New Features - Siemens S7-1200 System Manual

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1.4 New features

1.4 New features
The following features are new in this release:
● The S7-1200 supports new Organization Blocks (OBs) (Page 85) with differences in
priority levels and interrupts (Page 94).
● The Web server (Page 601) now supports the display of standard Web pages and user-
defined Web pages from a mobile device as well as from a PC. The standard Web pages
are available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Simplified Chinese with
this release.
● The "Download in Run" (Page 803) feature now supports a maximum of twenty blocks
that you can download in RUN mode. You can also add tags and modify tags in existing
data blocks and function blocks and download the modified data blocks in RUN mode.
● The online and diagnostic tools of STEP 7 provide the means to perform a firmware
update (Page 791) of your CPU, signal modules, communication modules, and attached
signal or communication board.
● STEP 7 includes a trace and logic analyzer function (Page 813) that you can use with the
V4.0 S7-1200 CPUs. With this feature, you can configure specific data that you want to
trace and record when the CPU meets a trigger condition that you define. The CPU
stores the recorded data, and STEP 7 provides tools for retrieving and analyzing the
recorded data.
● New programming instructions:
– Set tag on signal edge: R_TRIG (Page 209), F_TRIG (Page 209)
– Write local time: WR_LOC_T (Page 286)
– String maximum length: MAX_LEN (Page 306)
– Time of day interrupts: SET_TINTL (Page 337), CAN_TINT (Page 339), ACT_TINT
– Process recipes: RecipeExport (Page 374), RecipeImport (Page 376)
– Address handling: LOG2GEO (Page 404), RD_ADDR (Page 406)
– Motion control: MC_WriteParam (Page 478), MC_ReadParam (Page 480)
● HSC (Page 411) improvements to allow any HSC instruction input or output to be
assigned to any built-in or SB digital input
● PTO/PWM (Page 481) improvements to allow any PTO/PWM instruction input or output
to be assigned to any built-in or SB digital output
● Enhanced library (Page 177) features, including versioning
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(Page 339), QRY_TINT (Page 340)
– Enable / disable password: ENDIS_PW (Page 259)
S7-1200 Programmable controller
System Manual, 03/2014, A5E02486680-AG