To Next Page

To Previous Page

Table of contents

1 Preface.........................................................................................................................................................5

2 Creating the PCS 7 project...........................................................................................................................9

2.1 How to create the PCS 7 project..............................................................................................9

3 Configuring the hardware and networks.....................................................................................................13

3.1 How to Configure the Hardware.............................................................................................13

3.2 Editing the symbols in HW Config..........................................................................................16

3.2.1 How to edit the symbols of the analog input module..............................................................16

3.2.2 How to Edit the Symbols of the Analog Output Module.........................................................17

3.2.3 How to Edit the Symbols for the Digital Input Module............................................................18

3.2.4 How to Edit the Symbols for the Digital Output Module.........................................................19

3.3 Setting up the PC Interface....................................................................................................21

3.3.1 How to set up the Ethernet interface for the SIMATIC PC station.........................................21

3.4 Saving and compiling data in Netpro.....................................................................................23

3.4.1 How to Save and Compile the Configurations in NetPro.......................................................23

3.5 Starting S7 PLCSIM...............................................................................................................25

3.5.1 How to Start S7-PLCSIM.......................................................................................................25

3.6 Downloading the target system..............................................................................................26

3.6.1 How to download the Ethernet interface from NetPro to the PLC..........................................26

4 Configuring the process tags and the sequential control............................................................................29

4.1 How to Copy the CFC Charts from the Zip File to the Master Data Library...........................29

4.2 How to create a project-specific CFC chart............................................................................31

4.3 How to Copy the CFC Charts into the Project........................................................................35

4.4 How to Configure the SFC Chart...........................................................................................37

4.5 How to Organize the Project Folder.......................................................................................40

5 Preparing the process picture for automatic generation.............................................................................43

5.1 How to Prepare the Plant Display for Automatic Generation.................................................43

6 Creating a unit by means of copying..........................................................................................................45

6.1 How to create a unit by copying the "UNIT_A" unit................................................................45

7 Programming and interconnecting the process tags..................................................................................47

7.1 How to program and interconnect the process tags...............................................................47

8 Compile and download...............................................................................................................................51

8.1 How to Compile and Download Objects.................................................................................51

8.2 How to Set the CPU to RUN/P in S7-PLCSIM.......................................................................54

Getting Started (V8.1 with APL)

Getting Started, 07/2014, A5E32713210-AA 3