Version 5.0 of SIMATIC STEP 7 is a suite of integrated software tools to configure, manage and maintain a plantwide automation system
N/A of SIMATIC STEP 7 is a suite of integrated software tools to configure, manage and maintain a plantwide automation system. Fully compliant with IEC 1131 conventions, The software offers a common engineering and configuration environment for dedicated hardware (PLCs), PC-based, or Windows CE control solutions. The main benefit is that all configuration data needs to be entered only once for a PLC or PC using one development system, saving engineering time and system complexity. The Windows environment is expanded to make initial data entry simple, even for first-time users. Users can choose from one of five programming languages (Ladder Diagram, Function Block Diagram, Sequential Function Chart, Structured Text, or Instruction List) in the project management and configuration stage, and then port the finished program to any number of the company's SIMATIC hardware platforms.
The same code can be implemented in the WinAC PC-based control solution for soft and hard real-time requirements. WinAC offers a 100% S7-compatible choice of either slot-PLC or software-PLC running within a standard or industrial PC with Microsoft Windows NT. The software is compliant with OPC (OLE for Process Control), COM and DCOM industrial standards. It also has fully integrated SCADA and HMI (Human Machine Interface) configuration tools, sharing databases and objects with SIMATIC WinCC, the company's process visualization and control software based on Windows-95/NT, and the ProTool and ProTool/Lite operator panel configuration software. Programs engineered in the SCADA configuration element of the software can supervise production processes up to 64,000 tags.
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