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For all experienced users of PCS7, what would you say are the biggest pros and cons with PCS7?
I've heard that the WinCC software portion has a tendency to crash alot, that the scripting is limited to 64K total for all scripts, that a number of errors that show up after performing an illegal action are still in german, and that
technical support is poor.
From the Step7 perspective, from the little I've seen, the SFC portion seems limited by the number of transition conditions that are allowed, without of course getting fancy and grouping conditions in a separate section of code. The
CFB portion of it looks like it can easily become unruly. I like the idea of being about to create device/object blocks, like those seen in APT, but with the added feature of being able to tailor their functionality to what the project requires. One of the biggest issues I see, with S7 in general, is the general inability to make online changes without interrupting and usually
stopping the processor. In a process where a momentary shutdown requires a lengthy CIP, this is certainly not desirable.
If you have any major issues that you are willing to provide, that would be greatly appreciated.
I've heard that the WinCC software portion has a tendency to crash alot, that the scripting is limited to 64K total for all scripts, that a number of errors that show up after performing an illegal action are still in german, and that
technical support is poor.
From the Step7 perspective, from the little I've seen, the SFC portion seems limited by the number of transition conditions that are allowed, without of course getting fancy and grouping conditions in a separate section of code. The
CFB portion of it looks like it can easily become unruly. I like the idea of being about to create device/object blocks, like those seen in APT, but with the added feature of being able to tailor their functionality to what the project requires. One of the biggest issues I see, with S7 in general, is the general inability to make online changes without interrupting and usually
stopping the processor. In a process where a momentary shutdown requires a lengthy CIP, this is certainly not desirable.
If you have any major issues that you are willing to provide, that would be greatly appreciated.