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Course description:
This three day course assumes the student has a basic knowledge of programming PLCs and focuses on how to use the Step 7 software to create a complete PLC system. The focus includes configuration of the Siemens S7-300/400 PLC hardware, basic PROFIBUS & PROFINET configuration, programming using ladder logic and basic diagnostic functions.
Topics:
• S7 Family Hardware Overview
• Simatic Manager Usage
•Using a Variable Table
• Configuring the S7 PLC Hardware
• Configuring a Basic PROFIBUS Network
• Configuring a Basic PROFINET Network
• Using the Integrated Web Server on the PLC
• S7 Addressing
• Using Various Programming Methods (Linear, Partitioned, Structured)
• Symbolic Addressing
• Using Basic Instruction Set (Contacts, Coils, Timers, Counters)
• Using IEC Functions & Function Blocks
• Using Libraries
• Data Block Usage
• How To Use a Function (FC) & a Function Block (FB)
• Most Used Organization Blocks
• Analog Value Processing
• Basic Troubleshooting Using Step 7
• Tools
Documenting, Saving & Archiving Projects
• Using a Multi-Instance Function Block
• Indirect Addressing Overview
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