A variety of different requirements must be fulfilled in order to set up a communication link from a PC/PG to SIMOTION via OPC with SIMATIC NET:

Requirements for communication via Industrial Ethernet

• PC/PG with standard Ethernet interface and SOFTNET S7 communication software for Industrial Ethernet or SOFTNET  S7/LEAN for Industrial Ethernet (only 8 connections)

Requirements for communication via PROFIBUS

• PC/PG with CP 5612/5622 PCI card and SOFTNET S7 communication software for PROFIBUS DP, or
• PG/Notebook with CP 5711 PCMCIA card and SOFTNET S7 communication software for PROFIBUS DP

Use of the OPC XML-DA and OPC UA servers in the SIMOTION runtime software does not require a license.