SIEMENS
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Siemens IK PI · 2015
PROFINET/Industrial Ethernet
Engineering / Network management / Diagnostics
STEP 7 (TIA Portal)
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Excellent integration of the new SIMATIC S7-1500 controller
With its many innovations, the new SIMATIC S7-1500 controller
from the SIMATIC S7 controller family sets new standards for
maximum productivity. The SIMATIC S7-1500 is perfectly inte-
grated into SIMATIC STEP 7 V13 Professional for maximum
engineering efficiency. With its unique system performance and
PROFINET as standard interface, the SIMATIC S7-1500 is the
new benchmark for performance.
Powerful programming editors for efficient engineering
STEP 7 V13 provides powerful programming editors with
optimized compilers for the programming of the S7 controllers.
For all controllers:
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Ladder diagram (LAD)
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Function block diagram (FBD)
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Structured text (SCL)
Additionally for SIMATIC S7-1500, S7-300, S7-400, and WinAC:
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Statement list (STL)
New functions such as
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Instructions for the Variant Pointer, for the programming of
flexible library functions
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Reflexion instructions for reading out program information
during runtime (e.g. instance names),
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local constants
• etc.
enable users to create their applications efficiently. Even com-
plex technological functions, such as controllers or positioning
controllers can easily be implemented in the engineering
software.
Variables trace for effective commissioning
The Trace Editor provides the ability to record signals in chrono-
logical order from the user program of an S7-1500 CPU.
The graphical evaluation of the signals simplifies, for example,
the commissioning of drives and helps search for sporadic
errors in the application or user program.
Scalable and flexible motion functionality
Motion Control applications with SIMATIC STEP 7 V13 and
S7-1500 become child's play, even for beginners. The intuitive
graphical user interfaces of the technology objects in STEP 7
V13 offer the best support in the configuration and commission-
ing of analog and PROFIdrive-capable drives as well as in
troubleshooting. The instructions for controlling the motion se-
quence are standardized according to PLCopen Motion Control.
The following functions are supported in STEP 7 V13:
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Positioning (absolute and relative)
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Speed specification (e.g. jogging)
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Homing (active, on-the-fly, etc.)
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Support of incremental and absolute encoders
Comprehensive library concept
For the reuse and simple standardization of frequently used pro-
gram sections, the system has a comprehensive library concept.
Elements such as blocks, tags, alarms, HMI graphics, graphic
objects, individual modules or entire stations can be stored
along with their parameter assignment in local or global libraries.
This means they are available for further programming tasks.
Security Integrated
STEP 7 V13 has password-based know-how protection against
unauthorized reading and changing the contents of program
blocks.
Copy protection offers greater protection against unauthorized
copying of program blocks. These can be tied to the serial
number of a memory card so that the block can only run if the
configured memory card is inserted into the CPU.
In addition, multiple user groups with different access rights can
be assigned to the controller by means of four different authori-
zation levels.
Improved manipulation protection offers a greater degree of
security against unauthorized changes to the data transferred
between STEP 7 and the controller.
Migration support for existing hardware and
software products
A migration tool integrated in SIMATIC STEP 7 Professional V13
provides support in switching from the S7-300/S7-400 to the
S7-1500 controller and converts the program code automati-
cally. Program code that cannot be converted automatically is
logged and can be adapted manually. STEP 7 V12 SP1 projects
can continue to be used with STEP 7 V13 in compatibility mode.
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