Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 Getting Started

Getting started with your first SIMATIC S7-1200 Compact Controller and Step 7 Basic Software. See how easy it is to configure, program, and test your first S7-1200 in less than 8 minutes. This is part one of a four part series showcasing the time and cost saving benefits of the new S7-1200. For more information see: http://www.usa.siemens.com/s7-1200

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STEP 7 V5.5 Released for Delivery

With immediate effect, STEP 7 V5.5 has been released for delivery. STEP 7 users can upgrade their existing STEP 7 software to the latest version by purchasing an upgrade (order no. 6ES7810-4CC10-0YE5). Users with a valid Software Update Service agreement for STEP 7 will receive the upgrade to STEP 7 V5.5 automatically. STEP 7 V5.5 will also be included in the new STEP 7 Professional Edition 2010, which is expected to be available as from end of August 2010. We shall inform you as soon as STEP 7 Professional 2010 becomes available.


Content:

1. Ordering information for STEP 7 V5.5
2. System requirements
3. New features of STEP 7 V5.5
4. Compatibility
5. STEP 7 V5.4 - declared a mature product
6. STEP 7 V5.3 - end of production

1. Ordering information for STEP 7 V5.5  

Order No.	Product Name
6ES7810-4CC10-0YA5	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.5 FLOATING LICENSE for 1 USER
6ES7810-4CC10-0YE5	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.5 UPGRADE (V3.X - V5.4 to V5.5) FLOATING LICENSE for 1 USER
6ES7810-4CC10-0YA6	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.5 RENTAL LICENSE for 50 hours
6ES7810-4CC10-0YA7	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.5, DATA CARRIER incl. TRIAL LICENSE,
6ES7810-4BC01-0YX2	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICE for 1 year with automatic prolongation, latest software version must be available

STEP 7 V5.5 Upgrade:
Customers who use STEP 7 V3.x, V4.x, V5.0, V5.1, V5.2, V5,3, or V5.4 already, can purchase on upgrade. The precondition for the installation of the upgrade package is a valid license for STEP 7 V3.x, V4.x, V5.0, V5.1, V5.2, V5.3 or V5.4.
 
STEP 7 V5.5 Rental License:
Users who only work with STEP 7 occasionally, can purchase a Rental License with an operating time of 50 hours. The time starts elapsing when STEP 7 is started and stops when STEP 7 is closed.
The changeover to Idle State / Standby Mode with the STEP 7 software started is not counted as closing of STEP 7.
STEP 7 V5.5 Trial License:
Users who wish to know more about STEP 7 can obtain a Trial License. The Trial License will run for 14 days, beginning with the first start of STEP 7. During this period the software has full functionality.
General:
STEP 7 V5.5 is supplied on DVD, the appropriate license on a USB stick. STEP 7 is multilingual (Ge, En, Fr, It, Sp).
Documentation:
The documentation for STEP 7 (Basic Information and Reference Manual) is included on the product DVD as PDF file. It is also available in printed form.
The Basic Information in printed form (comprises: Getting Started, User Manual on HW configuration, programming and previous S5 users):

Order No.	Product Name
6ES7810-4CA10-8AW0	Basic Information for V5.5, German
6ES7810-4CA10-8BW0	Basic Information for V5.5, English
6ES7810-4CA10-8CW0	Basic Information for V5.5, French
6ES7810-4CA10-8DW0	Basic Information for V5.5, Spanish
6ES7810-4CA10-8EW0	Basic Information for V5.5, Italian

The Reference Manual in printed form (comprises: Programming Manual for STL/LAD/FBD and Reference Manual for S7300/400):

Order No.	Product Name
6ES7810-4CA10-8AW1	Reference Manual for V5.5, German
6ES7810-4CA10-8BW1	Reference Manual for V5.5, English
6ES7810-4CA10-8CW1	Reference Manual for V5.5, French
6ES7810-4CA10-8DW1	Reference Manual for V5.5, Spanish
6ES7810-4CA10-8EW1	Reference Manual for V5.5, Italian

 
2. System requirements
Supported operating systems:

• MS Windows XP Professional  SP2 or SP3
• MS Windows Server 2003 SP2 / R2 SP2 Standard Edition as workstation
• MS Windows 7 32 Bit Ultimate, Professional and Enterprise (Standard Installation).
  The Windows XP mode under Windows 7 is not release yet.

Windows 95 / 98 / Me / NT / Windows 2000 and Windows Vista are no longer supported.
Please note:
The Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) is required for all operating systems.
Display of PDF files: To be able to read the supplied PDF files, you require a PDF Reader that is compatible with PDF 1.7
(ISO32000-1:2008 PDF).
For the central user administration you require SIMATIC Logon . For ordering information on SIMATIC Logon please see entry ID: 36474276
For ordering information on SIMATIC Version Trail please see entry ID: 36979696
In addition to STEP 7, the STEP 7 DVD contains the following programs with their setup in the directory CD2\Optional Components:
S7 Block Privacy  for software block encryption
S7 Web2PLC for the integration of user-defined web sites in the CPU
More information is available from the file

• German: LIESMICH.pdf ( 221 KB )
• English: README.pdf ( 242 KB )

Our Training Center can provide training for SIMATIC trend topics.
For more information about diagnostic training and maintenance strategies please see entry ID: 42806192
 
3. New features of STEP 7 V5.5
We have summarized the important new features of STEP 7 V5.5 in a set of overhead slides

• German:   sw_V55_news_de.pdf ( 443 KB )
• English:   sw_V55_news_en.pdf ( 453 KB )

In addition a list of the new features:

• German Was_ist_neu_in_STEP7_V55.pdf ( 19 KB )
• English What_is_new_in_STEP7_V55.pdf ( 17 KB )

 
List of newly supported modules:

• German Neue_Baugruppen_in_STEP7_V55.pdf ( 90 KB )
• English New_Modules_in_STEP7_V55.pdf ( 85 KB )

 
4.Compatibility
General:

• STEP 7 V5.5 is fully upwardly compatible with STEP 7 V5.4, V5.3, V5.2, V5.1, V5.0, V4.x and V3.x, i.e. programs and projects created with these versions can be further processed with STEP 7 V5.5 without any changes.
• STEP 7 V5.5 is also reverse compatible with these versions under the condition that a V5.5 project does not contain components and functions which are not supported by STEP 7 V5.4, V5.3, V5.2, V5.1, V5.0, V4.x or V3.x, e.g. new CPUs or new functions.
  
  
  • If a project created with STEP 7 V5.5 is to be further processed with STEP 7 V5.0, for instance, the V5.5 project may only contain module order no.'s which are known to STEP 7 V5.0. It may be necessary to configure new modules with the "predecessor order no." in this case.
  • In the reverse case down to STEP 7 V5.1 incl. SP3 it is not necessary to consider the above restriction, because here it is possible to also represent new modules that are not known to the STEP 7 version.
• From STEP 7 V5.2 and higher many new modules can be "post-loaded".

 
5. STEP 7 V5.4 declared a mature product
With the delivery release of STEP 7 V5.5, STEP 7 V5.4 has been declared a mature product. This means that the affected items will be deleted from the current catalogs, but will remain available for order for approx. one more year:

Order No.	Product Name
6ES7810-4CC08-0YA5	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.4 FLOATING LICENSE for 1 user
6ES7810-4CC08-0YE5	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.4 UPGRADE (V3.X - V5.3 to V5.4) FLOATING LICENSE for 1 user
6ES7810-4CC08-0YA6	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.4 RENTAL LICENSE for 50 hours
6ES7810-4CC08-0YA7	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.4, DATA CARRIER incl. TRIAL LICENSE,
6ES7810-4CA08-8AW0	Basic Information for V5.4, German
6ES7810-4CA08-8BW0	Basic Information for V5.4, English
6ES7810-4CA08-8CW0	Basic Information for V5.4, French
6ES7810-4CA08-8DW0	Basic Information for V5.4, Spanish
6ES7810-4CA08-8EW0	Basic Information for V5.4, Italian
6ES7810-4CA08-8AW1	Reference Manual for V5.4, German
6ES7810-4CA08-8BW1	Reference Manual for V5.4, English
6ES7810-4CA08-8CW1	Reference Manual for V5.4, French
6ES7810-4CA08-8DW1	Reference Manual for V5.4, Spanish
6ES7810-4CA08-8EW1	Reference Manual for V5.4, Italian

 
6. STEP 7 V5.3 - end of production
With the delivery release of STEP 7 V5.5, the supply of STEP 7 V5.3 will be discontinued, i.e. STEP 7 V5.3 plus the associated manuals will cease to be available effective end of September 2010. The following items are affected by this measure:
 

Order No.	Product Name
6ES7810-4CC07-0YA5	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.3 FLOATING LICENSE for 1 user
6ES7810-4CC07-0YE5	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.3 UPGRADE (V3.X - V5.2 to V5.3) FLOATING LICENSE for 1 user
6ES7810-4CC07-0YC5	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.3 POWERPACK (STEP 7 LITE V2.0 to STEP 7 V5.3) FLOATING LICENSE for 1 user
6ES7810-4CC07-0YA6	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.3 RENTAL LICENSE for 50 hours
6ES7810-4CC07-0YA7	SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.3, DATA CARRIER incl. TRIAL LICENSE,
6ES7810-4CA07-8AW0	Basic Information for V5.3, German
6ES7810-4CA07-8BW0	Basic Information for V5.3, English
6ES7810-4CA07-8CW0	Basic Information for V5.3, French
6ES7810-4CA07-8DW0	Basic Information for V5.3, Spanish
6ES7810-4CA07-8EW0	Basic Information for V5.3, Italian
6ES7810-4CA07-8AW1	Reference Manual for V5.3, German
6ES7810-4CA07-8BW1	Reference Manual for V5.3, English
6ES7810-4CA07-8CW1	Reference Manual for V5.3, French
6ES7810-4CA07-8DW1	Reference Manual for V5.3, Spanish
6ES7810-4CA07-8EW1	Reference Manual for V5.3, Italian

 STEP 7 - is a basic software package, which includes in its membership the tools needed for programming and operation control systems, based on programmable controllers SIMATIC S7/C7, as well as computer control systems SIMATIC WinAC.

Year: 2010
Version: v5.5
Developer: SIEMENS A & D
Platform: x86 32-bit only
Compatible with only a 32-bit OS:
Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003,
Windows 7 (for the home version edit Setup.ini)
Set on / Install to Windows XP / Vista Home Edition
RAM RAM of 2 GB recommended
Size: 700.93 Mb
The package includes:
* STEP 7 V5.5;
* ALM v5.0 SP1.
A distinctive feature of the package STEP 7 is to develop complex automation projects based on the use of multiple programmable controllers, industrial computers, devices and systems, human-machine interface devices, distributed I / O, network structures of industrial relations. Restrictions on the development of such projects are imposed only features programmers or computers that are running STEP 7.
STEP 7 tools allow you to:
* Configure and define the settings of equipment.
* Configure systems of industrial relations and setting parameters of data transmission.
* Programming, testing, debugging and running programs of individual automation systems, as well as their local or remote maintenance.
* Documenting and archiving project data.
* Operational management and diagnostic equipment.
STEP 7 supplied programmers SIMATIC Field PG and SIMATIC Power PG. It may come as a separate software package for personal computers running operating systems Windows 7 / XP PROF. To be able to connect programmable controllers, computer must be equipped with an MPI card or PC / MPI adapter and connecting cable.

STEP 7 provides parallel execution of work on one project by several developers. The only restriction in this case is the impossibility of simultaneous recording of data by multiple developers.

To install Step7 on Windows XP / Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium to:
1. Extract the service pack to your hard disk;
2. Open the file Setups.ini;
3. Find a terrible line;
For Vista WinVistaExclude = SKU2; SKU3; SKU5; SKU8; SKU9; SKU10; SKU11; SKU12; SKU13; SKU14; SKU15; SKU16; SKU17; SKU18; SKU19; SKU20; SKU21; SKU22; SKU23; SKU24; SKU25
For HRyuni WinXPExclude = 0, ...
4. Placed at the beginning of this line, or simply delete it.
Everything is now possible to safely install and use Step7 on Vista Home Premium.

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