The Complete Guide To Siemens TIA Portal - PLC & Automation With Liam Bee

Start from zero. Finish with confidence.
This is more than just another Siemens course, it’s a full journey through TIA Portal. Whether you’ve never opened the software before or you’re looking to push into advanced programming and networking, you’ll find everything here: PLC logic, HMI design, PLCSIM, OPC UA, diagnostics, security, best practices, and real-world projects..

Why This Course?

TIA Portal is the backbone of modern Siemens automation, but learning it can feel overwhelming. Articles and scattered videos only scratch the surface. What’s missing is a clear, structured path that takes you from first install to advanced real-world projects.

This course was built to solve exactly that.

No filler.
No assumptions.
Just a complete, step-by-step resource that grows with you.

The course is designed to start at the basics, and slowly unravel the huge environment that TIA Portal is. Take a look at the curriculum below, each section is made up off different lessons, have a good read of everything that is available to learn on the course

Who This Course Is For

✅ Absolute beginners who want to break into Siemens PLCs and HMIs.
✅ Engineers who know the basics but want to build confidence in advanced features.
✅ Professionals moving from other platforms (Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi, Omron) into Siemens.
✅ Anyone who wants to understand not just how TIA Portal works, but also why.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this course, you’ll:

Install, license, and navigate TIA Portal with confidence.
Program PLCs in LAD, FBD, SCL, GRAPH, STL, and more.
Build and test projects using PLCSIM and PLCSIM Advanced.
Design HMIs from simple operator panels to advanced Unified systems.
Configure networks, IP addresses, Profinet devices, and OPC UA servers.
Develop reusable, scalable projects with libraries and UDTs.
Apply advanced programming (multi-instances, pointers, technology objects).
Commission projects, diagnose faults, and optimise performance.
Follow industry best practices for security, standards, and maintainability.

And most importantly, you’ll tie it all together in a realistic example project: a tank level control system with multiple PLCs, HMI, and communication. Once the basics are learnt, we’ll expand on to more advanced knowledge to really set you up for success.

Course Features

🎥 Video Lessons – Complex or detail rich lessons are supported by videos.
📝 Quizzes – Reinforce knowledge with multiple-choice and scenario-based tests.
💻 Examples – Apply what you’ve learned with practical hands-on examples.
📂 Downloads – Resources are shared so you can learn at your own pace and build on examples
📚 Do & Grow Access – Access is included in the Do & Grow membership, or purchase the course for lifetime access
🌍 Complete Coverage – 150+ lessons across PLCs, HMIs, networking, simulation, diagnostics, security, and more.

Why Learn From Me?

This course isn’t theory from a textbook. It’s the result of years of:

Working on real Siemens projects across multiple industries.
Teaching engineers in workshops and training sessions.
Writing technical guides, articles, and notes that have helped thousands already.

Now, all of that experience has been combined into one complete resource.

Pricing & Access

Lifetime Access

£79.99

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Always have access, including any modifications to the course

Note – This course can be accessed within a membership at no additional cost!!

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Active Development & Learning

Rather that waiting for the full course to be completed, once the course has enough content to get you started, it is released, meaning you can start learning immediately.

This course will continue being updated until all sections are complete, new sections may even be added and lessons updated as feedback and questions are fed-back.

Please do not let the fact that the course is unfinished discourage you, there is a lot to learn and an awful lot for me to build, record, edit, upload and publish. It takes a long time! If content is not appearing fast enough, you are more than welcome to suspend your subscription* (and access to the course / any other courses) until you feel more adequate material has been added. When you re-subscribe, you can pick up from where you left off without issue!

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*If you purchased the life-time membership for Do & Grow, or the single one-off membership for this course directly, then leaving the membership and coming back is not an option

Course Content

Course Introduction

What This Course Is Teaching

Take a look at what this course is teaching

Introduction To TIA Portal

What Is TIA Portal?

📄 Learn about what TIA Portal actually is, and what it’s used for

Installing TIA Portal

📄 A guide to installing TIA Portal V20

Licensing TIA Portal

📄 Learn how to activate a license (required!)

Navigating The TIA Portal Environment (🎥 ~45m)

Portal View

📄/🎥 – 8m
Learn how to navigate TIA Portal’s Portal View , the home screen for creating projects, configuring devices, and quick access to key tools.

Project View

🎥 5m of Video
This lesson covers the Project View. This is where majority of your TIA Portal time will be spent

✏️TIA Portal Settings (In Development)

Window Management

🎥 6m of Video
Learn about TIA Portal’s window management and different configurations

Task Pane

🎥 6m of Video
The “Task Pane” is a collection of tabs that dynamically change their content based on the current screen context. Learn more about it in this lesson

Project Tree

🎥 8m of Video
Learn about the Project Tree – A key area of TIA Portal for navigation and organisation of your project

Overview

🎥 6m of Video
The “Overview” is a tool that can be used to further enhance navigation

Devices & Hardware Configuration (🎥 ~1h 15m)

Adding A PLC To A Project

🎥 5m of Video
A PLC is a must-have part of the project! Learn how to add a CPU (Part of the overall PLC) to your project

Adding IO Modules To A PLC

🎥 7m of Video
Learn how to add IO modules into your PLC configuration. These are essential to acquire signals from field devices & set outputs to control assets

Configuring IO Modules

🎥 25m of Video
Learn how to configure key input and output modules, paying close attention to the individual differences between setups

Device Properties & Parameters

🎥 22m of Video
Now that we have a CPU and some IO, lets configure the CPU with some basic parameters such as IP address and System Memory

Network Configuration Basics

🎥 3m of Video
This lesson covers the basics of networking and the configuration types that are handled here. There’s a full section on networks, this is just a taster!

Adding A HMI To A Project

🎥 3m of Video
In addition to a CPU, we’ll also add a HMI to TIA Portal

Adding Drives & Other Hardware To A Project

🎥 11m of Video
In addition to CPU’s and HMIs, other hardware can be added to TIA Portal. This lesson takes a look at VSDs and GSD files

Programming Basics – Blocks & Structure (🎥 ~1h 30m)

Organization Blocks (OBs)

🎥 16m of Video
Learn about the “OB” block. This is the first block type called by TIA and important!

Function Blocks (FBs) & Instance Data

🎥 28m of Video
Learn all about Function Blocks and the associated instance data and also how to create an instance of a Function Block

Functions (FCs)

🎥 5m of Video
Functions are similar to Function Blocks, but they do not carry any instance data. Learn what that means here!

When To Use OBs, FBs & FCs

🎥 14m of Video
Learn when and why to use OBs, FBs and FCs with a walkthrough example

Global Data Blocks (DBs)

🎥 17m of Video
Learn about global data blocks and their uses

User-Defined Types (UDTs)

🎥 12m of Video
UDTs (User Defined Types) offer great control over data and custom functions in TIA Portal

Programming Basics – Programming Languages