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GO!Automation with LOGO! and SIMATIC S7-1200
Number 2 | December 2014 | siemens.com/go
Hello World!LOGO! 8 Road show tours Europe
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GO! 2/2014 | Contents
Emergency training16 In the bunker
Hannover Fire Department
LOGO!library19 New specialist publications on LOGO! 8
Sewer rehabilitation22 Hard-core benefits
I.S.T. Innovative Sewer Technologies GmbH, Germany
Products20 Flexibility with a system
Telecontrol technology based on Simatic S7
24 Siwarex WP241 Second-generation Simatic HMI Basic Panels
25 Simatic CP 1242-7 / CP 1243-7LOGO!Power
26 Simatic S7-1200 automation tasks
27 Simatic S7-1200 app
Editorial3 LOGO! 8 tours the world
Cover4 Hello World!
LOGO! 8 Road show
Private home6 Smart building automation with LOGO!
Elektro Paulus GbR, Germany
Sprinkler system8 Precisely positioned
BSV Hannovera Gleidingen e. V., Germany
Fish farming11 Fisherman’s friends
Heribert Heitmeier Trout Farm, Germany
Assembly14 Precise grease application
Lebenshilfe-Werke Trier GmbH, Germany
Cover photo: Siemens AG
4LOGO! 8 Road show
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LOGO! 8 tours the world
Simple. Ingenious. Simply more. Our LOGO! 8 has already generated enthusiasm among its first users. And now, we are sending the LOGO! 8 on a European “Hello World!” tour in a road-show truck. The
truck is both a presentation space and a demonstration forum. At selected locations, electrical wholesalers can experience the new LOGO! 8 module together with their customers in short training courses that will even allow them to program the device themselves. Perhaps we will be making a stop in your area –find out more on page 4.
The solutions presented in this issue of GO! demonstrate how simply and ingeniously processes can be automated with the LOGO! 8. Ranging from a sprinkling controller for tennis courts to an aeration system for a trout farm to applications in building services, allowing every user to say, “I’m an automation engineer.”
Users were particularly impressed with how easy the new LOGO! Soft Comfort software allows a web server solution to be configured. Being able to access the latest information and control the LOGO! via smartphone or tablet PC offers enormous advantages and saves time and money.
For more complex tasks, remote maintenance can also be implemented with the Simatic S7-1200 controller. Users have embraced the convenient programming in TIA Portal and the expansion options with different mod-ules. On page 22, we present an example of improved process design in sewer rehabilitation and the innovative implementation with Simatic S7-1200. You can find out how compact automation tasks are quickly im-plemented by watching the short demonstration videos, available at siemens.com/automation-tasks. Automation tasks for Simatic S7-1200 and the new Simatic S7-1200 app are just two examples of innovative product and service solutions we have recently introduced.
Allow yourself to be inspired once again by the solutions and products presented in this issue of GO!
I hope you enjoy the read!
Heinz EisenbeissHead of Marketing and Promotion,Factory Automation
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The road show truck has it all: application walls, a presentation forum, and a hands-on area
The tour schedule includes stops in 12 countries. From November 2014 to April 2015, the truck will visit electrical wholesalers in Belgium, Ger-
many, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, the Nether-lands, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. Together with your customers, you can experience the benefits of the new system in per-son. All the product benefits of LOGO! 8 are vividly presented in the fully equipped road show truck with an integrated presentation forum and hands-on area.
Live presentations and short training sessions
On true-to-life 3-m application walls, live applica-tions will be demonstrated in an industry-related context with real components. Examples from both building and industrial automation have been se-lected for the demonstrations.
Additionally, there will be videos showing the nu-merous application szenarios for LOGO! 8. Following the brief hands-on training sessions on fully equipped workstations, you can then directly experience work-ing with LOGO! 8 yourself.
Hello World!LOGO! 8 Road show tours Europe
A fully equipped road show truck is on its way to the LOGO! 8 “Hello World” tour throughout Europe.
Participating in the roadshow
For additional information about the road show, the schedule, where the truck will be making stops, and which electrical wholesalers are participating and when, please visit the road show website. Those wishing to participate can ask their electrical whole-saler about available spots.
In addition to the road show, or for customers who do not have the opportunity to attend, Siemens is of-fering workshops with partners in the electrical wholesale business. There are also several web-based training courses on LOGO!
INFO AND CONTACT
siemens.com/[email protected] all information on the Hello World Tour at: siemens.com/helloworldtour.
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The new LOGO! 8
• Eight basic units for all voltages, with or without display, with connections compatible with previous versions
• Seven digital and three analog modules
• Small and compact, at four HP wide
• 20 digital outputs and eight analog outputs
Ethernet interface on all devices
• Communication with other LOGO! modules and with Simatic S7 systems using the Ethernet interface
• Programming via standard Ethernet cable
• Creation of Ethernet networks using the LOGO! CSM auxiliary module as an Ethernet 4-port switch
Display in new look and feel
• Six lines with 16 characters each
• Clear operator information, fewer abbreviations, and intuitive user menus
• Diverse diagnostic options via display
• Background lighting options in white, orange, and red
The new TDE text display
• Six lines with 20 characters each
• Two Ethernet interfaces
• No maximum distance to the LOGO!
• Background lighting options in
In the road show truck you can experience LOGO! 8 yourself, in
videos and in live applications
white, orange, and red
Integrated web server
• Monitoring and controlling with LOGO! via WLAN and Internet
• Easy configuration without HTML programming skills, for all common browsers
• Operation of the LOGO! via smartphone, tablet, or desktop PC
• Representation as LOGO! or TDE display
SMS communication via LOGO! CMR module
• Automatic alerts regarding the plant status via SMS
• Tracking and tracing via GPS
• Data exchange between CMR and LOGO! 8 module
• Worldwide clock synchronization
Fast and easy programming
• LOGO! Soft Comfort V8 for easy operation in network mode
• Up to 16 participants in network view
• Automatic communications configuration
• Ability to open up to three programs side by side
• Transfer of signals from one program to another by using drag and drop
• 43 built-in function blocks
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design and the delivery of seven LOGO! 0BA6 units, which were mounted in the control cabinet together with the DM16 and DM8 digital expansion modules. “Unfortunately,” says Miehling, “the LOGO! 0BA7 was not yet available at the time.”
Manual entries take precedence
In addition to the opening and closing of blinds and lighting control for indoor and outdoor areas, automated pres-ence simulation was a key function for
In Daniel Miehling’s home, LOGO! controls the blinds, lighting, and presence simulation
The house is an architectural feast for the eyes, and together with the garden grounds, a large terrace, and the pri-vacy shield on all sides, it is an oasis of well-being in a quiet environment. This modern single-family home was built in close collaboration between the Miehling family and the architects.
In planning the building services of the new home his family moved into roughly two years ago, Daniel Miehling was looking for a simple and cost- effective alternative to conventional bus systems for the switching of blinds
and lighting as well as presence simula-tion when the family is absent. The building owner already had positive ex-periences with microcontrollers as part of his previous work, so he quickly chose proven Siemens technology for his new home. After extensive plan-ning together with Miehling, the instal-lation company Paulus, based in south-ern Germany, suggested the LOGO! logic modules for the control and mon-itoring of the building services.
The project scope of the electrical in-stallation included the control cabinet
For the monitoring and control of all building services in his home, Daniel Miehling relies on LOGO! logic modules. These systems cost-effectively and reliably meet the diverse requirements of the building owner.
Elektro Paulus GbR, Germany
Smart building automation with LOGO!
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protection against burglary. LOGO! is programmed so that it opens and closes the blinds and turns the lighting on and off randomly.
Triggered by wind monitors, all the blinds are centrally controlled to move upward, which protects the equipment against damage. If the button is held down for an extended period, the so-called panic function is activated: all the lights come on and the blinds go up. The LOGO! unit is time-controlled but configured so that manual inputs or signals transmitted by the rain and wind sensors have priority. It regulates the indoor temperature and automati-cally adjusts the central heating ac-
cording to the preselected tempera-ture. The logic module also senses the outdoor temperature, thus ensuring a pleasant room climate in all weather conditions.
LOGO! connectivity via Ethernet
Since Miehling added a LOGO! 0BA7, he has been benefiting from the per-formance features of the successor model, in particular the network con-nectivity via Ethernet. In the new model, the previous serial interface
was replaced by an Ethernet interface on the LOGO! 0BA7. It is also used as a programming interface and for com-munication with other logic modules or HMI panels. This LOGO! was con-nected to the wireless network in the house and can thus be programmed easily from anywhere in the home. Likewise, Miehling’s wife can now eas-ily adjust the switching times, such as for the Christmas lights, on the LOGO! TDE text display. Up to nine systems can be linked via Ethernet. The new models are compatible with all previ-ous I/O modules, and the programs of the previous devices can also be used in the successor models. In addition,
the new LOGO! has a slot in the front for the insertion of SD memory cards.
Using the LOGO! Soft Comfort pro-gramming software, programming logic modules and simulating func-tional processes is very easy. The soft-ware allows the drawing of contact and functional plans by selecting pre-made function blocks and connecting them via drag and drop. The programs can be created and tested offline on a PC. The soft ware is also designed for documentation of the functional pro-cesses with comments and setting pa-
“ Its use is very simple.
In most cases, you can
customize the program
sequences yourself. I keep
finding new applications.”Daniel Miehling, Building owner
rameters. Recurring features are stored as macros in libraries and can then be integrated into other programs.
Already new ideas for LOGO! 8
The passionate programmer is already thinking about further expanding his home automation with the LOGO! 8. For example, all functions can be con-veniently controlled remotely without HTML programming using the integrated web server. Message texts can be displayed on a smartphone or tablet display anywhere, and entries can be made with the smartphone but-tons just like on a conventional text
display. For example, the date and time of a logic module can be read and compared with the current values of a mobile device via web interface
INFO AND CONTACT
siemens.com/[email protected]
Experience Daniel Miehling and this application highlight in the video at siemens.com/logo under Application Highlights.
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GO! 2/2014 | Sprinkler system
is more, the ball doesn’t bounce prop-erly off such a surface,” explains the BSV technical groundskeeper.
Fully automatic control of the sprinklers
BSV Hannovera Gleidingen e.V. can look back on a rich history. The club, which has been in existence since June 1, 1869, was at first a purely male gymnastics squad. In the 1950s it be-came a sports club that also offered other sports. With some 1,300 mem-bers today, it is one of the largest sports clubs in the Hannover area and contin-uously welcomes new members to the sport of tennis.
Seven years ago, BSV decided to equip its courts with a new sprinkler
system. At the same time, the club wanted to make the operation of the system less labor intensive through au-tomation. The court builder was com-missioned to install the sprinklers, sup-ply lines, and valves, and the club itself took responsibility for the automation of the system. The core of the system is a LOGO!, which Schlamilch was re-sponsible for installing and program-ming. It is not without pride that the automation engineer calculates the in-vestment costs for the logic module with a display and installation material, terminals, control box, and power sup-ply adding up to only about €350.
Before BSV implemented the automa-tion concept, the sprinklers were man-ually operated using control valves and levers. “We often did not know exactly
Despite heavy rain showers during the night, Jörg Schlamilch, a member of the board of the BSV
Hannovera Gleidingen tennis division and the technical groundskeeper, was not worried on Saturday morning.
“Our club has four clay courts for tour-nament play, each equipped with drain-age channels. They ensure optimum water flow after heavy rainfall. Damage caused by playing on wet courts can thus be prevented,” says Schlamilch. At the same time, he points out that suffi-cient watering of the tennis courts is an important maintenance measure to en-sure that the courts harden well and are quickly playable again after it rains. “During play on dry surfaces, the mate-rial loses its bond, and a short time later you are playing in a sand pit. What
Precisely positioned
BSV Hannovera Gleidingen e. V.
Perfectly groomed clay courts are a pleasure for every tennis player. Such grooming requires intensive care and adequate watering of the courts. A LOGO!-controlled sprinkler system ensures that the tennis courts harden and can quickly be played on again even after it rains.
Regular watering is an important maintenance measure for clay tennis courts
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“ From the club perspective,
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automating the sprinkler
system for the clay courts.
LOGO! has significantly
reduced the time required
for maintenance work.”
Jörg Schlamilch, board member of the BSV Hannovera Gleidingen tennis division
what valve belonged to which court, and occasionally players who were on the court were sprinkled,” says Schla-milch with a grin. Today the sprinklers are controlled fully automatically, semi-automatically, or manually as needed. The pump supplies the individual courts successively with water; this solution
was made possible with the LOGO! shift registers. The four sprinklers are placed on the long sides of the court edge, with two of them sprinkling half the playing area. Driven by water pressure, the retractable sprinklers extend from the ground and distribute moisture with powerful half-circle movements over a width of approximately 10 m. The irrigation takes place with a flow
pressure of 3 bar and a water volume of up to 3 m³ per hour.
Considerable savings potential
The automation enables savings in sev-eral ways, and increases the ease of use. It was important that the selected
sprinklers would be easily adjustable and that the courts could be evenly moistened from a private well. On a time-controlled basis, the system sprin-kles the courts in the morning for five minutes, at noon for four minutes, and in the evening after completion of play for seven minutes. A moisture sensor on the club building prevents the auto-matic starting of the program and arti-
ficial watering when there is adequate natural humidity. Manual activation of the sprinklers is also not possible then. In addition, use of the controller and sprinkler means that far less time is re-quired for maintenance and care of the courts.
A large tennis club nearby wants to adopt the idea and also automate its system independently. “The ease of use and simple configuration of the LOGO! allows even beginners to quickly and easily perform their automation tasks,” says the technical groundskeeper. Op-erating errors that occurred with the previous manual operation are a thing of the past. Schlamilch sees a major ad-vantage in that the system can be op-erated from different locations using the additional display: “With the TDE LOGO! display, we practically have a re-mote control! Before you enter the locker room, you press the button for the court on which you want to play. At the start of the game, you come to a court that is prepared for use.”
Access via smartphone and tablet PC
The logic module has significantly im-proved the ease of use of the BSV sys-tem. “And this will further increase,” the automation engineer explains, “when the new LOGO! 8 replaces the previous version.” A mobile app re-trieves the latest information via smart-phone or tablet PC from anywhere with
In case of rain, a program in the LOGO! ensures that the automatic system stops watering
The sprinklers can be controlled fully automatically, semiautomatically, or manually
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Wi-Fi and Internet access. “For example, I can query the availability of court space while I am on the go or prepare the court where I would like to play in advance. Also, error messages are dis-played to me immediately on my mobile device,” Schlamilch emphasizes. The new logic module with its extended program memory offers capacity for other applications as well. Another plus: the programs of previous models can be directly transferred to the new LOGO! 8.
“When tournament games are taking place on weekends, we turn off the au-tomatic sprinkling. This way, no one runs the risk of getting an unexpected shower. We can then manually start sprinkling again at any time. Auto-mated moistening of the courts en-sures consistent and optimum court conditions. From the club perspective, there is no alternative to automation of the sprinkler system for the clay courts,” says Schlamilch. “It has significantly re-duced the time required for mainte-
nance work, which is particularly evi-dent during the dry and hot seasons. The result: extended service life of the courts with a simultaneous reduction in maintenance costs, as well as satis-fied club members,” says the BSV tech-nical groundskeeper.
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Web server programming with LOGO! Soft ComfortThe configuration of the web server is easy with LOGO! Soft Comfort V8 – without any HTML programming skills.
There are several preconfigured views on the web server:
• LOGO! system
• LOGO! variables
• LOGO! BM (base module)
• LOGO! TDE (external display)
The first two provide system information and selected parameters. With the base module, message texts can be displayed, which can be seen on the base unit (Figure 1). The text display can display message texts, which can be seen on the external display and which additionally use four function keys (Figures 2 and 3). The views are adapted to the size of a smartphone, tablet, or PC and can be displayed on all major browsers (Figure 4). Here’s how:
+ Connect LOGO! 8 with a router
+ Program a message text for LOGO! 8 or a text display (TDE)
+ Text release for LOGO! 8 display, LOGO! 8 TDE, or both. Activate the “Message text” function block (click to place a check for web server – done! [Figures 1 and 2])
+ Load a program into LOGO! 8.
+ In LOGO! 8, enable access via web server and assign a password (Figure 3, right)
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Fish farming | GO! 2/2014
The father of the current owner created the first pond back in 1959, laying the foundation for the Heitmeier family’s present trout farming facility
in Lichtenau-Kleinenberg in northern Germany. Op-timal water conditions and good infrastructure al-lowed the small business to grow into a freshwater
aquaculture center with 11 ponds, in which brown, rainbow, golden, and salmon trout, as well as char, are raised.
The inflowing freshwater comes from a stream in the immediate vicinity of the system, and from there it flows into the ponds and the hatchery. For
Fisherman’s friendsUsing LOGO! 8, Heribert Heitmeier Trout Farm has implemented easy-to-install solutions for monitoring the oxygen content in the water and controlling the aerators and feeders. In the event of changes or power failure, the logic modules inform the fish farmer via his smartphone.
Heribert Heitmeier Trout Farm, Germany
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trouble-free operation, the fish farmer began some eight years ago to automate the monitoring of the oxygen content and the control system of the water aerators and feeders.
“Only with constant monitoring is it possible to de-tect a deterioration in the water quality at an early point in time, which is vital to the health of our large number of fish,” says Heribert Heitmeier. “With a bit of luck and stable, good weather, we can raise our stocks with few losses. For the different measure-ment and control tasks, we use six LOGO! logic mod-ules from Siemens. The devices in the buildings and on the grounds are networked with a PC in the office, so we can always keep an eye on the various indica-tors,” says the fish farmer.
LOGO! controls the feeding of the fish
Especially in the warmer months, it is vital to ensure sufficient oxygen in the water, says Heitmeier. The ponds are equipped with water aerators as well as electronic probes for measuring oxygen content. Measuring devices register the oxygen content and pass the values on to LOGO! If the target values are not met, a logic module sends a switch-on signal to a second LOGO!, which controls the aerator. “At
night, the oxygen content is lower than during the day,” explains the fish farmer. “Then the devices are usually run continuously, while during the day they run only for a short time.”
“For the healthy growth of the fish, continuous feeding is equally important. We use high-quality dry food in the form of small pellets, which we distrib-ute with feeders,” Heitmeier explains. Four feed dis-tributors are connected to LOGO!, which replaces four electromechanical time switches. The switching times can be set to the second, and they precisely meter the food quantity. Two other logic modules are installed to control the automatic feeders for the hatchlings in the hatchery.
Alerting and remote control via smartphone
As a next step in automation, Heitmeier replaced two older logic modules with new LOGO! 8 models. “The transition was very easy. The existing programs were uploaded to the laptop. I then adapted them on the PC and stored them on an SD card. With very little ef-fort I was able to replace the devices, insert the memory cards into the card readers on the front pan-els of the new controllers, and upload the modified programs,” says the fish farmer. For programming, he uses the LOGO! Soft Comfort software, which al-
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“ I’m Mr. Automation. Before automation, I had to measure the oxygen content every two days with a handheld device, which was completely eliminated by the LOGO! controller.”Heribert Heitmeier, trout farmer
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lows him to simulate individual program sequences in advance as well as optimize and easily assemble the finished modules using drag and drop.
Another advantage of the new LOGO! 8 is the web-based user interface (web server), enabling the con-trol programs to be operated even more conve-niently. Over WLAN, Heitmeier can use his smart-phone to query the current values of the oxygen content in the ponds, for example. If LOGO! 8 is con-nected to an access point, the message block of the web server is activated and accessed on the logic module. With the CMR2020 module, the fish farmer has the option of using LOGO! for SMS communica-tion for alerting and remote control. “If there is too little oxygen in a pond for too long, I get an auto-matic alarm message on my smartphone and can switch directly to LOGO!,” Heitmeier adds.
The investment in the logic modules paid off in a short time, according to Heitmeier. “We used to have very high electricity costs because the aerators were running around the clock. By selectively switching the devices on and off, the operating costs could be significantly reduced. Before the automation, I had to measure the oxygen content every two days with a handheld device, which is eliminated completely now.” It is not without pride that the fish farmer re-fers to the self-made aerators and feeders: “One rea-son to make my own devices was the high purchase price of commercially available machines. In addition, the feeders needed to be less susceptible to malfunc-tions than the ready-made devices.” He knows the equipment details very well and thus can eliminate faults himself.
Excellent ease of use
The fish farmer is also planning to build a mobile feeding machine on a wheel loader. Based on the current pond stock and the weight gain of the fish, in the future, a LOGO! installed on the wheel loader will provide information on the required amount of food. Another automation project is the integration of the smokehouse. A logic module installed there sends a signal once the appropriate temperature is reached and the fish can be placed in the smoke cab-inet. Once the smoking process is complete, the con-trol system sends a signal to take the fish out of the cabinet. Functions for data logging on the SD card form the basis of an application with which Heit-meier wants to track the oxygen content level in the ponds over an extended period.
As this example shows, the new Logo! 8 is the per-fect solution for those getting started in automation as well as experienced automation engineers with high expectations. Heitmeier is convinced that LOGO! 8 not only significantly increases the ease of use of his automation solutions but also offers him the opportunity to optimize other functions and pro-cesses in his fish farming operation.
INFO AND CONTACT
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Experience Heribert Heitmeier and this application highlight in the video at siemens.com/logo.
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Heribert Heitmeier uses the Ethernet interface of LOGO! as the programming and communications interface for direct connection with his PC
Self-made water aerators ensure optimal oxygenation of the ponds at the trout farm
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GO! 2/2014 | Assembly
Lebenshilfe-Werke Trier GmbH em-ploys people with disabilities in a variety of work areas and areas of
responsibility, enabling them to partic-ipate in work and social life. The voca-tional rehabilitation facility has become a valued partner in the regional and na-tional economy. Some 140 people work in the assembly and packaging depart-ment alone, producing subassemblies and product parts for a variety of indus-
pling rod greasing and ball stud bolting, have been reliably controlled with a LOGO! 0BA6 and 0BA7, respectively, the latter with an external text display.
Errors practically eliminated
After consulting with Gregor Lafos, the colleague responsible for assembly work preparation, the resourceful tool-maker Hans-Peter Bach designed the
Precise grease applicationLebenshilfe-Werke Trier GmbH, Germany
tries and markets, ranging from the au-tomotive industry to power distribution systems and from ironware to the fur-niture industry. After successfully com-pleting a failure mode and effects anal-ysis, they also assemble parts used for light and shock absorber settings in cars – to the full satisfaction of the cus-tomers, a major automobile manufac-turer and its suppliers. For this process, two semiautomated operations, cou-
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With its highly reliable automation, LOGO! is being used in the daily work routines of disabled people. Lebenshilfe-Werke Trier has been pleased with the results in the production of subassemblies.
The coupling rod is inserted into the slide and LOGO! automatically starts the greasing process
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The LOGO! text display gives the operator the signal to press the button for the bolting operation
two devices according to the poka- yoke1 system so that employees who were in some cases very limited in their motor skills could operate it without errors. Greasing is comparatively sim-ple: the operator only needs to insert the coupling rod into a slide and slide it into the device. LOGO! then starts the process automatically, which is monitored by sensors. The four differ-ent lengths of coupling rods, which will soon be five, are preset on a ball button, so that solenoid valves driven by LOGO! extend the slide by only the length required by the device in each case. Incorrect insertion of the cou-pling rod is not possible.
“LOGO! controls the entire process in a completely reliable manner,” says Bach, “from the duplicate query of whether a coupling rod has been in-serted and is in position, to the ad-vancement of the dosing cartridges, the pressure pulse for the greasing of the ball joints of the coupling rod, and the sensor query whether the greasing was successful, to the extension of the slide. A green signal light indicates when the operation is completed suc-cessfully.” If something is wrong, such as no coupling rod being inserted or the lumps of grease being too small, the control system locks the slide. This can then only be released by the group manager with a key-operated switch.
1 The Japanese term poka-yoke means “avoiding unfortunate errors.” It is a method in which systems that are usually simple and effective are able to prevent incorrect operations in the manufacturing process and thus defects in the final product.
A highly complex task ...
Somewhat more complex for the oper-ators as well as the LOGO! is the bolting of ball studs with different plastic parts. A special bolting controller that is sub-ordinate to the LOGO! is also used. For this operation, Bach needed to write several part-specific bolting programs that LOGO! automatically selects via a binary code when the multipole plug is inserted into the appropriate device after the tool change.
Prompted by the display text in the control box, the operator inserts the ball stud, a nut, and a plastic part. The parts are locked into position as soon as they are detected by sensors and remain locked until the end of the bolting operation. The text display and a green light signal to the opera-tor that he or she can start the bolting operation by pressing a button on the screwdriver. If the operator releases the button during the bolting opera-tion, LOGO! immediately interrupts the process – as it also does with an incorrect torque or rotation angle – and evaluates the part as NOK (not OK). Lafos provides an example of the “bulletproof” quality assurance: “And with this device as well, the parts can only be unlocked and removed by key switch.”
... performed completely in-house
“With this application, the LOGO! 0BA7’s extended program memory and larger number of inputs and outputs com-pared with the 0BA6 have paid off,” ex-plains Bach. He was able to program several part counters, which are now selected via the function keys on the external text display. Using anything else but LOGO! was totally out of the question: “I have become more and more familiar with LOGO! in the course of my career, and this has allowed me to automate both set-ups on my own. If I had needed help, I would have relied on the proven and competent Siemens services, as in previous projects.” Lafos adds: “The Simatic S7-1200 was cer-tainly an option for the bolting opera-tion, but then we would need to out-source the external programming, which would ultimately become a ques-tion of cost. Being able to carry out modifications to the program in-house is ideal for us.” Bach is currently prepar-ing for a fifth coupling rod length, for which he can easily upgrade the set-up, both mechanically and in terms of the control system using LOGO!
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Hannover Fire Department
In the bunkerThe Hannover Fire
Department practices the contingency plan for emergencies
with simulated obstacles that suddenly appear
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Every day, the Hannover Fire Department is called to assist in accidents. The fire department’s scope of duties includes defensive and preven-
tive fire and hazard protection, assistance, rescue services, and disaster relief. Every year the fire de-partment quickly and efficiently provides assistance some 60,000 times when residents are in need. In the state capital of Hannover, this includes five fire and rescue stations of the professional fire depart-ment with more than 750 emergency service person-nel as well as 700 men and women in the 17 local volunteer fire departments.
“We have developed a respiration protection sys-tem for emergencies and various training scenarios with the aim of preparing our forces for emergency situations in deployments requiring respiratory pro-tection and freeing our personnel from dangerous situations as quickly as possible,” says Michael Hintz, press spokesman for the Hannover Fire Department. “In searching for a suitable location for the emer-gency training, we chose a former air raid shelter in the Hannover-Vinnhorst district. It was expanded for the regularly scheduled respiratory protection drills.”
The equipment of each deployment force includes a self-contained breathing apparatus to protect against respiratory poisons. “Our personnel learn about the routine use of respirators in emergencies and are optimally prepared for a wide variety of sit-uations,” says Hintz.
Simulation of emergency scenarios
“To monitor the drills, we have installed a PC-based video surveillance system in the bunker, to which 28 cameras are connected,” explains Stephan Libera, captain of the volunteer fire department of Han-nover-Vinnhorst. He is responsible for the planning, programming, and implementation of information and communication systems in the practice bunker. “The cameras continuously transmit images of the drill to the control center. Projected onto a screen in large format, they provide real-time information on how the drill is going and help us identify opportu-nities for improvement,” explains Libera.
The Hannover Fire Department in northern Germany relies on the education and vocational training of its rescuers as well as the latest technical equipment to ensure effective and safe deployments. The teams regularly participate in emergency respiratory protection training, which is controlled and monitored using Simatic S7 and LOGO!
Dealing with sudden obstacles
In the control room, Libera, who coordinates the re-spiratory protection emergency training for volun-teer fire departments in the practice bunker, moni-tors the actions of the rescue teams. He sends his personnel through the bunker to deal with the vari-ous emergency scenarios.
In the bunker, there are children’s rooms, bed-rooms, living rooms, kitchens, and hallways in which video cameras are installed. In the practical part of the respiratory emergency training, rescue dolls in a variety of sizes are used as training partners. The challenge of the rescue team is to find the dolls hid-den in the bunker rooms and safely bring them out into the open: adults trapped by flames in rooms or children hiding in cabinets or behind chairs. “Loud-speakers that we individually control generate noise, making it difficult to locate the cries for help. PLC-controlled pneumatic cylinders lock the doors suddenly and train the drill participants to deal with unexpected obstacles,” says Libera.
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Simatic and LOGO! control the effects
In the kitchen, Libera’s team has installed lighting effects for fire simulation with generated fog – which is also controlled via PLC. In another room, a gas leak is simulated by remote control. Steel doors padded with heating mats simulate heat generation in the room beyond. For the deployed team, this means the door must be secured against explosive blowback upon ignition of the flue gases before it is opened. Libera mimics this effect using a pneumatic cylinder that ‒ controlled centrally ‒ abruptly pushes the door open.
The bunker automation is controlled by a Simatic S7-300 PLC, which forwards the signals to three LOGO! 0BA7 logic modules. The LOGO! Soft Comfort software is used to program the logic modules. The automation expert explains: “Each module works in-dependently, since each device still needs to fulfill its specific tasks even if one component fails.” With the WinCC visualization software, Libera has imple-mented a map solution with rooms and floors, which also runs on a PC server with touchscreen in the bunker control room. It is planned to also provide this application for a mobile touch PC.
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which Libera controls the various automation func-tions. The light switches, loudspeakers, effects, doors, and light barriers in the various rooms and floors can be operated using the touch computer in the control room. The touchscreen is connected with the CPU, the WLAN repeaters, and the three LOGO! modules via a switch. “If, for example, a door is opened using the touchscreen, a LOGO! logic mod-ule receives the signal to turn off the light from the Simatic S7. The result is immediately displayed on the monitor,” adds drill trainer Libera.
But the light will work even if the PLC fails. In this case, the lighting illuminates only after a light switch or a central emergency switch is pressed. The relay or transistor outputs of the three logic modules are currently used exclusively for lighting control.
The network for the video cameras is Internet- based. The cameras are controlled individually and can be centrally controlled with a contactor by the Simatic S7 PLC for drill operation. The training images are transmitted by wire to the video server in the control room. With this automation of audio and video installations, along with the implementation of realistic effects, true-to-life deployments can be safely practiced.
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The LOGO!8 MiniTrainerSchool (MTS) book, combined with the LOGO! MiniTrainer module, is the ideal start into the Siemens world of automation. The book pro-
vides a brief description of the new LOGO! 8 functions along with corresponding exercises on matching exer-cise cards that can be placed directly on top of the Mini-Trainer.
Klaus Machalek
LOGO!-MiniTrainerSchool
Compared with former generations or competing products, LOGO! 8 offers a number of additional advantages. This practical guide descriptively il-
lustrates how to plan LOGO! 8 projects, develop pro-grams, and select the hardware. Standard control technology scenarios are demonstrated by building
on the fundamentals of modern information technology and with the help of several real-life examples.
Stefan Kruse
LOGO! 8A practical introduction, with circuit solutions and example programs
January 2015 96 pages, € 16,05 Art.-Nr.: LOGO-MTShttp://neu.minitrainer.com
March 2015, 156 pages, € 24,90 ISBN 978-3-89578-445-3-www.publicis.de/books
Beginning in February 2015, a new teaching ma-terial for LOGO! 8 will be available in German and English. The new training curriculum was
created by Siemens Automation Cooperates with Ed-ucation (SCE) for vocational schools, colleges and universities, and in-house vocational training de-partments. It provides teachers and students with a quick overview of the basics regarding the LOGO! logic module and with a perfect start into program-ming. Practice-relevant examples directly reinforce newly attained knowledge for more in-depth under-standing and expertise. Additional language ver-sions in French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and Por-tuguese are expected to be available in April 2015.
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Rapid urbanization, growing popu-lations, and the need to distrib-ute energy in a more efficient and
targeted manner pose great chal-lenges to manufacturers of water and wastewater, gas, and district heating supply systems. In the future, they will need to design larger and more flex-ible systems while at the same time maintaining a high quality standard. Telecontrol technology to connect re-mote terminal units (RTUs) to the control system will be crucial in meet-ing this challenge. Control technology based on Simatic S7 allows RTUs to be easily and flexibly integrated into the system control center and broad tele-control systems with networked struc-tures to be set up.
For low and high degrees of automation
The TeleControl Basic system is a good choice for telecontrol technology solu-tions with a low degree of automation and for low-cost fault signaling sys-tems. This system is appropriate for control systems in the lower efficiency range and stands out due to its opti-mized transmission protocol with low transmission volume. The concept is as suitable for small applications with few RTUs as it is for larger projects with thousands of RTUs. The flexible Tele-Control Professional system with con-trollers for the mid- and high-efficiency range can be used when many telecon-trol tasks need to be carried out for the
fully automatic monitoring and control in process automation of one or more control centers. Standards such as DNP3 and IEC 60870 as well as tried and tested protocols such as Sinaut ST7 are used as transmission protocols.
Simatic S7-1200 for telecontrol
Simatic S7-1200 is a special PLC for sim-ple automation tasks that makes it pos-sible to use telecontrol media and a variety of protocols due to its modular design. Furthermore, by using the TIA Portal Step 7 engineering tool for engi-neering and programming, it is possible to easily archive the application data that are often necessary for telecontrol solutions using predefined mechanisms
Flexible with a systemTelecontrol technology is gaining increasing importance in the context of supplying cities with water. The automation stations of the supply systems are geographically widely dispersed and must be monitored and controlled via a centralized control system. New product offerings for the Simatic S7 automation system that meet current challenges are constantly being introduced – for example, secure data transmission and data protection with easy engineering.
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within the control system. Another advantage Simatic S7-1200 offers is communication modules that make it possible to transmit data from the RTU to the central station without any pro-gramming effort. This prevents errors and ensures that the system can meet the high demands regarding data con-sistency, buffer storage in case of a connection failure or ensuring the cor-rect sequential order of the data. By connecting the CP1243-1 module to the S7-1200, all measured values relevant to the control system can be directly transmitted to the central station. Then the CPU’s relevant data for the control center are selected in Step 7 and linked with the transmission parameters in a clearly structured menu.
Safety first!
In the industrial environment, con-nection failures can have fatal con-sequences, as measured values might be inaccurate or errors might not even be identified. For this reason, auto-mated mechanisms to buffer data have been integrated into the S7 telecontrol modules, for example, in module CP1243-1. In the event of a connection
failure, up to 64,000 values are auto-matically buffered. To ensure that the data are sorted in the correct sequen-tial order later, the values are provided with a current time stamp when they are buffered. Some situations, how-ever, require the service engineer to act immediately. For such cases, notifica-tion e-mails that have a defined text and recipient list for determined inci-dents can be programmed. Should an incident occur, an automatic e-mail is sent to the service engineer, who can then check on-site to see whether there was any damage and whether it can be quickly repaired.
If the RTU is somewhere where no cable connectivity is possible, an exist-ing mobile network can be used to sup-port telemonitoring. Depending on the chosen telecontrol system, the RTU has an integrated mobile network interface; alternatively, the station can be equipped with a mobile network router. With the extended Scalance M product portfolio, which includes both mobile network routers and DSL routers, users will find the right networking compo-nent for every individual application scenario. Integrated security concepts, firewalls, and VPNs protect the commu-
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nications systems from unauthorized external access. To achieve high process availability, the transmission network can be set up redundantly.
Standardization saves costs
An additional important factor in the successful implementation of telecon-trol solutions is the use of open com-munications standards. Introducing es-tablished standards such as DNP3 and IEC 60870 allows significant software implementation, testing, and confor-mity audit costs to be saved. The secu-rity mechanisms used to authenticate substations at the control center that have already been defined in the stan-dards are a good basis for compliance with the security requirements of end applications.
With TeleControl Server Basic, remote terminal units based on Simatic S7-1200 and S7-200 can be linked to the central station via GPRS or Ethernet
Industrial security note: Suitable protective measures (including industrial security, e.g., network segmentation) must be taken to ensure the secure operation of the plant. Further information on industrial security can be found at siemens.com/industrialsecurity.com
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I.S.T. Innovative Sewer Technologies GmbH, founded 16 years ago and headquartered in Bo-chum, Germany, is today a market leader in pipe
and sewer rehabilitation. The company, with 60 em-ployees, has its own research and development de-partment as well as subsidiaries in Copenhagen, Ma-drid, Zurich, Bahrain, and the United States. Its suc-cess is based not only on the company’s uniquely diverse and high-quality product portfolio but also on competent and comprehensive customer support. The innovations developed to meet specific customer needs very often set new standards.
The common methods for trench-free rehabilita-tion include what is known as pipe lining, in which a tube made of fiber composite materials, mostly based on unsaturated polyester resins, is inserted into the defective pipe and cured using various techniques. I.S.T.’s Power Light system, which takes advantage of the larger nominal diameters of UV-sensitive pho-toinitiators to rapidly cure pipe liners, was the final puzzle piece allowing the company to become a full-service provider. For this development, I.S.T. re-cruited Thomas Reutemann, who can look back on 25 years of experience as a pioneer in UV irradiation.
A majority of the sewer and drainage pipes laid in the ground are unsound by now, and the pipe rehabilitation market is growing rapidly worldwide. For the control system of its newest pipe liner curing system, a leading full-service provider relies on the Simatic S7-1200 in combination with Basic Panels and TIA Portal.
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Integrated concept
The pipe liner curing system is used when a partial rehabilitation of the sewer or pipe section is no lon-ger cost-effective due to extensive damage. “Com-pared with curing using hot water or steam, the UV system has the advantage of achieving the result much faster,” explains Reutemann, “and for quality assurance it is associated with better logging and monitoring, in terms of both temperature and speed, but also visually with video cameras.” The Power Light systems designed for trucks consist of UV light sources with different output levels for pipe sizes up to DN 1500, together with front- and rear-facing cameras, UV curing drums with up to 320 m of cable length, and a control cabinet with a control panel.
Because these systems are sold and used world-wide, for the control system Reutemann has always relied on the well-known global player Siemens, which made him feel well looked after and sup-ported. Though he previously used Simatic ET 200 modules as control units, at I.S.T. he now relies on a much less expensive Simatic S7-1200 with CPU 1214C and a total of 12 analog and digital input/output modules in the curing drum as well as on a higher level in the control cabinet. Additionally, a Simatic HMI Basic Panel KTP1000 is used for opera-tion, and the drive technology in the drum – a Sinamics G120 built-in device – and the contactors, all supplied by Siemens.
Profinet communication and remote maintenance
This provides Reutemann with several additional ad-vantages: “Not only can I easily access all the relevant curing data through our OPC server as well as on the panel and copy this in real time to my industrial PC, but I also have easy options for remote maintenance thanks to the integrated Profinet interface of the Simatic S7-1200. This means the customer does not need a service technician on-site, which leads to con-siderable cost savings. The interplay between the control system and the touch panel was imple-mented really well, as with the drives too, by using TIA Portal as the uniform engineering platform with common data storage.”
Of the technology functions integrated into the Simatic S7-1200, Reutemann uses the proportional- integral-derivative (PID) controller to maintain the procedurally prescribed speed of the light chain in
the pipe during curing. “Once the lamps are lit, the customer enters the appropriate set-point value on the panel and only needs to press Start – the PID con-troller of the control system then ensures via the drive that the motor always turns the cable drum at the same speed.” An SM 1231 TC (thermocouple) sig-nal module processes the exothermic temperature of the resin infrared sensors during curing and transfers the value to the Basic Panel, where it is then copied to the log.
Objective: Comprehensive logging
Being able to flexibly expand the Simatic S7-1200 with a wide range of modules now results in further benefits for I.S.T. in an important project that is even more likely to set new standards. Because a UV sys-tem is normally sold along with two robots – one for the necessary preliminary work in the pipe and one that mills and machines new openings for house connections after the curing – Reutemann’s next goal is comprehensive logging that integrates all the data, from inspection data to UV data to the robot data, in a single sewer rehabilitation software pro-gram on a shared data medium. Here he has again proved to be an innovator and pioneer who appre-ciates the advantages of state-of-the-art technol-ogy: “The Simatic S7-1200 allows us to connect the CAN (controller area network) bus used by the ro-bots through an auxiliary module and to transfer their data to the control system and to our PC through the OPC server.”
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Second-generation Simatic HMI Basic Panels
Ideal for fully graphical applications
With 64,000 colors, uniform functionality across all display sizes, a high-resolution wide-screen display, and innovative graphical user interfaces,
the new Simatic HMI Basic Panels ranging from 4 to 12 inches offer the ideal introduction to fully graphical applications.
Numerous integrated software functions, such as an alarm system, recipe management, trend curve function-ality, and language switching, allow users to benefit from improved visualization and process quality even in simple applications. An integrated USB interface simplifies pro-cess monitoring. The connection of a mouse, keyboard, or bar-code scanner extends the control options.
Projects that were created on a Basic Panel can be eas-ily transferred to different power classes or display sizes using Profibus or Profinet. This allows users to quickly re-spond to changing requirements. Rapid project engineer-ing through flawless interaction with Simatic S7-1200 con-trollers allows engineering and system costs to be re-
Siwarex WP241
Flexible weighing electronics for Simatic S7-1200
The Siwarex WP241 impresses with its high flexibility and seamless user-friendliness from installation
to ongoing operation. The Siwarex WP241 is easily integrated into the Simatic S7-1200 control system and can be programmed using TIA Portal. Stand-alone operation without a Simatic CPU is also possible. The weigh-ing electronics can be connected di-rectly to Modbus-compatible operator panels.
Belt-weighing functions such as de-tecting flow quantity and monitoring the belt speed or belt load can be indi-vidually configured, adapted, and eval-
uated. The new weighing module has many diagnostic capabilities for rapid fault localization and analysis, and in simulation mode it enables complete functionality testing even without a connected belt scale.
The weighing module’s many connec-tion and integration options simplify the commissioning of the weighing electronics. In addition to interfaces such as Industrial Ethernet (Modbus TCP/IP) and RS485 (Modbus RTU), there are four digital inputs and outputs and an analog output (0/4–20 mA). The modules are easy to replace without re-calibration.
duced. Configuring the new Simatic HMI Basic Panels with WinCC in TIA Portal provides users with a new dimension of engineering efficiency.
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LOGO!Power
Power supplies in the new LOGO! 8 design
The compact LOGO!Power mini power supplies in the design of the innovative
LOGO! 8 logic modules ensure a reliable 12-V and 24-V power sup-ply for logic modules and con-nected loads.
The single-phase power sup-ply units are available in widths of 54 mm, 72 mm, and 90 mm, with a 1.3- to 4-A nominal output current at 24 V. The 12-V power supplies can be supplied with 1.9 and 4.5 A and widths of 54 mm and 72 mm. Versions with 5 V and 15 V are also available.
The power supplies for an
extremely wide temperature range of -20°C to +70°C have a wide input range of AC 85 V to 2 AC 64 V or DC 110 V to 300 V, as well as a power re-serve for switching loads with high inrush current. The out-put voltage of the power sup-plies can be adjusted to com-pensate for voltage drops. These devices also feature high efficiency over the entire load range as well as low no-load losses and extensive cer-tifications (CE, cULus, FM, GL, or ETEX).
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The new CP 1243-7 communications processor and the new Version 2 of the CP 1242-7 offer many possibilities
for the realization of highly flexible and cost-effective remote terminal units based on the Simatic S7-1200 control system.
Both versions enable cyclic and event-controlled transmission of measured values, set points, and alarms to the con-trol station without complex programming. Using the Step 7 Professional engineering software of TIA Portal V13 SP1, the user simply selects the data to be transmitted from the Simatic S7-1200 CPU and specifies the desired communications parameters. The communications processors can cache values with a time stamp to prevent data loss in case of connection failure. Compre-hensive diagnostic capabilities, locally using LEDs or in Step 7, provide the user with quick and meaningful analysis of the station status.
Connection to the control center with the Telecontrol Server Basic V3 control cen-ter software is carried out using cellular networks. The new CP 1243-7 comple-ments the Telecontrol Basic product port-folio with remote communication via fourth-generation mobile networks (LTE). This allows use in regions where the previ-ous GSM cellular network with GPRS is not available. The advantages of LTE mobile technology include higher data rates as well as additional support of UMTS and GPRS.
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Simatic CP 1242-7 / CP 1243-7
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sample solutions that can be easily implemented. In this way, you can learn in a practical manner how to reduce configuration time and costs.
This applies to simple movements such as clamp-ing, swinging, and sliding doors, which can take up valuable time, especially in manufacturing, as well as custom web pages and SMS texts as excellent maintenance assistance for the end user. But valu-able time can also be saved in visualization, integra-tion of existing HMI screens and variables in a fac-tory extension, or configuration of a distributed I/O system. Videos also facilitate the commissioning of axes of movement and the integration of an AS-i net-work into an existing machine design. In addition, Siemens presents the new Simatic S7-1200 app and its added value for diagnostics and control in video form.
In day-to-day work, how can users save as much configuration time and effort as possible? Online videos show how for the Simatic S7-1200 controller.
Siemens follows the objective of making engi-neering as easy as possible for automation tech-nology customers. The comprehensive TIA Por-
tal engineering framework creates high process effi-ciency in all areas. Online videos demonstrate how quickly compact automation tasks can be imple-mented – particularly with Simatic S7-1200 solutions.
Take advantage of the opportunity and watch the videos. This will not require a great deal of time, and you will save a great deal in terms of future effort and expense. “Automation in less than 10 minutes” is the slogan under which marketing manager Mat-thew Thornton has been developing automation tasks for the Simatic S7-1200 in videos that show
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GO! 2/2014The app provides comprehensive access to mul-
tiple stations for diagnostic and control pur-poses, as well as the ability to change the oper-
ating state of the CPU and put it into the Run or Stop state. In a manner similar to the LOGO! app, this app allows you to view and change variables and tags by adding them to a tag list and to evaluate the status of the CPU LEDs. The application supports transpar-ent management of SSL certificates for secure com-munication via the HTTPS protocol with up to 50 network CPUs.
The app is compatible with Simatic S7-1200 CPUs from firmware Version 3, and with the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (third, fourth, and fifth generations), and iPad. It requires the iOS 5.0 operating system and is optimized for the iPhone 5. The free application is available in Ger-man and English in the iTunes App Store.
Do you want to quickly and easily access your Simatic S7-1200 controller while on the go? Siemens has developed a special app that allows you to easily connect your iPhone or iPad to the control system via WLAN.
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A new design, new hardware, new software: The perfectintelligent logic module for switching and control tasks insmall-scale automation projects has launched the nextgeneration! With LOGO! 8, it is even faster, easier, andmore convenient to implement automation solutions forsimple machines or systems, in building automation, andfor applications in the private sector. This new LOGO! gen-eration accommodates virtually every demand of custom-ers with simplified handling. Impressive features include:• Innovative LOGO! display: twice as many characters per
message for clear formulation of message texts andwith selectable backlighting, such as red, to opticallyemphasize the current alarm status
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• Remote communication via cellular phone network:text message communications for easy alerts andremote control
• New external text display: more than twice as manycharacters as before and more options thanks to twoEthernet interfaces
• New backward-compatible software in a new design:ingeniously simple operation, configuration, and pro-gramming in single and network mode
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