OPC UA communication
9.3 Using the S7-1500 as an OPC UA server
Communication
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If you no longer make a server method available and want to delete it, you not only have to
remove the call of the corresponding FB, but also delete the instance data block.
If the instance data block is not deleted, the method is visible in the address space. The tags
are not supplied.
Server methods (Page 180)
Error codes
Siemens error codes
SIMATIC error codes for OPC UA instructions
The table below lists the Siemens error codes for the OPC UA instructions:
Table 9- 6 SIMATIC error codes for OPC UA instructions
B080_C300 InsufficientResources:
Insufficient resources.
Either (a) error at memory allocation or (b) too many SFB instances
B080_0B00 ArrayElements_TooMany:
The array has too many elements.
B080_B000 TooManyMethods:
Maximum number of server methods or max. number of server method in-
stances exceeded
(Calling the instructions OPC_UA_ServerMethodPre,
OPC_UA_ServerMethodPost):
• For S7-1510 to S7-1513 ...: Max. 20
• For S7-1515, S7-1516...: Max. 50
• For S7-1517, S7-1518, S7-1507S...: Max. 100
• (See also Notes on configuration limits when using server interfaces
(Page 217))
Error codes of the OPC foundation
Error codes
The following table contains error codes of the OPC foundation.
The names and explanations of the errors are listed in the original. They are only available in
English.