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PLC and HMI Development with Siemens TIA Portal

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801817226
Pages 436 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Liam Bee Liam Bee
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Liam Bee has worked in automation for over 16 years, after starting his career at 16 years old as an instrument technician in the water industry. He began his automation journey by maintaining PLCs and the instruments connected to them. He found very early on that he had an interest in PLCs and automation, taking the time to learn PLC programming in his own time, as well as exposing himself as much as possible to automation while working. After 8 years of working in maintenance, Liam started his own side business, providing bespoke controls using lower-range PLC solutions. This experience proved invaluable to his progression; he learned quickly, often through failure, and his knowledge of control design improved significantly. 12 years into his career, he moved roles again; this time, he was looking for something to fill knowledge gaps and target Siemens as he was yet to use Siemens extensively. Liam started at Aquabio Ltd and quickly found himself immersed in Siemens SIMATIC Manager and TIA Portal. Over the next 3 years, he worked hard to understand Siemens' tools and development environments, calling on knowledge from other PLC environments that he had previously worked with. Over his years working with automation, he has learned many different languages and development environments. He has worked with Siemens, Allen Bradley, Schneider, Mitsubishi, and a host of other PLC platforms, all of which have helped shape the design concepts that he uses today. Liam has also taught himself computer programming languages such as VBA, VBS, VB.NET, C#, Java, and more. Closing the space between IT and industrial automation is important as time moves forwards and he has always tried his hardest to be at the forefront of innovation.
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1 – The TIA Portal – Project Environment
2. Chapter 1: Starting a New Project with TIA Portal 3. Chapter 2: Creating Objects and How They Fit Together 4. Chapter 3: Structures and User-Defined Types 5. Section 2 – TIA Portal – Languages, Structures, and Configurations
6. Chapter 4: PLC Programming and Languages 7. Chapter 5: Working with Languages in TIA Portal 8. Chapter 6: Creating Standard Control Objects 9. Chapter 7: Simulating Signals in the PLC 10. Chapter 8: Options to Consider When Creating PLC Blocks 11. Section 3 – TIA Portal – HMI Development
12. Chapter 9: TIA Portal HMI Development Environment 13. Chapter 10: Placing Objects, Settings Properties, and Events 14. Chapter 11: Structures and HMI Faceplates 15. Chapter 12: Managing Navigation and Alarms 16. Section 4 – TIA Portal – Deployment and Best Practices
17. Chapter 13: Downloading to the PLC 18. Chapter 14: Downloading to the HMI 19. Chapter 15: Programming Tips and Additional Support 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

This chapter has introduced concepts behind using structured data in the form of structs and UDTs. It has highlighted the benefits of using structures, and also some of the pitfalls and issues that can be faced in large projects by using them. Remember that a structured project is far easier to navigate through, standardize, and work with in the future.

After reading this chapter, the asset-oriented approach should make sense from a structural perspective: containerizing data so that data that is only relative to a particular asset lends itself to structures (structs or UDTs).

Identifying what is needed in structures is always the hardest part, as structures can be difficult to keep updating in a system that is already operational, so it's best to try and plan for common use cases first.

TIA Portal offers a robust and highly flexible solution to managing data using structures. With two different types of structured data (struct and UDT), programmers can simplify...

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Authors (1)

Profile icon Liam Bee
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Liam Bee has worked in automation for over 16 years, after starting his career at 16 years old as an instrument technician in the water industry. He began his automation journey by maintaining PLCs and the instruments connected to them. He found very early on that he had an interest in PLCs and automation, taking the time to learn PLC programming in his own time, as well as exposing himself as much as possible to automation while working. After 8 years of working in maintenance, Liam started his own side business, providing bespoke controls using lower-range PLC solutions. This experience proved invaluable to his progression; he learned quickly, often through failure, and his knowledge of control design improved significantly. 12 years into his career, he moved roles again; this time, he was looking for something to fill knowledge gaps and target Siemens as he was yet to use Siemens extensively. Liam started at Aquabio Ltd and quickly found himself immersed in Siemens SIMATIC Manager and TIA Portal. Over the next 3 years, he worked hard to understand Siemens' tools and development environments, calling on knowledge from other PLC environments that he had previously worked with. Over his years working with automation, he has learned many different languages and development environments. He has worked with Siemens, Allen Bradley, Schneider, Mitsubishi, and a host of other PLC platforms, all of which have helped shape the design concepts that he uses today. Liam has also taught himself computer programming languages such as VBA, VBS, VB.NET, C#, Java, and more. Closing the space between IT and industrial automation is important as time moves forwards and he has always tried his hardest to be at the forefront of innovation.
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