Hello All,
I have recently had the opportunity to dabble in TIA portal for the first time. Been working in automation for almost a decade now and have spent lots of time with Rockwell and omron products but have somehow managed to avoid Siemens (not by choice, just how it happened) other than some extremely minor program changes in Step7.
I’m now comfortable in the TIA IDE but would really like to take it to the next level. Been looking at some of the S7-1200 training kits that include a low end CPU and HMI with software etc. I have access to TIA v16 and just want to get comfortable with program structure and initial config, linking to HMI and knowing how to walk up to a line and pull the program from both HMI and PLC without fear. Also interested in diving into OPC UA down the line.
So my question is, what is the best CPU and HMI to go for without breaking the bank?
I don’t care how many IO it has as that’s not really what I’m after. More interested in functionality like SQL, OPU UA, configuring profinet comms to other devices etc.
Not at all familiar with part number etc so could someone please recommend a good low cost high functionality CPU and associated HMI that will work with V16 of TIA?
Was looking at something like this: https://ie.rs-online.com/web/p/plcs-programmable-logic-controllers/2018381
But since I already have the software and not interested with the extras, I would be better just to get a CPU and HMI on their own. I suspect it would work out cheaper.
Thank you.
I have recently had the opportunity to dabble in TIA portal for the first time. Been working in automation for almost a decade now and have spent lots of time with Rockwell and omron products but have somehow managed to avoid Siemens (not by choice, just how it happened) other than some extremely minor program changes in Step7.
I’m now comfortable in the TIA IDE but would really like to take it to the next level. Been looking at some of the S7-1200 training kits that include a low end CPU and HMI with software etc. I have access to TIA v16 and just want to get comfortable with program structure and initial config, linking to HMI and knowing how to walk up to a line and pull the program from both HMI and PLC without fear. Also interested in diving into OPC UA down the line.
So my question is, what is the best CPU and HMI to go for without breaking the bank?
I don’t care how many IO it has as that’s not really what I’m after. More interested in functionality like SQL, OPU UA, configuring profinet comms to other devices etc.
Not at all familiar with part number etc so could someone please recommend a good low cost high functionality CPU and associated HMI that will work with V16 of TIA?
Was looking at something like this: https://ie.rs-online.com/web/p/plcs-programmable-logic-controllers/2018381
But since I already have the software and not interested with the extras, I would be better just to get a CPU and HMI on their own. I suspect it would work out cheaper.
Thank you.