PLC-data in Excel

Application

"PLC-data in Excel" creates Excel files from any PLC variables according to your design.
For Windows (any)
You design the look directly in Excel.

Advantages

• Free evaluation without registration
• Simple and fast logging
• Industrial reliability
• Qualified support
• Comprehensive documentation

Features:

• Siemens controls like
  SIMATIC LOGO! / SIMATIC S7-200 / SIMATIC S7-300 / SIMATIC S7-400 / SIMATIC S7-1200 / SIMATIC S7-1500 / S7-compatible PLC (for e.g.: VIPA, Saia, Berthel) / S5 (over S5-LAN++) / S7-LAN
• Reading and logging of
  inputs, outputs, flags, data-blocks, timers and counters
• PDU-optimized access for
  high-performance acquisition of consistent data
• Abort-detection for backup of
  constant connections through automatic reconnection
• Addressing of all data areas with
  identifiers in the format of the SIEMENS and IEC syntax
• Boolean values and numeric values of
  1 to 8, 16, 32 and 64 bit data length – also as ARRAY OF
• Signed and unsigned integer-values
  BYTE, WORD, DWORD, INT and DINT – also as ARRAY OF
• Single/double precision floating point values
  REAL and DOUBLE – also as ARRAY OF
• Date and time values about
  TIME, S5-TIME, DATE and DATE_AND_TIME
• Characters and character strings above
  CHAR to S7-STRING – also via BYTE with its own encoding
• Supported Platforms
  Windows (any)
• free create of the Excel-tables with formulas and formats
• Insert data records (regions) to Excel file, (as of V 2.0)
• Operation without Excel-installation
• event- and time-controlled writing per worksheet (time-/event-trigger)
• no programm in the PLC necessary
• no limit on the count of variables
• file-creation with time-stamp in the file-name
• easy parameterization
• the addresses of the PLC-variables are specified directly in the Excel table (for e.g. PLC_ADDR,DB10.DBW100,INT)
• S7-LAN

Supported PLC-types (one connection to an S7 PLC!):

• S7-1500
• S7-1200
• S7 300/400
• S7-200
• S7-SoftPLC
• Logo!-SPS
• VIPA-S7
• all S7 compatible controls
• S5 (over S5-LAN++)

All parameters are stored directly in the XML-template-file.
The template includes all information as:

• target directory
• target-file with format-specification for the date and time
• connection-parameters to the PLC (ip-address etc.)
• addresses of the PLC-variables
• Time or event trigger for generating the target file / appending records
• This information is indicated with the help of keywords at any position in the Excel worksheet. Variables from the PLC will appear in the target file at the same position (cell), where the relevant variable address has been entered.

Example

Template:


Result:

screenshot of the configuration

program flow

Differences of license types:

Features	Standard	Advanced	Expert	Evaluation [Demo]
Trigger based log-file creation	x	x	x	x
Maximum number of channels	1	1	1	1
Maximum number of triggers	1 / Sheet	1 / Sheet	1 / Sheet	1 / Sheet
Interval trigger	x	x	x	x
Value-change trigger	x	x	x	x
Boolean trigger	x	x	x	x
Conditional/edge trigger	x	x	x	x
Extend worksheet with region(s)			x	x
Maximum number of variables	100	∞	∞	∞

License
Single License	Installation on one workstation/PC
Subsequent License	Installation on an additional workstation/PC one subsequentlicense for each additional workstation/PC Requirement: 1x singlelicense
Site / Branch / Standort License	unlimited number of installations at one location (= one postal address) of a company

Support/Updates:
A license is purchased once for a specific installation or as a dongle and is valid indefinitely (= unlimited license lifetime). In addition, our top-level support from our developers as well as updates including new functions can be purchased for 12 months.

Shortly before the support expires, it is possible to extend it for at least another 12 months for 10% of the current list-price. Updates (= current demo-version) and new functions can only be obtained with valid support. Support requests can still be made, but depending on the scope, these will be dealt with later.
Up to one month before the end of active support, we will inform you about the possibility of extending support. A support renewal is possible at any time in the first year after the end of support for 10% + 20% for each started quarter (since the end of support) of the current list-price. After the first year, a new license must be purchased for the support renewal.

Differences between"PLC-data logging/triggering" and "PLC-data in Excel" (Find the right product for your requirements):

Features	PLC-data logging/triggering	PLC-data in Excel
What happens in the event of a trigger event	Defined values are appended in a given file with a time stamp one file for several trigger events (infinite list)	The specified file is filled with values from the controller and saved as a new file one Excel file per trigger event
Filename	Specified by the configuration of the tool	Can be specified by the PLC, otherwise by the tool
Number of configured S7 connections	Depending on the license from 4 to 256	1 connection
Number of variables/connection	Depending on the license from 100 to 1000	Depending on the license from 100 to unlimited