tiaportal-mcp

TIA-Portal MCP-Server

A MCP server which connects to Siemens TIA Portal.

Features

• Connect to a TIA Portal instance
• Browse and interact with TIA Portal projects
• Perform basic project operations from within VS Code

Requirements

• .net Framework 4.8 installed
• Siemens TIA Portal V20 installed and running on your machine
• Check if under Environment Variables/User variable for user <name> the variable TiaPortalLocation is set to C:\Program Files\Siemens\Automation\Portal V20
• User must be in Windows User Group Siemens TIA Openness

TIA-Portal Versions

• V20 is the default version.
• Previous versions are also supported, but must use the --tia-major-version argument to specify the version.

Copilot Chat

• Example mcp.json, when using VS Code extension TIA-Portal MCP-Server and TIA-Portal V18

  {
      "servers": {
          "vscode-tiaportal-mcp": {
          "command": "c:\\Users\\<user>\\.vscode\\extensions\\jheilingbrunner.vscode-tiaportal-mcp-<version>\\srv\\net48\\TiaMcpServer.exe",
          "args": [
              "--tia-major-version",
              "18"
          ],
          "env": {}
          }
      }
  }
  

Claude Desktop

• Create/Edit to add/remove server to C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json:

  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "vscode-tiaportal-mcp": {
        "command": "<path-to>\\TiaMcpServer.exe",
        "args": [],
        "env": {}
      }
    }
  }