S7-1200 PLC
SIMATIC S7-1200: Easily adapted to suit your needs TIA Portal Basic has task-oriented, intelligent and intuitive editors that enable it to serve as one common engineering framework for the SIMATIC S7-1200 controller and SIMATIC HMI Basic Panel; which will help you to achieve many engineering efficiencies in your daily work giving you a competitive advantage.
Compact automation solutions also require scalability and flexibility, and this is achieved for your application through the integrated PROFINET interface on the controller S7-1200 for programming, HMI connections, distributed I/O's and distributed drive architectures.
The SIMATIC S7-1200 system comes in five different models, CPU 1211C, CPU 1212C, CPU 1214C, 1215C and 1217C, that may each be expanded to exactly fit your machine requirements. One signal board can be added inside the front of any CPU to easily expand the digital or analog I/Os without affecting the physical size of the controller. Signal modules can be connected to the right side of the CPU to further expand the digital or analog I/O capacity. CPU 1212C accepts two, CPU 1214C, CPU 1215C and CPU 1217C accept eight signal modules.
Finally, all SIMATIC S7-1200 CPUs can be equipped with up to three communication modules on the left side of the controller for performing point-to-point serial communication, as well as various distributed network architectures.
The central processing units of the SIMATIC S7-1200 are designed as Compact CPUs with integrated I/Os.
SIMATIC S7-1200 I/O Modules
Their modular design can be used to increase the configuration limits or to adapt the controller to new tasks: through mounting a Signal Board on the CPU or adding separate signal modules. Signal modules can be connected to the right of the CPU to further extend the digital or analog I/O capacity.
CPU 1212C accepts up to two, CPU 1214C, CPU 1215C and CPU 1217C both accept up to eight signal modules.
Integrated PROFINET communication
The integrated PROFINET interface in SIMATIC S7-1200 can be used for programming the CPU and for communication with SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels for visualization, but also for communication with other controllers or IO devices such as drives. Simple networking To minimize the cabling overhead and maximize the network flexibility, the CSM 1277 compact switch module can be used for configuring a homogenous or hybrid network – in linear, tree or star topologies. The CSM 1277 is a 4-port unmanaged switch which allows you to connect the SIMATIC S7-1200 with up to three additional devices.
Communication Moduls
Each SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU can be expanded with as many as three communication modules. The RS485 and RS232 communication modules are suitable for serial, character-based point-to-point connections. The library functions USS Drive Protocol and Modbus RTU Master and Slave Protocol are already included in the SIMATIC STEP 7 basic engineering system.
Basic Operator Panels
SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels can be easily configured with the innovative SIMATIC WinCC Basic engineering software. If the requirements should change, projects that have been created for a Basic Panel can be transferred without any problems to devices of other performance classes or display sizes, e.g. Comfort Panels or Mobile Panels.
Basic Panels Starter kits
Siemens offers Basic Panel Starter Kits in conjunction with the Basic Controller SIMATIC S7-1200 as well as the Logic Module LOGO!