The document discusses using portal libraries to speed up development. It provides an overview of project libraries, which are unique to each project, and global libraries, which can be shared between projects. It then describes the Siemens Open Library, an open source collection of standard function blocks, documentation, and examples that are available for anyone to use, modify, and contribute to in order to further accelerate development.
2. Agenda
• DMC Overview
• What is a Portal Library
• What is in the Siemens Open
Library
• How Does it Work
• Success Story
• Making Changes/Contributing
• Questions
3. DMC Company Profile
Established in 1996, offices in Chicago, Denver,
Boston, Houston, and New York City
employees & growing
100+
4. Automotive Chemical & Food Processing
Consumer Goods Defense Contracting Energy & Utilities Food & Beverage
Packaging Pharmaceutical Printing & Textiles Semiconductor
Special Machinery Telecommunications Test & Measurement
Industries Served
5. Presenter Info
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
• With DMC since 2009
• Relocated to Denver in August of 2014 with 3 other engineers.
• Siemens Certified Professional
• Control Systems PE
• Teaches Rockwell to Siemens Training classes
John Sullivan
Project Director (Denver)
8. • Types
• Version controlled, dependency
linked, instantiable items
What is Included
9. • Types
• Version controlled, dependency
linked, instantiable items
• FBs, FCs, UDTs, screens,
faceplates, scripts, others
What is Included
10. • Types
• Version controlled, dependency
linked, instantiable items
• FBs, FCs, UDTs, screens,
faceplates, scripts, others
• Master Copies
• Copies of project items. Not
versioned, no dependencies, etc.
What is Included
11. • Types
• Version controlled, dependency
linked, instantiable items
• FBs, FCs, UDTs, screens,
faceplates, scripts, others
• Master Copies
• Copies of project items. Not
versioned, no dependencies, etc.
• Anything in your project
(Anything from Types, PLCs,
Hardware configuration, tag
tables, and more)
What is Included
18. Project
• Unique to every project
• Holds types and master copies
that are only viewable in that
project
19. Project
• Unique to every project
• Holds types and master copies
that are only viewable in that
project
• Every type in your project is in
your project library.
20. Project
• Unique to every project
• Holds types and master copies
that are only viewable in that
project
• Every type in your project is in
your project library.
• Project items (types) must be
instantiated from here
21. Project
• Unique to every project
• Holds types and master copies
that are only viewable in that
project
• Every type in your project is in
your project library.
• Project items (types) must be
instantiated from here
• Can contain items from multiple
global projects
24. Global
• Can be opened and viewed by
any project
• Can be archived (.zal13 file)
25. Global
• Can be opened and viewed by
any project
• Can be archived (.zal13 file)
• Cannot instantiate types directly
(except HMI)
26. Global
• Can be opened and viewed by
any project
• Can be archived (.zal13 file)
• Cannot instantiate types directly
(except HMI)
• Everything brought into project
from here is copied into the
project library.
30. • Developed by DMC over many
years
• Collaboration with Siemens to
release it
What is it?
&
31. • Developed by DMC over many
years
• Collaboration with Siemens to
release it
• Collection of standard objects to
speed development
What is it?
32. • Developed by DMC over many
years
• Collaboration with Siemens to
release it
• Collection of standard objects to
speed development
• Available to anyone under and
Open Source License (Modify,
Redistribute, Sell)
What is it?
39. Motor Control:
• G Series VFD Control – fbVFD_GSeries
• Analog VFD Control – fbVFD_Analog
Which Blocks
40. Motor Control:
• G Series VFD Control – fbVFD_GSeries
• Analog VFD Control – fbVFD_Analog
• Digital Single Speed Motor –
fbMotor_Reversing
Which Blocks
41. Motor Control:
• G Series VFD Control – fbVFD_GSeries
• Analog VFD Control – fbVFD_Analog
• Digital Single Speed Motor –
fbMotor_Reversing
• Simocode Pro V Starter – fbMotor_ProV
(coming soon)
• 3RW Starter – fbMotor_3RW (coming
soon)
Which Blocks
42. Motor Control:
• G Series VFD Control – fbVFD_GSeries
• Analog VFD Control – fbVFD_Analog
• Digital Single Speed Motor –
fbMotor_Reversing
• Simocode Pro V Starter – fbMotor_ProV
(coming soon)
• 3RW Starter – fbMotor_3RW (coming
soon)
Valve Control:
• Two State Solenoid Valve –
fbValve_Solenoid
Which Blocks
43. Motor Control:
• G Series VFD Control – fbVFD_GSeries
• Analog VFD Control – fbVFD_Analog
• Digital Single Speed Motor –
fbMotor_Reversing
• Simocode Pro V Starter – fbMotor_ProV
(coming soon)
• 3RW Starter – fbMotor_3RW (coming
soon)
Valve Control:
• Two State Solenoid Valve –
fbValve_Solenoid
• Analog Valve – fbValve_Analog
Which Blocks
46. Which Blocks
Inputs/Ouputs
• Analog Input with Scaling and Alarms –
fbIO_AnalogInput
• Analog Output with Scaling –
fbIO_AnalogOutput
System Control
• Interlock Function Block - fbInterlock
47. Which Blocks
Inputs/Ouputs
• Analog Input with Scaling and Alarms –
fbIO_AnalogInput
• Analog Output with Scaling –
fbIO_AnalogOutput
System Control
• Interlock Function Block - fbInterlock
• PID Interface – fbPID_CompactInterface
48. Which Blocks
Inputs/Ouputs
• Analog Input with Scaling and Alarms –
fbIO_AnalogInput
• Analog Output with Scaling –
fbIO_AnalogOutput
System Control
• Interlock Function Block - fbInterlock
• PID Interface – fbPID_CompactInterface
• Standard Alarm Interface -
fbAlarmWarning
49. Motor Control:
• G Series VFD Control – fbVFD_GSeries
• Analog VFD Control – fbVFD_Analog
• Digital Single Speed Motor –
fbMotor_Reversing
• Simocode Pro V Starter – fbMotor_ProV
(coming soon)
• 3RW Starter – fbMotor_3RW (coming
soon)
Valve Control:
• Two State Solenoid Valve –
fbValve_Solenoid
• Analog Valve – fbValve_Analog
Which Blocks
Inputs/Ouputs
• Analog Input with Scaling and Alarms –
fbIO_AnalogInput
• Analog Output with Scaling –
fbIO_AnalogOutput
System Control
• Interlock Function Block - fbInterlock
• PID Interface – fbPID_CompactInterface
• Standard Alarm Interface -
fbAlarmWarning
50. • Download at OpenPLCLibrary.com
• Contribute by emailing it to
Contribute@OpenPLCLibrary.com
• Report issues to same email
address
Where is it?
54. • Awesome 22in HMI
• Modified Library to work with
continuous travel valves
• Changed PLC logic, but no
need to change HMI
Results
55. • Awesome 22in HMI
• Modified Library to work with
continuous travel valves
• Manual Control Right Away
• Needed something very fast
• Mapping IO to Function
blocks and HMI, allowed
customer to get manual
control.
Results
56. • Awesome 22in HMI
• Modified Library to work with
continuous travel valves
• Manual Control Right Away
• New Engineer Trained
• Had limited support due to tight
timeline
• Documentation allowed
engineer with basic PLC
knowledge to learn best
practices
Results
58. • Just do it!
• If you find a bug or develop something you can share
with others, email Contribute@OpenPLCLibrary.com
• Make changes as needed for any project and
contribute as possible
• The goal is to improve the entire community together.
How/when to edit the Open Library
59. Summary
• Portal Libraries are great
• Siemens Open Library is
• Free
• Helpful
• Editable
• Improved by you
• Get it here:
OpenPLCLibrary.com
61. • By Type (Data Types, Faceplates,
PLC Type)
• Open to changes
• Will have an undocumented
folder, which will contain all of
DMC Lib
Open Library Organization
62. • Edit DMC Lib block
• Change type to Open Lib reference block
• Release the version
Resolving Duplicates
63. Master
Copies
• Almost all project items can be
saved
• No dependencies means that
things can break easily
• Should only be used for items
that cannot be types
64. Project:
• Unique to every project
• Holds types and master
copies that are only
viewable in that project
• Every type in your project is
in your project library. The
reverse is not necessarily
true.
• Project items (types) must
be instantiated from here
• Can contain items from
multiple global projects
Project Library vs. Global Libraries
Global:
• Can be opened and
viewed by any project
(only 1 at a time)
• Can be archived to a
.zal13 archive
• Cannot instantiate
types directly
65. • Changes made in
either project or
library can be
quickly sync’d
• Updates to your
project library
automatically
update all links to
blocks in your
project
Updating project/global libraries
66. • You can view what the dependencies are (both
directions)
• View by version number
• View instances in the project
• Clean up library/harmonize project
Library management
67. • Allows you to assign a new version
to a block
• Can’t think of a good use case for
this. High risk for messing up
dependencies
• Things this does:
• Assigns new version number
• Deletes older version in project
• Updates all references in project
to new version
Assign version…
68. • Need to have a instance in your project. It will ask
you which instance to use if you edit from the project
library
• Editing from your PLC block and your project library
are the same
Block editing
71. • This part of the library is for reference only
• Created by auto-upgrading a Simatic Manager
project. Blocks cannot be trusted.
• Try everything else before using anything in here
• Exceptions:
• Global tag table
• Pre-made DBs
DMC Library - Master copies
72. • Most all items and versions are tested
• Still need to be aware that these are new blocks (to
Portal)
• If you find a bug, please report/fix it ASAP
• Version 1.0 = old DMC library version with slight
upgrades
• Version 1.5 – adds HMI “status” INT that allows for
multiple colors on Siemens HMIs
DMC Library - Types
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