Use the S7 tag creator

The SIDirect Communication Driver supports the S7 Tag Creator to create the tags. You can also use the S7 Tag Creator editor for categorizing tags into different views, importing tags into different sections and areas, and generating tags automatically.

The SIDirect S7 Tag Creator is similar to the current S7 I/O Server S7 Tag Creator, except that the infrastructure for the S7 Tag Creator allows you to create S7 tags for the SIDirect DIObjects, while the I/O Server S7 Tag Creator works only with the S7 I/O Server. Additionally, the SIDirect S7 Tag Creator has numerous other features that are not found in the I/O Server S7 Tag Creator.

Note: The S7 Tag Creator does not read the current memory/register layout from the S7 PLC online.

Using the SIDirect DIObject S7 Tag Creator, you can:

• Generate alias names and tag names from the Siemens Step 7 .awl, .asc, .dif, .sdf, and .seq output files.

• Categorize tags into three different views for your selection: S7 tag hierarchy, alias name, and tag data type.

• Continuously apply user-defined filter criteria for alias names.

• Automatically generate tags.

• Import tags into the Scan Group, Block Read, and Block Write DA Groups on the S7C_S7 DIObject editor.

The S7 Tag Creator module generates tags for ArchestrA and SIDirect DIObjects. You can either directly specify the tags or import tag files generated by the Siemens S7 Step 7 programming software.