6/28/2009 6:50 PM | |
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Ok It Seems that I would rather wait then to take risk... |
6/29/2009 2:07 AM | |
Joined: 10/7/2005 Last visit: 9/23/2024 Posts: 3022 Rating: (1054) |
Dear all here's my 2 cents worht on this subject: You can all rest assured that Siemens will have done a proper development and testing effort and that you will be able to make the S7-1200 do what it is supposed to do. So much for the goodnews, as you can also all rest assured that there will be teething issues and "undocumented features" in it(how many remains to be seen) This is unfortunately the the nature of modern technology and developments, if Siemens (or other companies for that matter) would do product testing to a point that they can release an absolutely flawless productwe would still wait for S7 PLC's to be released. What we allneed to bear in mind in this case thoughis that we are not only dealing with a new hardware platform and associated CPU firmwarehere, BUT also with a completley new programming tool called Step7 Basic V10.5 with integrated WinCC basic (and don't be mislead by the V10.5 numbering, I think the marketing team shifted the decimal point one place to many, as this is by its nature a V1.0 release). It's a tough choice to make for Lalit, if hegoes for a proven S7-200 then herisks that the customer will complain that hereceived a superseeded solution. If however Lalit offers a S7-1200 solution, he will have to pay the price of spending some extra engineering hours to make it work and possibly a fewcalls to hotlines (it may all go well too though, you simply won't know until you've done it). Personally - by the way - I'm with IBN-Service on this one. And finally, here's a differentadvise that may convince you not to use an S7-1200: S7-1200's doNOT have STL programming capabilty (only LAD and FBD)!!!! (perhaps worthwhile considering using a real PLC, a small IM151-7 or 8 setup may be what you are looking for). |
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6/29/2009 1:17 PM | |
Joined: 8/25/2005 Last visit: 7/5/2024 Posts: 1161 Rating: (110) |
Hello lalit, haven't tested S7-1200 yet. Have you seen the Released node? The new SIMATIC S7-1200 programmable controller family is herewith released for delivery. It is published on 06/10/2009 so there wouldn't be so much users which had the possibility to test it allready. Didn't you think so too? But may be others with practical experiences could tell us more Sabine |
6/29/2009 1:22 PM | |
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Indeed. |
5/16/2010 11:57 AM | |
Joined: 10/7/2009 Last visit: 9/9/2024 Posts: 266 Rating: (92) |
SP2, is pretty stable. |
11/7/2010 8:20 PM | |
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In general I very much like STEP 7 Basic: user-friendly and efficient interface, much faster and leaner than Step7/WinCC Flexible, smaller project size, new concepts (like symbolic only) which make programs more error-proof, quite stable, intuitive and predictable. The hardware is also quite cheap and good. I used to think that Schneider Unity Pro was the best PLC software, but now I am not so sure, especially if the shortcomings in STEP 7 Basic will be fixed. It will be helpful for you to have a look at the wish list. |
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12/3/2010 12:32 AM | |
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are you sure, I cant see much diferences. TNV Sistemas Portugal |
12/7/2010 12:23 AM | |
Joined: 10/7/2005 Last visit: 9/23/2024 Posts: 3022 Rating: (1054) |
Dear Late While I ama big fan of your contributions to this Forum and neither can nor want to fault any of the advise that you give here, I dohope you are wrongconcerning this matter. Personally, Ihave not given up hope just yet and like to think thatI can take Siemens by their own word whichin this case is the TIA Portal V11 "Welcome tour"videoscreencast at the address below (see alsothe attached screendump of it): https://www.industry.siemens.com/topics/global/en/tia-portal/experience-the-software/Pages/default.aspx It seems the "Future of Engineering" will include STL after all (and so it shouldin my humble opinion). |
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1/14/2011 7:38 PM | |
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Hi, you can register to recive the technical support newsletters, with updates of STEP 7, WinCC and S7-1200, for example. Paralell, I will try to make up to date the TIP " TOP Links for TIA V11; STEP7 V11; WinCC V11" at https://www.automation.siemens.com/BR/tf/WW/en/Posts/51167#top |
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1/15/2011 3:41 PM | |
Joined: 4/29/2007 Last visit: 9/16/2024 Posts: 11 Rating: (0) |
Pegaia,Thank you for the information. Their posts are always very useful for my. Best Regards
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