Flexible Automation Concepts; Standard Machine Projects - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 System Manual

Flexible automation concepts

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Standard machine projects

Introduction
Standard machine projects are STEP 7 projects that use a set of innovative functions
allowing simple configuration and commissioning of flexible automation solutions for
standard machines or for machines with a modular structure.
A hardware configuration consisting of an S7-1500 CPU as the IO controller and any
connected IO devices represents a "PROFINET IO system master". This master is
configured with a maximum configuration based on which various options can be derived for
different standard machines, for example with different configuration variants of the IO
system.
Greater flexibility at all levels
Standard machine projects have the following central characteristics:
● From one project (IO system master) with an engineered maximum configuration,
different variants of a standard machine can be loaded (IO system options). The standard
machine project covers all variants (options) of the IO system.
● An IO system option can be integrated in an existing network locally using simple tools.
Flexibility is provided in more ways than one:
● With suitable configuration, adaptation of the IP address parameters of the IO controller is
possible locally using simple tools. This allows a standard machine to be integrated in
different plants with little effort or to be included in a network several times.
IO systems with this property are known as multiple use IO systems.
● With suitable configuration and programming, different setups of IO system options can
be operated locally that differ in terms of the selection of IO devices used or in terms of
the arrangement of the IO devices.
Since the specific configuration of the IO system is controlled by the user program, this is
known as configuration control for IO systems.
● Independently of the functions described above, with suitable configuration and
programming, you can use different station options of central devices or distributed I/O
devices in one project. The devices can be different in terms of the selection and
arrangement of the modules.
Since the concrete configuration of the station is controlled by the user program, this is
also known as configuration control.
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