INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS

Siemens PLC S7-1200 and S7-1500 series

• Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500 overview
• Key features of a PLC system
• Hardware components of an S7-1500 system

Download and Software Installation of TIA Portal

• TIA Portal software packages
• Download TIA Portal trial version 
• Installation and configuration

Get familiar with TIA Portal user interface

• TIA Portal different views and tasks panels
• Project tree
• Work area
• Inspector window
• Reference project and details view
• Interface settings

Main Components of a TIA Portal Project: Use and Best Practices

• Devices and Networks
• Online diagnostics
• Program blocks
• Organization blocks
• Functions
• Functions blocks
• Data blocks
• Technology objects
• PLC tags
• PLC data types
• Watch and force tables

Practice Hardware configuration and wiring of different IOs

• Configure the trainer PLC and remote IO
• Establish Profinet communication
• Connect and address digital input & outputs and use in a projects
• Connect and address analog input & outputs and use in a projects
• Connect and address RTDs, thermocouples ,encoders and use in a projects

Use Basic and Extended PLC instructions

• General ladder network elements
• Bit logic operation
• Timers
• Counters
• Comparators
• Math functions
• Move operation
• Conversions
• Program control
• Word logic operation
• String and characters
• Process Image update
• Distributed I/O read and write
• Diagnostics

Practice Logic debugging

• Use watch and force table
• Use Trace tool to record signals 
• Use IBA process data analyzer to record and analyze the process data

Implement Communication with other PLCs

• Use the legacy Get/Put to exchange data between two CPUs
• Use Pn/Pn Coupler for deterministic communication
• Use Open User Communication

Troubleshooting the wiring and Profinet network

• Check the Physical Profinet connection
• Use Proneta to assign names, check IP addresses and the network topology
• Use Wireshark to listen to the network and record the failures sources
• Use the Scalance Switch web interface to get the ports statistics