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WinPLC7
8.1 System conception
WinPLC7 is a programming and simulation software from VIPA for every PLC program-
mable with Siemens STEP
®
7. This tool allows you to create user applications in FBD,
LAD and STL. Besides of a comfortable programming environment, WinPLC7 has an
integrated simulator that enables the simulation of your user application at the PC without
additional hardware. This "Soft-PLC" is handled like a real PLC and offers the same error
behavior and diagnostics options via diagnostics buffer, USTACK and BSTACK.
Detailed information and programming samples may be found at the
online help respectively in the online documentation of WinPLC7.
There is also the possibility to use according configuration tools from Siemens instead of
WinPLC7 from VIPA. Here the proceeding is part of this manual.
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Windows XP (SP3)
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Windows Vista
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Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
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Windows 8 (32 and 64 bit)
You may receive a
demo version
from VIPA. Without any activation with the
demo version
the CPUs 11x of the System 100V from VIPA may be configured. To configure the
SPEED7 CPUs a license for the "profi" version is necessary. This may be online be
received from VIPA and activated.
There are the following sources to get WinPLC7:
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Online
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At www.vipa.com in the service area at Downloads a link to the current demo ver-
sion and the updates of WinPLC7 may be found.
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CD
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SW211C1DD: WinPLC7 Single license, CD, with documentation in German
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SW211C1ED: WinPLC7 Single license, CD, with documentation in English
8.2 Installation
The project engineering of a SPEED7 CPU from VIPA with WinPLC7 is only possible
using an activated "Profi" version of WinPLC7.
The installation and the registration of WinPLC7 has the following approach:
1.
For installation of WinPLC7 start the setup program of the corresponding CD
respectively execute the online received exe file.
2.
Select the according language.
3.
Accept the licensing agreement.
4.
Set an installation directory and a group assignment and start the installation.
General
Alternatives
System requirements
Source
Precondition
Installation WinPLC7
Demo
VIPA System 300S
+
WinPLC7
Installation
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