TOs of S7-1500(T) 
Entry ID: 109743134,    V1.0,    05/2017 
 
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Table of Contents 
Legal information ......................................................................................................... 2 
1  SIMATIC’s Technology Objects ....................................................................... 5 
1.1  Motivation ............................................................................................. 5 
1.2  Properties of a technology object (TO) ................................................ 5 
1.3  SIMATIC S7-1500 and SIMATIC S7-1500T......................................... 5 
1.3.1  Technology objects for motion control ................................................. 6 
1.3.2  Technology objects for PID control ...................................................... 7 
1.3.3  Technology objects for counting and measuring ................................. 9 
2  Hardware Configuration for "Motion Control” .............................................. 10 
2.1  Basic configuration ............................................................................. 10 
2.2  Control loops involved ........................................................................ 11 
2.3  Isochronous data exchange ............................................................... 11 
2.4  Motion control resources .................................................................... 12 
3  "Axis” Technology Object .............................................................................. 13 
3.1  Speed axis (TO_SpeedAxis) .............................................................. 13 
3.1.1  General information ............................................................................ 13 
3.1.2  Fields of application ............................................................................ 14 
3.1.3  Application .......................................................................................... 14 
3.2  Positioning axis (TO_PositioningAxis) ............................................... 14 
3.2.1  General information ............................................................................ 14 
3.2.2  Fields of application ............................................................................ 15 
3.2.3  Application .......................................................................................... 15 
3.3  Synchronous axis (TO_SynchronousAxis) ......................................... 15 
3.3.1  General information ............................................................................ 15 
3.3.2  Fields of application ............................................................................ 17 
3.3.3  Application .......................................................................................... 17 
4  "External Encoder” Technology Object ........................................................ 18 
4.1  General information ............................................................................ 18 
4.2  Fields of application ............................................................................ 18 
4.3  Application .......................................................................................... 19 
5  "Measuring Input” Technology Object .......................................................... 20 
5.1  General information ............................................................................ 20 
5.2  Fields of application ............................................................................ 21 
5.3  Application .......................................................................................... 22 
6  "Cam/Cam Track” Technology Object .......................................................... 23 
6.1  General information ............................................................................ 23 
6.1.1  Distance output cams (position-based cams) .................................... 23 
6.1.2  Time-based cams ............................................................................... 24 
6.1.3  Hysteresis ........................................................................................... 24 
6.1.4  Activation time .................................................................................... 25 
6.2  Cams (TO_OutputCam) ..................................................................... 25 
6.2.1  Instruction to influence cams .............................................................. 25 
6.2.2  Effective direction of cams ................................................................. 26 
6.2.3  Fields of application ............................................................................ 26 
6.2.4  Application .......................................................................................... 26 
6.3  Cam track (TO_CamTrack) ................................................................ 26 
6.3.1  Instruction to influence a cam track .................................................... 26 
6.3.2  Axis relationship of the cam track ...................................................... 26 
6.3.3  Fields of application ............................................................................ 27