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TIA Portal – Working With Arrays
Unique Views: 13,774 Arrays are an important data type in PLC programming. It’s a method of grouping variables of the same data type in a long list, and accessing each…
PLC Basics – Introduction To Structured Text
Unique Views: 7,325 Looking to get started with Structured Text / Structured Control Logic (ST / SCL)? Here’s an introductory guide to the PLC language that is not restricted to…
TIA Portal – Working With Variants
Unique Views: 7,890 The Variant data type is a special data type that accepts almost anything. Similar to the ANY data type, TIA Portal essentially creates a pointer to the…
TIA Portal – Compiling A Project
Unique Views: 4,151 There will always come a time in a project, where the compiling must be done. This is because you must compile in order to download to a…
TIA Portal – Simulating a PLC with PLCSIM
Unique Views: 6,757 Projects can never start early enough, and getting hardware early in a projects development is getting harder every day. This is why taking advantage of the Simulation…
TIA Portal – PLC Failed To Start – Using The Diagnostics Buffer
Unique Views: 2,788 Sometimes, you find yourself in a position where (despite no compilation issues) your PLC will just not start correctly. Instead of seeing the above image, with nice…
TIA Portal – Re-Initialization & Safe Downloads
Unique Views: 5,642 Making changes to a project is an everyday aspect of PLC programming, especially during commissioning or fault fixing. When it comes to making changes, the key consideration…
TIA Portal – Going Online & Online Diagnostics
Unique Views: 6,464 As with all PLC environments, being “Online” is an important aspect. The difference between “Online” and “Offline” is that when your connected to a PLC and online,…
Introduction To Ladder Logic
A complete introduction to Ladder Logic programming, generalised for use in any environment
TIA Portal – Optimized / Non-Optimized – What’s The Difference?
Unique Views: 4,821 Since TIA Portal came along, there’s been an argument between whether or not you should allow TIA Portal to “Optimize” your data. Set to ON by default,…