# Siemens S7 Driver Getting-started guide for the Siemens S7 driver. This is the short path — for the full per-field spec read [`docs/v2/driver-specs.md §5`](../v2/driver-specs.md), for hands-on CLI testing read [Driver.S7.Cli.md](../Driver.S7.Cli.md), and for the test-harness map read [S7-Test-Fixture.md](S7-Test-Fixture.md). ## What it talks to Siemens S7 PLCs — S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200, S7-1500, plus S7-200 / S7-200 Smart / LOGO! 0BA8 — over the native **S7comm** protocol on **ISO-on-TCP, TCP port 102**. The wire is spoken by the pure-managed [S7netplus](https://github.com/S7NetPlus/s7netplus) (`S7.Net`) library: no native DLL, no P/Invoke, no out-of-process isolation. The driver runs in-process in the OtOpcUa server's .NET 10 AnyCPU host on every OS the server runs on. This is the **leanest** OtOpcUa driver — read/write/subscribe/discover plus a connectivity probe, and nothing else. It implements no alarm source and no per-call host resolver (a single S7 instance targets a single CPU). ## Project split | Project | Target | Role | |---------|--------|------| | `src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/` | net10.0 | In-process driver — hosts the `S7.Net.Plc` connection and the address parser | | `src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Contracts/` | net10.0 | Dependency-free config records + enums (`S7DriverOptions`, `S7CpuType`, `S7DataType`) bound from `DriverConfig` JSON | ## Minimum deployment Register the driver instance in the central config DB (or `appsettings.json`). No separate service, no DLL deployment: ```jsonc "Drivers": { "s7-line-1": { "Type": "S7", "Config": { "Host": "10.20.30.40", "CpuType": "S71500", "Rack": 0, "Slot": 0, "Tags": [ { "Name": "Running", "Address": "DB1.DBX0.0", "DataType": "Bool", "Writable": false }, { "Name": "Speed", "Address": "DB1.DBD4", "DataType": "Float32", "Writable": true } ] } } } ``` S7 exposes a symbol table, but `S7.Net` does not surface it — so the driver operates off a **static, per-site tag list**, not live symbol discovery. ### Rack / slot / CPU family `CpuType` selects the ISO-TSAP slot byte used during the connection handshake; pick the family that matches the PLC exactly. `Rack` is almost always `0` (relevant only for distributed S7-400 racks). `Slot` conventions per family: S7-300 = slot 2, S7-400 = slot 2 or 3, S7-1200 / S7-1500 = slot 0 (onboard PN). A wrong slot causes a connection refusal during the handshake. See `src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Contracts/S7DriverOptions.cs` for the per-field defaults. ## Address forms Addresses use Siemens TIA-Portal / STEP 7 Classic syntax, parsed by `src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7AddressParser.cs`: | Area | Example | Meaning | |------|---------|---------| | Data block | `DB1.DBX0.0` / `DB1.DBW0` / `DB1.DBD4` | DB number + size suffix `X`(bit) / `B`(byte) / `W`(word) / `D`(dword), optional `.bit` for `DBX` | | Merker (M) | `MB0` / `MW0` / `MD4` / `M0.0` | Marker byte; size prefix `B`/`W`/`D`, or bare offset `.bit` for bit access | | Input (I) | `IB0` / `IW0` / `I0.0` | Process-image input | | Output (Q) | `QB0` / `QW0` / `Q0.0` | Process-image output | Parsing is strict and runs once at `InitializeAsync` so a config typo fails fast at load instead of surfacing as `BadInternalError` on every read. Bit offsets must be 0-7, byte offsets non-negative, DB numbers >= 1. > **Timer (`T{n}`) and Counter (`C{n}`)** addresses parse cleanly but the read > path has no decode case for them yet — the driver rejects them at init with an > explicit error rather than letting them surface a misleading type-mismatch. ## Data types `S7DataType` declares the **semantic** type; `S7.Net` returns an unsigned boxed value (bool / byte / ushort / uint) that the driver reinterprets without an extra PLC round-trip. Wired through today: `Bool`, `Byte`, `Int16`, `UInt16`, `Int32`, `UInt32`, `Float32`. `Int64`, `UInt64`, `Float64`, `String`, and `DateTime` are declared in the enum but **rejected at init** — half-implemented types must not create OPC UA nodes that then return `BadNotSupported` on every access. ## Capability surface `S7Driver : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWritable, ISubscribable, IHostConnectivityProbe` (`src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7Driver.cs`). | Capability | Path | Notes | |------------|------|-------| | `IReadable` | `ReadAsync` → `S7.Net.Plc.ReadAsync` | One request/response per tag, serialized on a per-PLC semaphore | | `IWritable` | `WriteAsync` → `S7.Net.Plc.WriteAsync` | Read-only tags (`Writable=false`) return `BadNotWritable` | | `ITagDiscovery` | `DiscoverAsync` | Emits a flat `S7/` folder of the configured tags — no live browse | | `ISubscribable` | per-tag poll loop with capped exponential backoff | S7 has no push model; floor is 100 ms (the CPU services the comms mailbox once per scan) | | `IHostConnectivityProbe` | periodic `S7.Net.Plc.ReadStatusAsync` (CPU-status PDU) | `host:port` host key; `Running`/`Stopped` transitions raise `OnHostStatusChanged` | ### Single-connection policy One `S7.Net.Plc` instance per PLC, serialized with a `SemaphoreSlim`. Parallelising reads against a single CPU doesn't help — the CPU scans its comms mailbox at most once per cycle and queues concurrent requests wire-side anyway, while wasting the CPU's 8-64 connection-resource budget. ## PUT/GET communication S7-1200 / S7-1500 ship with **PUT/GET access disabled** by default. A driver pointed at a freshly-flashed CPU sees a hard access-denied fault. The driver maps it specifically to `BadNotSupported`, flags the instance `Faulted` (a configuration alert, not a transient fault), and does **not** blind-retry — because the CPU will keep refusing. Fix: enable PUT/GET communication in TIA Portal under *Protection & Security* for the CPU. ## Error mapping | Condition | StatusCode | Health | |-----------|------------|--------| | Tag not in config | `BadNodeIdUnknown` | unchanged | | Read-only tag written | `BadNotWritable` | unchanged | | Unimplemented data type | `BadNotSupported` | unchanged | | PUT/GET denied | `BadNotSupported` | `Faulted` (config alert) | | CPU / hardware fault | `BadDeviceFailure` | `Degraded` | | Socket / timeout | `BadCommunicationError` | `Degraded` | ## Testing - **Unit tests** — `tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests/` cover the address parser, the reinterpret/box conversions, and the driver lifecycle. - **Integration fixture** — a Docker S7 simulator on the shared docker host; see [S7-Test-Fixture.md](S7-Test-Fixture.md) for the coverage map and endpoint. - **CLI** — [Driver.S7.Cli.md](../Driver.S7.Cli.md) documents the standalone read/write/probe CLI for manual checks against a real or simulated CPU. ## Further reading - [`docs/v2/driver-specs.md §5`](../v2/driver-specs.md) — full per-field spec, DriverConfig JSON shape, and operational stability notes - [Driver.S7.Cli.md](../Driver.S7.Cli.md) — standalone S7 driver CLI - [S7-Test-Fixture.md](S7-Test-Fixture.md) — simulator + test-harness map