Installation
1. Activate "Setup.exe"
2. Choose Options.
3. Choose Language.
4. Insert authorization disk when prompted.
Re-boot when prompted.
Software Protection
The STEP 7 software is copy-protected and can only be used on one programming device at a time.
When you have installed the software, you can start using it for only 14 days untill you have transferred the authorization to the hard disk drive from the authorization disk.
LAD, STL, FBD
Tool for writing STEP 7 user programs in the "Ladder Diagram", "Statement List" or "Function Block Diagram" programming languages.
Memory Card
You can save your user programs on EPROM cards by either using the programming device or an external prommer.Different drivers are required, depending on the application.
Setting the PG-PC
This tool is used for setting the local node address, the Interface and the highest node address in the MPI network.
PID Control
The basic STEP 7 software package also includes blocks for solving PID
Parameter (closed-loop) control problems. You choose "PID Control Parameter
Assignment" to start the program for assigning parameters to the closed-loop
Converting S5 Files
STEP5 programs can be converted into the corresponding STEP 7 programs with the help of the S5/S7 converter.
Configure SIMATIC
This option provides facilities for configuring multi-user
Converting TI Files
SIMATIC TI programs can be converted into the corresponding STEP 7 program with the help of the TI/S7 converter.
File Menu:
New: Create new project
Open: Open existing project
S7 Memory Card: Read, copy, delete Micro memory card & EPROMS
Memory Card File: Open exist memory card file or create new
Delete: Delete existing project
Archive: Compress S7 projects
Retrieve: Extract S7 projects
Creating a New Project:
Select the menu options File -> New to open the "New" dialog box for creating a new project.
Enter the project name in the "Name" box and click the "OK".