The Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal provides a unified engineering environment for SIMATIC STEP 7 and SIMATIC WinCC. This foundational course is your first step into TIA Portal programming. We will guide you through handling the TIA Portal, teach you the basic structure of the SIMATIC S7 automation system, and show you how to configure and parameterise hardware. You will learn the fundamentals of standard PLC programming and receive an introduction to HMI and PROFINET IO integration.
This course combines essential theory with practical, hands-on exercises on a TIA system model to solidify your understanding.
- SIMATIC S7 System Family: Get a complete overview and understand the key performance characteristics.
- The TIA Portal Components: Learn about the interaction between STEP 7, WinCC, and communication modules.
- Programme Execution: Understand how programmes are processed in an automation system.
- Programme Structuring: Master STEP 7 block types and best practices for structuring your code.
- Core Logic: Implement binary and digital operations.
- Reusable Code: Learn the principles of programming parameterisable blocks.
- Data Management: Understand how to manage project data with data blocks (DBs).
- Organisation Blocks (OBs): Learn to program OBs for cyclic and event-driven tasks.
- Diagnostics and Troubleshooting: Use powerful test tools for system information and diagnostics.
- Hardware Configuration: Configure and parameterise SIMATIC S7-1500 modules and a Touch Panel.
- Project Management: Learn to properly document and save your programme.
This course is designed for individuals who are new to programming within the TIA Portal environment or are migrating their skills from classic STEP 7.
Attendees should have SIMATIC S7 knowledge equivalent to our TIA Portal Service 1 (TIA-SERV1) course.
Upon completion of this TIA Portal programming course, you will be able to:
- Understand the fundamental interaction of the core TIA components.
- Confidently read, adapt, and expand on existing STEP 7 programmes.
- Systematically diagnose and correct hardware and software errors using TIA Portal diagnostic tools.
- Perform the specific commissioning of TIA components within a project.