Good Day to all!

I recently read a thread stating the wonders of TIA.

A few months back, i attended a seminar regarding the functionalities of a project made through TIA. However, i am afraid i haven't totally understood what it was about. All i knew was that it links the HMI with the PLC program making the configuration easier (much like PCS7). Also, some other functionalities were available if you use TIA.

My question is, if i will use TIA, do i need a new software and license for it? Also, is it possible to use with Step 7 v 5.4 and a WinCC v 6.2?

Could anyone provide me a link to download a manual to this subject?

I am really interested with this and hoping to use it with our up coming projects.

Regards,

PCBuctot

Dear PCBuctot,

First of all it’s a big issue of discussion.

Regarding license it’s purely depends upon your tools which you are using. Say, if you use Web Navigator then separate license is required.

Yes, you can use S7 5.4 and WinCC 6.2 for TIA. In brief you have two catch points

• S7 and WinCC compatibility.

• The following needs to be installed from the WinCC CD/DVD:

• Object Manager

• AS-OS Editor

• S7-Symbols Server

I am giving you some benefits which you can achieve by using S7 and Wincc with TIA.

• Integrated HMI as part of Step7 Project in Simatic Manager.

• Defined HMI connections, achitecture and layout within Simatic Manager.

• Made use of Central Engineering Server for ultimate single point access

• Made use of Delta engineering with Central ES for true online engineering

• Made use of WinCC High Speed Historian - it's integrated after all

• Created FB blocks with HMI marked I/O for common use with Simatic HMI

• Made use of PLC Alarm blocks - Alarm8/P -Alarms

• Made use of PDIAG and PROAGENT as part of Alarm Strategy

• Enabled Report System Errors for each CPU

• Enabled Profibus Diagnostics with FB125

• Defined load sharing between PLC's and OS I/O Servers freely

• Make use of Simatic Manager as Central I/O list manager

• Automatically generated WinCC Project and system layout

• Automatically generated WinCC Communication channels

• Automatically generated WinCC structured tags and I/O list

• Automatically generated WinCC Messages

• Generated WinCC navigation system with Basic Process Control configuration tool

• Integrated Simatic Industrial PC diagnostic message info as WinCC messages

• Implented Simatic Net Diagnostic information into Simatic HMI

With best regards

ddg