Apli & Digi Kawka webinar series

Modern industry demands more than just Modbus or Profinet. Increasingly, PLCs need to exchange data with various ERP systems and IT devices. But how do you navigate this maze of protocols? SIMATIC LCommSuite communication libraries come to the rescue, enabling intuitive and rapid integration of communication protocols into your project.

In this webinar, we'll demonstrate how to connect a PLC to an MS SQL database using the Siemens Industrial Edge environment. This is a purely technical session for those who want to see how to implement such communication step by step.

After watching this episode, you will learn:

• What the WinCC/Industrial Data Bridge tool is and what it is used for
• What communication protocols and connection types are supported and how they can be used to connect automation, IT and database systems
• How to create and configure connections between systems without scripting, using ready-made mechanisms available in the tool

During this webinar, we'll demonstrate how to secure existing industrial communications—for example, S7 or OPC UA—without interfering with controller logic. We'll discuss a practical approach to hardening OT networks using SCALANCE SC firewalls: traffic filtering, segmentation, and access control.

This webinar aims to introduce the Process Management suite's add-ons. Compatibility with multiple WinCC variants allows for quick and efficient expansion of features such as recipes and reports. Licensing principles will be discussed, along with a demonstration of the functionality.

During the webinar, "LCamHdl – Creation of Cam Disks at Runtime," we will demonstrate how to practically use cam feedback in S7-1500T controllers. During the webinar, we will run the LCamHdl library on a real system and demonstrate how easy it is to configure and integrate it into a project in the TIA Portal. We will also demonstrate live how to create and modify cams during machine operation (runtime).

During this webinar, we'll demonstrate how to configure a connection between two S7-1500 controllers using the Flexible F-Link communication channel. You'll learn what to consider when parameterizing the device and the differences between IO-Controller to IO-Controller and IO-Controller to IO-Device communication.

MRP, RSTP, or perhaps some other protocol? What are their characteristics and significant differences? Can they be combined? If these or similar questions have been troubling you, this ApliKawka will shed some light on many issues.