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. These videos 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.
Learn more about DMC's PLC programming expertise.