– Introduction to SIMATIC S7-1500: Modular controller, CPU display
– SIMATIC S7-1200/1500: Memory card
– Configuration of the S7-1500 and ET 200SP training devices
– Setup and connection of the conveyor model to the distributed I/O
– Networking and IP addresses of the modules

– Devices and Network Editor: Network View, Topology View, and Device View
– Hardware Catalog: Inserting/deleting a module, changing a device/module, I/O addresses of modules
– Compiling the hardware/software and downloading it into the CPU
– Online tools
– Assigning the IP address and device name for ET200SP
– Firmware update

– Importance of variables and data types
– Global and local tags
– Overview of data types in STEP 7 (Complex data types and their importance)
– ARRAY and STRUCT data structures
– PLC Data Type (user defined)
– PLC tags and constants
– Monitor and modify PLC tags

– Licensing (Automation License Manager)
– System configurations: single-user, multi-user, redundancy, and distributed systems
– Communication with S7 controllers
– Project creation
– Communication drivers and connections (PROFIBUS and TCP/IP)
– Tags creation: internal and process tags
– Connection diagnostics: Channel diagnosis, Quality code
– Configuration Studio
– Cross reference

– Types of program blocks
– Parameter declaration in Functions and Function Blocks
– Optimized block access
– Organization Blocks of the S7-1500: Cyclic program execution, interrupting the cyclic program, start Information
– Block programming
– Local constants in FCs/FBs/OBs
– Edge evaluations
– DB variables vs memory bits
– Procedure for creating a program
– IEC Timers
– Overview of STEP 7 test functions

– User interface
– Object palettes
– Object positioning and alignment
– Siemens HMI Symbol Library
– Defining a start screen
– Activating and stopping WinCC runtime
– Dynamization in Graphic Designer: Tag connection, Configuration dialog, Dynamic wizard, Dynamic dialog, properties and events using ANSI C and VBS (Visual Basic Scripts), Direct connection
– I/O Field configuration
– Bar configuration
– WinCC Slider Control
– Status Display
– Setting/resetting a bit
– Slider object
– Check-Box and Radio-Box
– Text list
– Help for the operators

– Principle of analog value processing
– Analog Input and output modules
– Analog value representation and resolution for different measuring ranges and for the analog outputs
– Scaling of analog values
– Math functions
– IEC Counters
– Conversion operations: Data type conversion

– Structured programming and re-usable blocks
– Properties of Functions and Function Blocks
– Instance formation of Function Blocks: Single instances, Global instances, Parameter instances, and multi-instances
– Local data stack

– Data types in scripts
– C editor: reading and writing to WinCC tags
– Global script diagnostics
– reading and writing to WinCC tags in VBA and VBS
– Global script editors: C and VBS

– Functional principle of the CPU system diagnostics and possibilities
– Diagnostics with the CPU Web server
– Diagnostics using the S7 program
– Start information of the Error Organization Blocks
– Global and local error handling

– Introduction to user administration
– Authorization levels
– Administration of user and user groups
– Log on and log off

– Faceplate technique with picture window and tag prefix: defining and creating a structure type
– Faceplate technique with faceplate types: configuring a faceplate type, faceplate instances

– Programming complex calculations and algorithms
– Advantages of the SCL programming language
– Operators and control operation structures
– Direct and indirect addressing

– Principle of process value archive and data storage
– Tag Logging Editor: Archive configuration
– Online Trend Control and Ruler Control
– Online Table Control

– Overview of the message system
– Message blocks
– Configuring message classes and types
– Alarm Logging Editor: Archive configuration
– Creating messages
– Alarm Control in runtime