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OSI layers
Modbus communication protocol
Profibus communication protocol
Fieldbus communication protocol
For more information, visit: https://www.mindsmapped.com/courses/industrial-automation/complete-training-on-industrial-automation-for-beginners/
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OSI reference model
OSI layers
Modbus communication protocol
Profibus communication protocol
Fieldbus communication protocol
For more information, visit: https://www.mindsmapped.com/courses/industrial-automation/complete-training-on-industrial-automation-for-beginners/
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How It Works & What’s Included
Making Changes/Contributing
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Configuration
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1. Pushing Data from S7-1200 to
Cloud
Automation Summit
Boca Raton, FL, June 26-28, 2017
2. DMC Overview
Established in 1996, DMC serves customers worldwide from offices in
Chicago, Boston, Denver, Houston, New York, and St. Louis
employees & growing
120+
5. Automotive Chemical & Food Processing
Consumer Goods Defense Contracting Energy & Utilities Food & Beverage
Packaging Pharmaceutical Printing & Textiles Semiconductor
Special Machinery Telecommunications Test & Measurement
Industries Served
6. Presenter Info
• M.S. in Systems Engineering – Chelyabinsk State University (Russia)
• With DMC since 2004
• Siemens Certified Professional
• Embedded system experience
Boris Cherkasskiy
Principal Engineer (Denver)
7. Agenda
• Project overview. Have this
problem been solved before?
• Communication options
between PLC and IoT
• Communication protocol
implementation on PLC side
• Overview of visualization
platforms
8. • Goal: Report machine status to easy-accessible dashboard
• Not an issue if you have SCADA/MES
• Challenging for machine-level control system
• Cost effective approach
Project Overview
9. • Chart recorder (my personal favorite)
• SCADA/MES system
• OTS data collection options
• Custom data collection solutions
Classic Approach
10. • Utilize well-developed visualization platforms
already available for IoT application
• Minimize intermediate hardware/software
• Use familiar technology (PLC)
• Inexpensive/free to operate
Proposed Solution
Cloud-based visualization
11. • Simple to set up, no “programing” required*
• Nearly real-time updates
• Web interface
• Mobile application
Benefits of the Solution
12. • Another cool term?
• Any device object connected to the Internet?
• Can one thing talk to another thing? Sure thing!
• It seems to be mostly used for dashboard-style applications
• Multiple web-enabled visualization options
Short Overview of IoT
13. • Target machine-level application
• Easy to use, familiar to automation engineers
• Supports variety of industrial protocols
o ProfiNet
o Modbus
o ProfiBus
• Unclear how to make it communicate
to the existing IoT infrastructure
Siemens S7-1200 Overview
PLC
protocols
IoT
protocols?
14. • On hardware level it could be anything, from custom audio
(including Morse code!) to Ethernet, WiFi, etc.
• Data protocols, could be anything too:
IoT Protocols Overview
Protocol Notes
Custom protocols Application-specific, non-standard
REST (Representational State Transfer)
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
Websocket (Part of HTML5)
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
Heavy to implement, requires extensive computing
power/resources to create and parse human-readbe
data (strings)
MQTT and MQTT-SN Much simpler/lightweight protocol
15. • Works on to of the TCP/IP protocol (PLC-friendly)
• Event-driven protocol
• Publisher/subscriber architecture
• Flexible message delivery/acknowledge mechanism (QoS)
MQTT Protocol Overview
Publisher
Broker
Subscriber
Subscriber
Subscriber
Topic
Topic
Stat/Temp or
Bottle_temp
17. • Very simple protocol (the whole spec is ~50 pages)
• Binary protocol
o Low bandwidth
o Small memory footprint
• Widely accepted in IoT world
• Supported by IBM/Facebook/Amazon/Microsoft/etc.
• Lets implement MQTT on the PLC!
Is MQTT Suitable for PLC/IoT Communication?
18. Simplicity of the protocol has some downsides:
MQTT Downsides
Issues Mitigation
Data type is not defined as part of the protocol Vendor defines data formats. Just follow their rules
No encryption implemented as part of the protocol Could run over SSL (requires Secure Sockets Layer)
But, SSL is not implemented on the PLC side
Login information transmitted as clear text Key/token is transmitted instead of the actual password
There is no server identity verification Implemented as one way communication only.
Predefined response size, harder to craft malicious
packets
All of the above Run your own local MQTT broker. Bridge local MQTT
broker to the Internet via secured channel (MQTT over
SSL, VPN, etc.)
19. • Could address security concerns
• Easy to run your own broker (broker is pretty simple application)
• Local MQTT Broker could bridge messages to another Broker
• Example: http://www.eclipse.org/mosquitto/download
Run Your Own MQTT Broker
20. Protocol Implementation on the PLC Side
fcMQTT_string
or
fcMQTT_dint
dbMQTT_Queue
fbMQTT
PLC
NETWORK
MQTT Broker
(local or cloud)
Overall Architecture
Example is available here: https://github.com/boriz/MQTT-SN-Arduino/blob/master/S7-1200/MQTT_Demo_V14.zap14
23. Cloud-based broker is usually included with visualization platform.
• Multiple Android-based dashboards. Probably the simplest option.
• Adafruit – Targets DIY/makers community. Very simple to use.
Still in “alpha” limited mode.
• IBM Watson – Very capable, flexible platform. Not trivial for outsiders.
• Microsoft – Probably pretty advanced. But…
Data Visualization
24. There is one issue with it: Unencrypted MQTT is not allowed by default
• Flexible IoT protocol gateway
• Standard (unencrypted) MQTT implementation is actually
one of the examples
• Programming required – Partially defeats the ideal of “simple” solution
• Probably worth future investigation/discussion
Data Visualization – Microsoft Azure IoT Hub
Where to find it: azure.com
25. • Very simple platform
• May be a bit limited for advanced stuff
• Only few things to configure:
o Key is auto-generated
o Feeds = topics
o Dashboard through GUI
o Still in “alpha” mode
Data Visualization - Adafruit
Where to find it: io.adafruit.com
28. • Advanced platform. May be a bit confusing to configure.
• Example mapping IBM Watson fields to the MQTT topic.
o MQTT topic: iot-2/evt/status/fmt/json
o MQTT message example: {"d":{"OEE":66}}
• Seems to be still work-in-progress with a few bugs here and there
(selecting property in the card)
Data Visualization – IBM Watson
Where to find it: internetofthings.ibmcloud.com
33. Description of FCs
• Only 2 blocks/data types implemented so far
o DINT – Integer
o String – Universal/everything else
• Value may need special formatting (IBM)
Protocol Implementation on the PLC Side
fcMQTT_string
sInTopic
iInQoS
sInValueFormat
sInValue
fcMQTT_dint
sInTopic
iInQoS
sInValueFormat
diInValue
34. Format String explanation
• sInValueFormat is empty string – pass Value parameter as is
• sInValueFormat is not empty – find and replace <<value>> in the
format string with actual value and pass it to the queue
Example:
sInValueFormat: {"d":{"Message":”<<value>>”}}
sInValue: “Hello world”
String sent to the MQTT Broker: {"d":{"Message":”Hello world”}}
Protocol Implementation on the PLC Side
35. Overview of fbMQTT input parameters
• iInQueueSize – how many elements in the
dbMQTT_Queue datablock
• sInClientID – some services (IBM) requires
specific Client ID
• sInUserName – user name (usually, “use-
token-auth” for IBM)
• sInPassword – password/key/token
• bInCleanSession – not very important for
publishing. Set to 1 in most cases
• bInResetError – Reset bit/push button/etc.
Protocol Implementation on the PLC Side
fbMQTT
iInQueueSize
sInClientID
sInUserName
sInPassword
bInCleanSession
bInResetError
We are Siemens Solutions partners with the Factory Automation Group and with WinCC OA and as WinCC Specialists.
We are certified with the Control Systems Integrators Association.
Here are some of DMC’s customers. There are some big companies you might recognize as well as smaller companies.
Our diverse experience in technology, industry and processes allows us to bring best practices from many areas. We deliver solutions not available from singularly focused organizations.
Our experience is broad and deep. We have a proven track record in a wide range of industries.
Embedded experience is relevant to the topic
Easy-accessible means web or mobile
Fat, thin, web clients, historical data
Beer packaging line example
Chart recorder - Obsolete a long time ago
SCADA/MES system - Extremely expensive for small-scale operations
OTS data collection options - Nice to have an IT department to maintain it
HW/SW to maintain, Additional cost, Unfamiliar environment
Custom data collection solutions - Most flexible option
Same issues as OTS data collection, Cost-prohibitive for small scale
IoT had grown, multiple platforms available
Server to handle data and visualization is cloud-hosted
There is someone at the company who already knows PLC
No “real” text-based programming require to setup dashboard
Polished web interface
Show coffee and/or popcorn temperature on the physical gauge or “virtual” gage.
Virtual options seems to be more popular
We will be assuming that your machine is controlled by S7-1200 PLC
Simpler protocol is easier to implement on the resource-constrained PLC platform
Subscriber could be dashboard on cell phone or dashboard on PC
QoS – Quality Of Service
QoS is somehow important, will discuss later
QoS 2 – not supported by all platforms
Yes! It should be fine for PLC/IoT communication
But wait! Any issues with this protocol?
Obviously there is a catch.
Data types are pretty wild between platforms
Downside – you have to host application (broker) locally
Data sent to the queue, multiple topics/values could be queued from one cycle
fbMQTT block handles queue and maintain connection to Broker
All logic fit into a single network
Time to add MQTT to your project - minutes
There are multiple options. Big guys, DIY grade services
Android dashboard requires internet/cloud based MQTT broker
Seems to be very advance and capable platform
Feed is actually MQTT topic
Took about 15 minutes to set up everything
Very capable, can execute actions on events, linking events to other services. Tweet, post, email, etc
Wild terminology
Took a few hours to configure it.
Spent most of the time mapping JSON parameters to cards.
Took 5 minutes to set up a dashboard
Requires MQTT broker. Adafruit was used in this example
Subscriber for the MQTT broker, visualization only
Describe Topic and QoS. QoS 2 is not implemented
Value Format is for IBM compatibility only