Advanced Techniques for PLC Engineers: Implementing AI-Driven Equipment Health Management with Siemens S7-1500 Using SCL Programming

Advanced Techniques for PLC Engineers: Implementing AI-Driven Equipment Health Management with Siemens S7-1500 Using SCL Programming

In the era of Industry 4.0, predictive maintenance of equipment has become an important development direction for the manufacturing industry. I remember when I implemented an equipment management project at a large steel plant last year, the client proposed a seemingly impossible requirement: to use the existing S7-1500 PLC to implement a simple AI algorithm … Read more

Industrial IoT System Integration: Application of S7-1500 in Smart Factories

Industrial IoT System Integration: Application of S7-1500 in Smart Factories

Industrial IoT System Integration: Application of S7-1500 in Smart Factories Hello everyone, I am Daodao. Today, let’s discuss a particularly hot topic – the application of Siemens S7-1500 PLC in smart factories. Many friends have asked me: “Daodao, factories are now undergoing intelligent transformation, where should we start?” So today, I will take S7-1500 as … Read more

How to Connect S7-1500 to Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform

How to Connect S7-1500 to Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform

The Expert Speaks The Internet of Things and the concept of connecting everything is quite trendy, isn’t it? Upon seeing Alibaba Cloud’s IoT platform, I thought about directly connecting the PLC to the Alibaba Cloud IoT platform. After several days of testing, I finally succeeded. ▲ Siemens’ MQTT client library ▲ Publishing messages ▲ Platform … Read more

Siemens S7-1500 PLC MODBUS Communication

Siemens S7-1500 PLC MODBUS Communication

S7-1500 MODBUS Communication MODBUS MASTER: First configure the hardware, as shown below: Then open OB1, and program, as shown below: First call the initialized block MODBUS COMMONLOAD Pin description: REQ: The command starts on the rising edge (0 to 1). PORT: After installing and configuring the CM, you can find the CM port value in … Read more

S7-1500 Multi-Machine Coordinated Control Tutorial

S7-1500 Multi-Machine Coordinated Control Tutorial

Hello everyone, I am Liu Lu. Today we will discuss the multi-machine coordinated control of S7-1500 PLCs. This technology allows multiple PLCs to work together, just like a group of friends working together to complete a big project. Whether you want to enhance your factory’s automation level or want to explore advanced techniques, this technology … Read more