As part of a recent company FedEx Day focusing on company improvements, members of DMC's Boston and New York offices collaborated on an instructive video series.
Frank, Christina, and Brian created short how-to videos for simple automation tasks, such as how to download and upload with different types of PLCs. can help automation engineers before service calls or when ramping up on a technology to become more familiar with the specific tasks outlined in the videos.
Downloading and Uploading to a PLC
How to Download and Upload Your Program to a Siemens S7-1200 PLC
Is it your first time working with a Siemens 1200 PLC? Or maybe you haven't worked with a PLC using TIA Portal? Or maybe you just need a quick refresher on how to download or upload code? Well, whatever the reason, you're in luck! You'll be downloading and uploading code to a Siemens S7-1200 PLC in no time. Follow along to this video for a step-by-step tutorial on downloading and uploading code to a Siemens S7-1200 PLC.
If you're looking for information on how to update a Siemens S7-1200 PLC without TIA Portal, check out this blog on downloading to a Siemens PLC using the SIMATIC Automation Tool.
How To Download and Upload Your Program to a Siemens S7-1500 PLC
Is it your first time working with a Siemens 1500 PLC? Or maybe you haven't worked with a PLC in a long time? Or maybe you just need a quick refresher on how to download or upload code? Well, whatever the reason, you're in luck! You'll be downloading and uploading code to a Siemens S7-1500 PLC in no time. Follow along to this video for a step-by-step tutorial on downloading and uploading code to a Siemens S7-1500 PLC. If you want some bonus information about troubleshooting your program, check out this blog on S7-1500 Troubleshooting Tips and Tricks!
How to Download and Upload to a Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 PLC
Learn how to Download and Upload to a Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC with this video.
Monitoring a PLC
How to Go Online and Monitor Your Program with a Siemens S7-1500 PLC
You've downloaded your code to your Siemens S7-1500 PLC, but now you want to see live values of your program logic while it's running on the PLC. So, how do you do that? It only takes a few quick steps to go online with your PLC and monitor its logic. Using TIA Portal's "Extended Go Online" feature, this video provides a step-by-step tutorial for going online and monitoring a Siemens S7-1500 PLC.
Using Siemens Profibus
How to Troubleshoot a Profibus Connection with an S7-300 PLC
Follow the video guide below to troubleshoot a Profibus connection with an S7-300 PLC.
How to Download Code to a Siemens S7-300 PLC in Simatic Manager using Profibus
Follow this video guide to connect to Siemens Profibus PLCs.
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