Siemens TIA Portal Openness Feature

Functionality and Possible Use

European Spallation Source – Integrated Control System Division

Nick Levchenko

CERN
Date: 2016-02-01
Scope
• Functionality & Features
• Availability & Compatibility
• Installation & Use

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Functionality & Features
• Automation of engineering by controlling the TIA
Portal externally from within a custom made
program you have created
• The following functions are available:
– create/delete project data, PLC and HMI data
– modify projects and project data
(import/export/etc.)
– download/upload/compare project data to/from
PLC/HMI

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Use @ ESS

CCDB Custom
Application
Database
that holds TIA

Openness
information
on all Generates PLC
Extracts data code (in the Uses
devices, their
locations,
from CCDB form of import Openness
to import
Portal
controlling files)
files to PLC
them PLC’s, project
etc.

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System Architecture
• TIA Portal Openness provides a public API
(DLL)
• Users can create their own application (MS
Visual Studio: C#, VB.Net, etc.) to use any
functions provided by the API

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Object Model

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Availability & Compatibility
• Available from TIA Portal V12 SP1
• More feature added with every version
• Currently available via Siemens only (some
files required)
• Will be publicly available from TIA Portal V14

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 Siemens Roadmap
 Open and close TIA Portal
 Open, save, close project
 Import/export of HMI
configuration data for HMI
RT Advanced
 XML-Export PLC blocks of
S7-300/400
 Read tag tables
 Read selected hardware
configuration data
+ XML-Export PLC blocks of
S7-1200/1500 (except
SCL)
+ Export/import tag tables
via XML
+ Modify a TIA project via UI
and API
+ Import ASCII sources
(STL/SCL/DB/UDT)
TIAP V12 SP1
Openness
+ Import/export of extended
HMI configuration data for
HMI RT Advanced
+ XML-Import of PLC blocks
in S7-1500 (only STL)
+ Copy from Library to Device
+ Start Block Editor / Tag
Editor
+ Start Compile PLC / HMI
+ Silent Update Check for
type objects
TIAP V13
Openness
+ XML-Export of SCL blocks
+ XML-Import of
SCL/GRAPH/LAD/FBD blocks
+ Export/Import of HWCN data
+ Generation/Modification APIs
+ XML-Import of for
LAD/FBD/GRAPH blocks TIA Portal Project data
+ Generate ASCII Source + Up/download
from Block + Compare
(STL/SCL/DB/UDT) + Im/Export of HMI project data
+ Extended possibilities for for HMI RT Prof
reading data from the + Predecessors functional
project (Blocks and library replacement
data)
+ Support of the
UserXperienceSet
TIAP > V14
TIAP V13 SP1 Openness
Openness
Configurations have
to be adapted
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Installation & Use
• Contact your local Siemens
• They will provide you with some installation and configuration files
and user manuals
• They will also provide some demo applications (as Visual Studio
projects)

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Example

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Traditional Import/Export
1. Generate text files (*.scl, *.db, etc.)
2. Attach them as external sources
3. Manually generate block from external
sources using TIA Portal
4. Any changes? Repeat steps 1 and 3

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Openness Import/Export
1. Generate XML files
2. Automatically import them into TIA Portal
3. Any changes? Repeat steps 1 and 2, which can
be fully automated in your custom made
software tool

Traditional import/export using connected external

sources still available and usable via Openness as
well
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XML File Additional Features
1. Better, industry-standard format
2. XML import lets one create instance DB with
user-defined name AND number:
https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/ww/en/posts/tia-and-
creating-db-s/88731/?page=0&pageSize=10

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Demo

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