Siemens SIMATIC S7-300/400 Practical course

Target audience

The course is addressed to people who have already worked with SIMATIC S7-300/400 PLC’s and  STEP7 V5.x. For example: Installers, service and maintenance staff whose practical knowledge is no longer up to date, who want to improve their practical experience or who are going to work with the latest STEP 7 version.

This course focuses mainly on practical exercises.

​​​​​​Required knowledge

Goal

• work with the basic package STEP 7:
  • work with STEP7 objects and projects;
  • download the PLC program into the CPU and upload;
  • use standard documentation capabilities;
  • test, monitor, analyse and diagnose existing programs;
  • write and modify simple programs;

Global content

• Presentation of the latest version of the STEP7 basic package.
• Operation of the SIMATIC S7 PLC.
• Structure of a program.
• STEP7 BASIC software package:
  • Global settings (authentication, language and PG / PC interface);
  • Dealing with projects (create, modify, download and upload);
  • Hardware Configuration and Symbolic Names;
  • Working online;
  • Clearing the PLC / programming memory cards;
  • Documentation options (comments);
  • Reference data (cross reference list, program structure, etc.);
  • Testing the program (debug / status / control);
  • Setting the CPU clock;
  • Changing the CPU operating mode;
  • Scan cycle times and CPU information;
• Reading of diagnostic buffer with STEP7.
• Hardware troubleshooting (hardware diagnostics with STEP7).
• Software troubleshooting (via CPU diagnostic buffer and Stacks).
• Creating a STEP7 project:
  • Create hardware configuration;
  • Creating and editing the symbol table;
  • Edit program blocks using  STEP7 programming-editor;
• Many practical exercises.

​​​​​​​Course duration

1 day

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