Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 Manual page 24

Introducing the powerful and flexible S7-1200
1.6 New features for S7-1200 and STEP 7 V11
● You can copy-protect (Page 84) your user program or code blocks by binding them to a
● You can capture the values of a DB (Page 224) to set those values as the start values.
● With a click of a button, you can export the data from tables in STEP 7 (such as a PLC
● Disconnecting I/O devices (Page 35) from the configured network without losing the
● Changing the assignment of a DB (Page 34) for an FB or an instruction (such as for
● The ability to access an individual bit, byte, or word ("slice") (Page 64) within a PLC tag,
● The ability to overlay (Page 65) a data type parameter with a other types, an array, or
● The S7-1200 automation system satisfies the requirements of the Korean Certification
STEP 7 Basic and STEP 7 Professional programming packages
STEP 7 provides two programming packages to provide the features you need. Both include
the text-based, high-level programming language SCL (Structured Control Language).
● STEP 7 Basic provides all of the tools required for your S7-1200 project.
● STEP 7 Professional expands S7-1200 to include the world of S7-300 and S7-400. You
Web server functionality
To provide access to the CPU over the Internet, S7-1200 supports the S7 web server
functionality, with standard web pages stored in the CPU memory. You can also create your
own web pages for accessing data in the CPU.
Data logs
S7-1200 supports the creation of data log files to store process values. You use specific
DataLog instructions for creating and managing the data logs. The data log files are stored in
a standard CSV format, which can be opened with most spreadsheet applications.
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specific CPU or memory card.
tag table or a watch table) into Microsoft Excel. You can also use CNTL-C and CNTL-V to
copy and paste between STEP 7 and Microsoft Excel.
configured device or having to reconfigure the network.
changing the association of an FB from a single-instance DB to a multi-instance DB).
data block tag, or memory location of a larger size.
structs.
(KC Mark).
With the STEP 7 Basic package, you can connect your S7-1200 CPUs and the Basic HMI
panels onto a PROFINET network. By adding a communication module (CM),
communication processor (CP), or communication board (CB) to the device configuration
of the CPU, you can connect to other types of networks, such as PROFIBUS or RS485.
can now create networks using all of these SIMATIC controllers and I/O devices.
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