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I´m an electrical engineering student from Singapore. I was tasked to embark on project to create graphical simulators in WinCC for ladder programs written in STEP 7.
The ladder program is entered in STEP 7 and downloaded to S7-300 PLC prior to the simulation.
The graphical simulator in WINCC will have to provide an operator panel to act as inputs(i.e. mimic pushbuttons and switches) to the plc program.
The animation of the process (i.e. movement of conveyor belt or dispensing of tablets) in WinCC would be driven by the output of the PLC.
Would appreciate if you could provide more info and comment on whether WinCC is a suitable tool to implement the above project.
Would it be possible to replace the actual PLC with S7-PLCSIM. How do we download ladder programs to S7-PLCSIM and access its inputs and outputs from WINCC.
I am currently assigned to use WINCC version 3.1. Is the graphical animation capabilities of WINCC ver 5.1 much more superior than ver 3.1
Thanks
Donald Tan
The ladder program is entered in STEP 7 and downloaded to S7-300 PLC prior to the simulation.
The graphical simulator in WINCC will have to provide an operator panel to act as inputs(i.e. mimic pushbuttons and switches) to the plc program.
The animation of the process (i.e. movement of conveyor belt or dispensing of tablets) in WinCC would be driven by the output of the PLC.
Would appreciate if you could provide more info and comment on whether WinCC is a suitable tool to implement the above project.
Would it be possible to replace the actual PLC with S7-PLCSIM. How do we download ladder programs to S7-PLCSIM and access its inputs and outputs from WINCC.
I am currently assigned to use WINCC version 3.1. Is the graphical animation capabilities of WINCC ver 5.1 much more superior than ver 3.1
Thanks
Donald Tan