag database. Then view the interface you've built on virtually any device that uses a modern web browser, regardless of size or brand: smartphones, tablets, laptops, and more. Now your authorized users can manage the equipment they need to from just about anywhere. Based on open standards, built by engineers, and manufactured and supported in the U.S.A., Opto 22's groov comes from nearly 40 years' experience in industrial automation, remote monitoring, and data acquisition. All logos and product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations. groov is a product from Opto 22 and is not related to nor endorsed by Siemens.

Transcript

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Gudday

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Ben here, in this groov your Siemens video I'm gonna show you how you can quickly

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build and view mobile interfaces

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for your Siemens s7 PLC now to do this

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I'm gonna need three things: groov Server for Windows

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a tag server that connects the Siemens PLC

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and my Siemens s7 1513 PLC

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it's a simple three-step process first

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I'll enter the s7 tags I want to see in groov into

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my tag server I'm going to be using Kepware's KepServerEX

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installed on a Windows computer second

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I'll add the tag server into groov Build and import those tags

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and third I'll attach gadgets to those tags

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then save and view the data on my desktop web browser

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and on my samsung galaxy s4 smartphone

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So if you're ready, let's get started, I'm going to remote desktop to a Windows 7 PC

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I've already downloaded and installed Kepware's KepServerEX

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free trial that'll run with all features and drivers

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for a full two hours just like groov server for Windows

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so this means that together it's the perfect way

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to trial all steps in this video for free

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let's go ahead and open up KepServer's configurator

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and click new channel give it a name

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I'm gonna call it Siemens and from the drop-down driver list

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I'll choose Siemens TCPIP ethernet you know but before I move on

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just take a look at all the other drivers supported

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all of these systems are now compatible with groov and this means

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that while this video is covering Siemens PLCs connecting to groov

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these three steps largely apply

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to anything in this list okay sorry I got a little excited there

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so let's get back to work click next

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and if you have more than one interface card be sure and select that one

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that the Siemens s7 controller is on go ahead and select the defaults for all

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the remaining dialogs

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now that the channel was created let's go ahead and

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add a device I'm gonna give it a name in this case I'm gonna call it

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s 715 13 for my PLC here

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and select the device the ID is the IP

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address accept the defaults on the next few dialogs

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and okay there we go so now that we have a channel

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and a device let's add a few tags right click

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and select new tag I'm gonna add a digital

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output give it a name and put the address in

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in my case it's the first output of the card so it's called

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q0 dot 0 and the type is a boolean

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Now let's also add a variable right click and select new tag

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give it a name and the meme address of this is

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qd6 and the type is a float

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that's it I'm done with step 1, now

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let's automatically import those tags into groov

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I'm gonna flip over and use the Mac now and I'm gonna be using my favorite browser Chrome

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but I could just as well use any browser like

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Safari on the Mac or Internet Explorer 10

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running on Windows or Firefox on Linux

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Well anyway you get the idea just make sure

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that you log into groov with admin rights so

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once you do that go ahead and click on the gear icon

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and select switch to groov Build now click on

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configure devices in tags: first

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we have to add our tag server: I'm gonna call it

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Siemens and go ahead and put in the address

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and the port of the tag server next I simply import those tags from that

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server

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by clicking on import tags: boom

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that's it I'm done with step two

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the last step is the really fun part building your page

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in groov with no programming let's start by dragging a button onto the page

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and connecting it to the digital output on the S 7

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so go ahead and click and drag the button gadget from the gadget palette

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let's select the Siemens tag server then imported tags then Siemens

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then the device here's our digital output point

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click it and click update gadget give the button a name

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you can change the colors if you like we're done

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so let's go ahead and try it out click on file

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save all changes and switch to groov View, now here we go

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you know if there's a button I just got a click on it

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yep works a ripper

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now let's hook up a gauge to that variable in the s7

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go back to groov Build and from the gadget palette let's select the tags tab

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now drill down to the tag you want select the round gauge gadget

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and set the range for it ok

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now you know while we're here let's throw an image on the page as well

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drag the image gadget over browse for the image

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aah too easy we're done let's save the project

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and check it out here it is on my browser

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but let's check it out on my android smartphone

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yep as expected it looks

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and works just awesome

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How easy is that? It was real simple

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to add the s7 tags into KepServer and then groov automagically

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imported all those same tags: it was easy then to hook those tags to gadgets

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and don't forget groov automatically built the mobile pages

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while I built the desktop pages we did not have to write a single line of code

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groov your Siemens s7 it's a simple three-step process

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for more information check out groov.com

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till next time, cheers mate!

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