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Published inJun 2023
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Olushola Akande
Olushola Akande
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Olushola Akande

Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Downloading programs to PLCs and HMIs

Let's begin with downloading a program to a PLC (Siemens S7-1200). In Chapter 9, Deep Dive into PLC Programming with TIA Portal, we learned how to download programs to PLCs. We are going to do the same thing here:

  1. Connect an Ethernet cable to the PLC and PC as shown:
Figure 10.67 – Connection of PC (laptop) to PLC (S7 1200) using an Ethernet cable. (Credit for this image goes to Showlight Technologies LTD. www.showlight.com.ng)

Figure 10.67 – Connection of PC (laptop) to PLC (S7 1200) using an Ethernet cable. (Credit for this image goes to Showlight Technologies LTD. www.showlight.com.ng)

  1. At the left-hand side of the screen, expand the PLC folder, go to Program blocks, and double-click Main [0B1] to get your written program. Double-click Device configuration:
Figure 10.68 – Ladder logic program

Figure 10.68 – Ladder logic program

  1. Click Properties | General | PROFINET Interface [X1]:
Figure 10.69 – Device configuration (PLC_1)

Figure 10.69 – Device configuration (PLC_1)

  1. Scroll down and enter an IP address and an appropriate subnet mask...
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Olushola Akande

Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
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