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I am looking for a solution about the use of Siemens S7-1500. My Siemens is connected to 6 "robots" that have to pick some stuff up.

I would like to use S7-1500 to display 6 screens with information according to the robot. The information on the 6 different screens will be for the client/user in order for him to follow the process.

For example, robot 1 is picking up thing A so the screen 1 (which is situated next to the robot 1) can write this information: "A is picked up". Then, the robot 1 will pick another thing, for example thing G and the screen 1 will write "G is picked up".

It's the same for the robot 5: when he is picking up the thing D, on the screen 5 it is written the following information "D is picked up".

My issue is that the Siemens device has limitations so we are not free to do whatever we want. So, I am not sure I can connect 6 different screens.

Camille BOUQUET
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You can have multiple screens (i.e. HMIs) connected to the profinet network that the S7-1500 is connected to. All these devices can share information with the 1500.

See example topology below

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mrsargent
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  • thank you very much for the answer, do you know a link for a tutorial about this? – Camille BOUQUET Jul 02 '21 at 10:13
  • this is a good link https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf//WW/en/posts/how-the-profinet-communication-works-between-hmi-and-plc-s/28968?page=0&pageSize=10 also you should do an internet search for siemens plc/hmi communication or profinet communication and you should find what you need. – mrsargent Jul 02 '21 at 11:32