Preface
S7-1200 Programmable controller
4 System Manual, V4.2, 09/2016, A5E02486680-AK
Documentation and information
S7-1200 and STEP 7 provide a variety of documentation and other resources for finding the
technical information that you require.
● The S7-1200 Programmable Controller System Manual provides specific information
about the operation, programming, and the specifications for the complete S7-1200
product family. In addition to the system manual, the S7-1200 Easy Book provides a
more general overview to the capabilities of the S7-1200 family.
Both the system manual and the Easy Book are available as electronic (PDF) manuals.
You can download or view the electronic manuals from the Siemens Industry Online
Support Web site (http://support.industry.siemens.com). The system manual is also
available on the Documents Disk that ships with every S7-1200 CPU.
● The online STEP 7 information system provides immediate access to the conceptual
information and specific instructions that describe the operation and functionality of the
programming package and basic operation of SIMATIC CPUs.
● The Siemens Industry Online Support Web site (http://support.industry.siemens.com)
provides access to the electronic (PDF) versions of the SIMATIC documentation set,
including the system manual, the Easy Book, and the STEP 7 information system.
Existing documents are available from the Product Support link. With this online
documentation access, you can also drag and drop topics from various documents to
create your own custom manual.
You can access online documentation by clicking "mySupport" from the left side of the
page and selecting "Documentation" from the navigation choices. To use the mySupport
Documentation features, you must sign up as a registered user.
● The Update to the S7-1200 System Manual, edition 07/2016
(https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/108168658) has updates to the S7-
1200 Programmable Controller System Manual that occurred after publication.
● The Siemens Industry Online Support Web site also provides FAQs and other helpful
documents for S7-1200 and STEP 7.
● You can also follow or join product discussions on the Service & Support technical forum
(https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/ww/en/?Language=en&siteid=csius&treeLang=e
n&groupid=4000002&extranet=standard&viewreg=WW&nodeid0=34612486). These
forums allow you to interact with various product experts.
– Forum for S7-1200
(https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/ww/en/threads/237?title=simatic-s7-
1200&skip=0&take=10&orderBy=LastPostDate+desc)
– Forum for STEP 7 Basic
(https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/ww/en/threads/243?title=step-7-tia-
portal&skip=0&take=10&orderBy=LastPostDate+desc)
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