The SNMP OPC server supports access to SNMP-capable devices in the OPC client systems. For all configured TCP/IP devices that are not SNMP-capable, one OPC variable for sign-of-life monitoring (ICMP-PING) is offered.

Read access and in part write access to the respective device information is possible. Thus the diagnosis of individual devices is possible as well as diagnosis of the complete plant and device characteristics can be actively controlled.

STEP 7/NCM PC contains an MIB compiler (Management Information Base) for integrating SNMP-enabled devices. This allows device profiles to be created on the basis of an MIB file

Devices with SNMP agents:

SIMATIC NET devices that feature special SNMP agents such as switches, WLAN Access Points and Industrial Ethernet PC and S7 communication processors are already included complete with their device profiles.

Thanks to MIB compilers (Management Information Base), other SNMP-enabled devices can be integrated into the OPC configuration through loading of MIBs in accordance with the SMI V1 and SMI V2 standard from STEP 7 V5.4.

Devices with IP addresses without SNMP agents:

Devices without SNMP agents can be monitored using the ping mechanism. The user can edit and save device-specific information such as the contact person, site and device description for this purpose.

• Any SNMP-capable devices such as printers or PCs can be depicted using a predefined library.
• The devices are integrated into the desktop of a client application using preconfigured ActiveX Controls.

The predefined device profiles and the associated ActiveX controls allow easy administration of the devices in OPC client applications. Individual expansions can also be implemented.

The SNMP OPC server is integrated in the SIMATIC NET OPC server. The OPC Scout is also included in the functional scope for browsing the displayed SNMP information. The SNMP OPC server can use, for example, PROFINET or S7 communication at the same time as PROFIBUS and Industrial Ethernet communication. This means that existing installations can also be expanded with SNMP functionality. The SNMP OPC server also enables several clients to execute simultaneously on one server.

User interfaces

• "Custom Interface“ for high-performance C++ applications
• "Automation Interface" for easily created Visual Basic applications (or similar).
• OPC Data Control for easy creation of client applications by configuring ActiveX controls
• OPC Alarms & Events (Subset)
• Preconfigured ActiveX controls for the device profile used

Configuration

Configuration and engineering with STEP 7 (up to STEP 7 V5.5) or NCM PC (e.g. component SIMATIC NET DVD V8.2; Order No.: 6GK1700-0AA12-3AA0)