Ethernet Device Driver communicates to Siemens PLCs.
Press Release Summary:
Siemens S7-200 works in conjunction with proprietary OPC Server KEPServerEX to provide data exchange between OPC Clients and Siemens S7-200 PLCs using TCP/IP Ethernet protocol. Requiring CP- 243 communications module, ethernet driver talks directly to S7-200 series PLCs using standard PC network interface card and does not require any additional software packages or libraries.
Original Press Release:
Kepware Technologies announces NEW Driver - Siemens S7-200
RELEASE: Yarmouth, ME - March 14, 2003 -- Kepware Technologies, the leading supplier of OPC server technology, announces today the release of the Siemens S7-200 Ethernet driver. Kepware's Siemens S7-200 Ethernet device driver works in conjunction with our OPC Server KEPServerEX, to provide data exchange between OPC Clients and Siemens S7-200 PLCs using TCP/IP Ethernet protocol. S7-200 Ethernet support has been implemented as an enhancement to the current driver support for the S7-300 & S7-400 PLCs. For more specific information: www.kepware.com/SiemensS7_Ethernet_OPC_ServerSpecSheet.html
The S7-200 Ethernet driver talks directly to the S7-200 series PLC using a standard PC network interface card, no additional software packages or libraries are required. The S7-200 PLC must be equipped with the new CP- 243 communications module from Siemens.
Mark Hensley, President of Kepware, states, "Customers have been requesting a Siemens S7-200 Ethernet driver - wanting to take advantage of our easy to use interface, unprecedented reliability, and superior price/performance ratio they have come to expect from Kepware." He continues, "This driver compliments our current support for the S7-300 and S7-400 series to continue providing our customers a very cost-effective alternative to communicating to the Siemens PLCs directly from their PC network interface card." This driver joins our existing long list of supported industrial protocols; representing our continued commitment to responding to our customers' requests.
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