Industrial control programs are like a constantly revised “operation manual”. Today, the motor start logic is modified, tomorrow the temperature control parameters are adjusted, and the day after, new safety interlocks are added. Without version management, it is as frustrating as searching for books in a library without a catalog. The S7-1200, through TIA Portal’s … Read more
Essential! PLC Program Version Management and Documentation Standards for Clear and Controllable Projects! Do you remember the first time I faced that large filling line renovation project? At three in the morning, the production line was down, the client was standing behind me, and I was desperately comparing three different versions of the PLC program, … Read more
Intermediate PLC Programming: Custom Library Function Development for Easier Reuse of General Functions! 🔥 Pain Points of Traditional PLC Programming: The Vicious Cycle of Duplicate Code Does your PLC program frequently contain duplicate code? Does modifying one function cause a ripple effect throughout the entire program? Is it like searching for a needle in a … Read more
PLC Program Version Management: The End of Code Chaos, Maintenance Efficiency Soars by 300%! Last year, a certain automotive factory’s production line suddenly went down. Maintenance personnel spent three days and nights troubleshooting, only to discover that an old version of the program from two months ago had been mistakenly overwritten, causing logical errors in … Read more
Introduction Hello everyone! Today, I want to share with you a seemingly simple yet extremely important topic — the standardized management of PLC program modification records. Don’t underestimate this “documentation work”; it can improve your version management efficiency by over 50%! Imagine this scenario: a sudden fault occurs on the production line, and you find … Read more