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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
Languages
Author (1):
Liam Bee Liam Bee
Profile icon Liam Bee

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

Simplifying logic tips

There are hundreds of different ways of completing the same task when it comes to logic writing. There is no clear approach that is the perfect way to achieve the desired logic output; all that should matter is that it is easy to read, easy to modify, and well documented. In addition to this, programmers should write logic code with their own style that is comfortable to them but be considerate of the fact that it is likely that other programmers will also work on the project.

Good logic will be simple and easy to follow without much deciphering required by those that find themselves working on it.

Delay timers

When using timers, such as the Timer On Delay (TON) timer, it is important to understand why that timer is being used. Consider a scenario where an output is required to be delayed both before and after a signal is set to True. This may look something like Figure 15.1:

Figure 15.1 – Example of start and stop delay...

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