Siemens Simatic TIA Portal V18

西门子系统是完全无缝集成的自动化解决方案。可以应用于所有工业领域,包括过程工业，制造工业，混合工业以及工业所涉及的所有制造和过程自动化产品。作为先进的过程控制系统，SIMATIC 形成了一个带有典型过程组态特征的全集成系统。

全集成自动化门户 (TIA Portal) 让您可以不受限制地访问完整的数字化自动化服务范围，从数字规划到集成工程和透明操作。借助仿真工具缩短上市时间，使用额外的诊断和能源管理功能提高工厂的生产力，并通过与管理层的连接提高灵活性。

TIA Portal 为用户提供连续的工程工作流程，并通过 TIA Portal 库提供端到端的自动化标准化，这些库存储了用户程序的测试模块。TIA Portal 还支持基于持续集成模型的完全集成的工程工作流，其中开发人员作为自动化项目的协调团队工作。

高效的工程还意味着设计应用程序而不是对它们进行编程。TIA Portal V17 中添加了两个新的控制程序编辑器，用于图形化组态。Simatic S7-1500 的 CFC 编辑器可用于将功能块互连为连续功能图 (CFC)，从而轻松配置信号流图。

这对于已经在其他项目中使用 CFC 并且现在也可以
在 TIA Portal 中使用熟悉的程序结构的用户特别有价值。开发人员还可以通过简单地互连 Simatic S7-1500 和 S7-1200 的 CEM 编辑器中的现成逻辑模块，将函数创建为因果矩阵 (CEM)。

使用矩阵，开发人员可以根据因果关系的原则配置模块之间的依赖关系。由于图形用户界面，这种类型的配置特别简单。它对于排除机器状态之间的逻辑连接也非常有用，因为模块之间的关系一目了然。

亮点 TIA Portal V17
◾ 通过更灵活的库概念实现标准化
◾ 使用项目服务器和多用户在项目上进行协作
◾ 通过 TIA Portal 测试套件提高软件质量
◾ 用于用户管理的新功能
◾ 使用 OPC UA 警报和条件进行集中报告和诊断概念
◾使用统一的事物视图创建简单的基于 Web 的可视化解决方案

Siemens Industry Automation Division introduced the Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) V18. The software engineering framework enables users to develop and commission automation systems quickly and intuitively, which eliminates the traditional time consuming and costly integration of separate software packages.

New features in V18:

Higher engineering efficiency thanks to more functionalities for team collaboration. Siemens TIA Portal allows engineering efficiency and offers optimized functionalities for multi-user engineering. This means that users can now work in teams and in parallel on projects and build and manage shared libraries. Access rights can be assigned either individually or group-specifically, which makes collaboration more flexible.
IT/OT integration thanks to extension with the IT-oriented approach of Simatic Automation Xpansion (Simatic AX). This provides IT professionals with a familiar development environment like a Visual Studio-compliant interface or project management via GitHub. The functionalities programmed in this way are created in structured text and can therefore be seamlessly integrated into the TIA Portal as libraries. The engineering platform – which was previously a standard tool used with operational technology (OT) – can now also be used by IT users without first re-skilling them. License will be required for AX extension. Currently will be only available for S7-1500 controllers.

Advanced engineering of kinematics (5D/6D). Motion control functions up to six interpolating axes. Complex kinematics like robots can now be easily integrated into industrial processes in the TIA Portal. This allows companies to easily expand, convert, or modify their production facilities without interfering with running systems maximum availability in through R1 redundancy. The Simatic S7-1500 and the Simatic ET 200SP now provide a higher computing and communication performance and support R1 redundancy. This ensures the maximum availability of applications and helps solve future automation challenges. The R1 redundancy can be easily and flexibly integrated into existing networks with no programming effort.

WinCC Unified V18
We heard from Siemens some news about new version of WinCC Unified. V18 will bring some new improvements and integration features.

– Faceplates now can be nested. That is one of the main improvements we were waiting for.
– Zoom options are improved, with 3rd party API you can use camera to detect how far person is standing from HMI and change zoom dynamically.
– You can use ready library to improve diagnostic, for example use live code viewer.

– Support for GraphQL – 3rd application can pass parameters to and from runtime. GraphQL is a query and manipulation language for APIs. GraphQL provides a flexible and intuitive syntax to describe data requirements and interactions. It makes it possible to access many sources in a single request, reducing the number of network calls and bandwidth requirements, therefore saving battery life and CPU cycles consumed by applications.

TIA Portal is a software and tools package developed by Siemens, which aims to integrate multiple development tools for automation devices from the unification and remodelling of preexisting software such as Simatic Step 7, Simatic WinCC, and Sinamics Starter. The environments are responsible for programming, developing, and configuring Siemens PLCs, HMIs, and frequency inverters. The user’s programming logic in TIA Portal follows a structure of blocks, a facilitating agent for the development, maintenance, and diagnostics of machines and industrial processes when developed in a structured and organized way.

Step7 is used to program PLCs of the S7-1200, S7-1500, S7-300, and S7-400 families. WinAC and the latest S7-1500 Software Controller are alternative controllers for industrial computers. The available programming languages ​​are ladder, FBD (Function Block Diagram), SCL (Structured Control Language), STL (Statements List), and S7 GRAPH. The Development of HMI screens in WinCC is applied to supervisory systems on computers, isolated or SCADA, and Basic, Comfort, and Mobile operational panels. Profibus, PROFINET, and AS-I (Actuator Sensor Interface) communication protocols. For communication with PLCs, it is worth mentioning the existence of CMs (Communication Modules) with functions to establish communications in different industrial protocols, such as Modbus and CANOpen. The Figure below gathers the main features for SIMATIC STEP 7 and SIMATIC WinCC.

The monitoring of plant status and control of its actuator elements is done by devices connected to the controller’s hardware. An operating system acts as an interpreter agent for the algorithms to run. PLC operating systems are responsible for translating logical instructions to the hardware according to the user program and hardware configuration of the PLC.

The controller programming is based on an architecture segmented into the blocks OBs (Organization Blocks), FCs (Functions), FBs (Function Blocks), and DBs (Data Blocks).

A division of Siemens Industry, Inc., the Industry Automation Division is a global leader in the fields of automation systems, low-voltage switchgear and industrial software. Industry Automation’s portfolio ranges from standard products for the manufacturing and process industries to enterprise-wide automation solutions for automobile production facilities and chemical plants. As a leading software supplier, Industry Automation optimizes the entire value chain of manufacturers – from product design and development to production, sales, as well as a wide range of maintenance services.

Product: Siemens Simatic TIA Portal
Version: V18 *
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : https://support.industry.siemens.com/
Languages Supported: english
System Requirements: Windows **
Size: 31.4 Gb