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Voor de Kenners, de nieuwste versie Step7Professional 2010 
STEP7 v.5.5.
S7-PLCSIM v5.4 SP4
S7-SCL v5.3 SP7
S7-GRAPH V5.3 SP6

Voor de S7-300 en S7-400 PLC's

Automation projects require maximum efficiency.
SIMATIC Controller Software provides an integrated engineering
environment with top-class tools for the widest
range of working methods and applications. These tools
are based on an integrated system, offer open interfaces,
generate reusable blocks and therefore save time.
STEP 7 ? software for all SIMATIC Controllers
STEP 7 cannot only be used to program and configure programmable
controllers, but also PC-based automation systems
and SIMATIC Embedded Automation. The user can
therefore select any hardware and use the same software
even for mixed configurations. STEP 7 is available in the versions
Professional and Basis.
Worldwide programming standard
STEP 7 is the world's best known and most widely used programming
software in industrial automation. And: STEP 7
complies with the IEC 61131-3 standard. This international
standard 61131 is regarded as a worldwide and future-oriented
standard in the area of programmable controllers. It has
been adopted as European and German standard EN 61131. It
replaces several international standards.
PLCopen: The organization
Different manufacturers and users of control and programming
systems have founded the international organization
PLCopen, which promotes the use and distribution of programming
in accordance with IEC 61131. PLCopen aims to
make application software portable between the hardware of
different manufacturers.
Siemens is actively participating in PLCopen and has introduced
controller programming to IEC 61131.
The certification of programming systems from different manufacturers
is an important prerequisite for making software
portable. To allow this, the standard compliance classes were
redefined by PLCopen:
? Base level
? Conformity level
? Reusability level

Independent institutes carry out the test procedures and issue
the respective certificates. Siemens has been awarded the
base level certificate for S7-GRAPH (SFC) and the base level
and reusability level certificate for S7-SCL (ST).

STEP 7 contains numerous tools and functions for the
most varied tasks in an automation project. STEP 7 Professional
offers a wider choice of program editors than the
base version.
The main components of STEP 7 are:
? SIMATIC Manager for administrating all tools and data of
an automation project
? Hardware configuration for configuring and parameterizing
the hardware
? Program editors for creating and testing structured user
programs
? NetPro for setting up a data transfer over MPI or
PROFIBUS/PROFINET
? Integrated system diagnostics for obtaining an overview of
the automation system status
? Standard-compliant project documentation with DOCPRO
? PID Control and PID Temperature Control for parameterizing
simple PID or temperature controllers
? Software test without controller with S7-PLCSIM (component
part of STEP 7 Professional)
? Creation of programs for fault-tolerant and fail-safe controllers
? Tool Calling Interface (TCI) for integrating engineering systems
from other manufacturers
? Open command interface for importing/exporting data
from other Windows tools
? The SIMATIC Logon and SIMATIC Versiontrail options are
available for increased traceability