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AVEVA™ Plant SCADA

Configuring Variable Tags

  • Last UpdatedJul 08, 2025
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Variable tags are addressed using the symbolic tag names configured for Siemens S7-PLC device. The following table demonstrates the variable tag address formats you can use to read and write values

Address Format

S7-1500 Data Type

S7-1200 Data Type

Plant SCADA Type

Value Range

<Symbolic Tag Name>

BOOL

BOOL

DIGITAL

FALSE or TRUE

<Symbolic Tag Name>

BYTE

BYTE

INT, UINT, LONG, ULONG

0 to 255

<Symbolic Tag Name>

WORD

WORD

UINT, LONG, ULONG

0 to 65535

<Symbolic Tag Name>

DWORD

DWORD

ULONG

0 to 4294967295

<Symbolic Tag Name>

SINT

SINT

INT, LONG

128 to 127

<Symbolic Tag Name>

USINT

USINT

INT, UINT, LONG, ULONG

0 to 255

<Symbolic Tag Name>

INT

INT

INT, LONG

-32768 to 32767

<Symbolic Tag Name>

UINT

UINT

UINT, LONG, ULONG

0 to 65535

<Symbolic Tag Name>

DINT

DINT

LONG

-2147483648 to +2147483647

<Symbolic Tag Name>

UDINT

UDINT

ULONG

0 to 4294967295

<Symbolic Tag Name>

REAL

REAL

REAL

-3.4E38 to 3.4E38

<Symbolic Tag Name>

CHAR

CHAR, STRING

CHAR, STRING

ASCII character

<Symbolic Tag Name>

WCHAR

WCHAR

STRING

Unicode character represented as ASCII character in Plant SCADA

Note: Driver supports multi-byte strings only when it is possible to convert a multi-byte character to the ASCII.

<Symbolic Tag Name>

WSTRING

WSTRING

STRING

Unicode string (0-254 characters) represented as ASCII string in Plant SCADA

Note: Driver supports multi-byte strings only when it is possible to convert a multi-byte character to the ASCII.

<Symbolic Tag Name>

S5TIME

N/A

LONG

0 to 9990000 (milliseconds)

<Symbolic Tag Name> -

TIME

TIME

LONG

-2147483648 to +2147483647 (milliseconds)

<Symbolic Tag Name>

DATE

DATE

LONG

0 to 65378 (days)

<Symbolic Tag Name>

TIME_OF_DAY (TOD)

TIME_OF_DAY (TOD)

ULONG

0 to 86399999 (milliseconds)

<Symbolic Tag Name>

DATE_AND_TIME

N/A

STRING

1990-01-01-00:00:00.000 to 2089-12-31-23:59:59.999

<Symbolic Tag Name>

LTIME

N/A

STRING

-9223372036854775808 to +9223372036854775807 (nanoseconds)

<Symbolic Tag Name>

LTOD (LTIME_OF_DAY)

N/A

STRING

0 to 8639999999999 (nanoseconds)

<Symbolic Tag Name>

LDT
(DATE_AND
_LTIME)

N/A

STRING

0 to 9254908036854775808 (nanoseconds)

When configuring tags to access PLC arrays and structures, a separate tag needs to be created for each array or structure element.

The driver supports conversions between S7-PLC data types and Plant SCADA data types. When a configured tag data type cannot be converted into PLC data type, the driver marks that tag with quality Bad, Configuration Error.

The following table shows supported conversions between Plant SCADA and S7-PLC data types.

Plant SCADA Data Type

S7-PLC Data Type

DIGITAL

BOOL

INT, UINT

BYTE, WORD, SINT, USINT, INT,UINT

LONG, UINT

BYTE, WORD, DWORD, SINT, USINT, INT,UINT, DINT, UDINT

REAL

REAL

STRING

All S7-PLC data types supported by the driver, except for BYTE, USINT, WORD, UINT, DATE

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