TARGET AUDIENCE
This 3 day, fast-paced course is for experienced AB programmers interested in an advanced familiarization with Siemens SIMATIC S7 PLC family and STEP7 engineering software. The course teaches Siemens STEP7 Software recognizing the previous experience students have with Allen-Bradley platforms. The instructor has a high degree of familiarity with AB platforms and software from which they directly relate to the questions and experiences of students in the class.

PROFILE:
This course is a ''Fast-Track'' agenda acknowledging the automation experience of the students and, delivers must-know, advanced topics to highly experienced engineers interested in SIMATIC STEP7. This course moves engineers/programmers quickly into the power of STEP7. Multiple S7 program editors are presented demonstrating the flexibility and fully integrated features of STEP7.

This course concentrates on STEP7 software, program structures, System Functions, advanced block libraries and custom block design. STEP7 engineering tools and programming instructions are demonstrated to guide the student through the development of a realistic applications. Analog processing and alarming are detailed through theory and program examples.

The course format* consists of instruction, demonstration, and hands-on exercises. Students utilize test, debug and diagnostic tools to complete extensive programming exercises.

OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this course, the student shall be able to:
Utilize STEP7 engineering tools.
Program using the multiple address types.
Use symbolic addressing.
Test and troubleshoot an application program.
Create custom code blocks.
Create reusable program blocks.
Use data access functions.
Program to process analog values.
Monitor data blocks.

*Full course syllabus is available upon request.