Industrial Informatics and Automation Laboratory

Electrical Engineering Department

Industrial Technological Faculty
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology

PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)

S7 300

Objectives
 Learning the automation system using Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) S7 300.
 Learning the configuration, communication, operations, and procedures within use of
PLC.
 Learning PLC basic instructions and using STEP 7 as programming software.

Equipment
 A set of computer equipped with software STEP 7.
 A set of S7 300 training module.

S7 300 with 312 CPU

Figure 1 Hardware/software requirement

Introduction
Automation system is a process by which the system is expected to work on the
effectiveness and efficiency of the value of time, human labor and so on, easy in operation
and produce a good outcome process. To realize the above, it is used a so-called control
programming PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). PLC is define as a digital electronic
device that uses programmable memory to store instructions and to implement specific
functions such as logic, sequence, timing, counting, and arithmetic to control various
machines and processes. The major players in the PLC market is like Siemens. One of
Siemens’s PLC Product is S7 300 family.
The S7-300 has a modular design. You can set up your own individual system by
combining components from a comprehensive range of S7-300 modules. The range of
modules includes the following components:
 CPUs for various performance ranges
 Signal modules for digital and analog input/output
 Function modules for technological functions
 CP communication processors
 Load power supply modules for connecting the S7-300 to 120/230V AC power
supplies
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 Interface modules for the interconnection of racks in multi-rack installations

All of the S7-300 modules are contained in housings protected to IP 20, i.e. they are
encapsulated and can be operated without a fan.

Figure 2 S7 300 Hardware

Several S7-300s can communicate together and with other SIMATIC S7 PLCs via
PROFIBUS bus cables. You require a programming device (PG) to program the S7-300. You
hook the programming device up to the S7-300 with a special programming device cable.

Experiments

Several Steps for Creating a Program in Step 7

Here will be explain the procedure in principle using a very brief example :
 Setting up a STEP 7 project
 Creating hardware configuration for the 312 CPU (312-5BD01-0AB0)
 Writing a STEP 7 program
 Testing the program

Setting up a STEP 7 Project

1. Connect all of the equipment as Figure 1.
2. The central tool in STEP 7 is the 'SIMATIC Manager', which is started by double-
clicking on the icon. ( → SIMATIC Manager)
3. STEP 7 programs are managed in projects. Such a project will now be set up ( → File
→ New)
4. The project is now assigned the name 'CPU312' under 'Name' ( → CPU312 → OK)
5. A 'SIMATIC 300-Station' station is now inserted. (→ Insert → Station → SIMATIC
300 Station)
6. Click Option→Set PG/PC Interface and click PC Adapter (MPI) if you want to
connect with the hardware directly or click PLCSIM (MPI) if you want to simulate
your program without real hardware → finish by clicking OK

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Figure 3 Communication setting

7. Open the configuration tool by double-clicking on 'Hardware'. (→ Hardware)

8. Open the hardware catalog by clicking on the symbol. (→ ) The catalog is

divided into the following directories:
-PROFIBUS-DP/PA, SIMATIC 300, SIMATIC 400 and SIMATIC PC Based Control
and provides you with all the module racks, modules and interface modules for
designing your hardware configuration.
9. Insert a rail by double-clicking on 'Rail' ( → SIMATIC 300 → RACK-300 → Rail).
A configuration table for designing Rack 0 is then displayed.
10. From the hardware catalog, you now can select any of the modules that are also
plugged into the real rack and insert them in the configuration table. To do this, you
must click on the name of the respective module, hold down the mouse button and
drag the module into a row of the configuration table using the Drag & Drop function.
11. In the next step, we drag the CPU 312 onto the second slot. When this is being done,
the order number and the version of the CPU can be read on the front of the CPU. (→
SIMATIC 300 → CPU-300 → CPU 312 → 6ES7-312-5BD01-0AB0.
12. In the following dialog box, we now want to set up the integrated PROFIBUS
interface. Because we will not use the interface here, we accept the settings with 'OK'
(OK). Slot No. 3 is reserved for interface modules and therefore remains empty. Other
modules which are not interface modules (IM) are therefore placed on slots 4 to 11.
Add analog I/O module by drag and drop SM 334 AI4/AO2x12bit (read the suitable
order number in module)

Figure 4 Hardware Configuration

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13. The properties of some modules can be altered (→Click on module→Change

properties→OK). For example, a clock memory can be specified for all CPUs (→
Cycle/Clock memory → v Clock memory → Memory Byte 100).
14. With most S7-300 CPUs, the addresses of the I/O modules can be altered. This is
done by double-clicking on the corresponding modules and altering their settings in
the 'Addresses' tab. A note should always be made of these addresses (addresses
assigned automatically are usually tied to a specific slot). (→ DI24/DO16 →
Addresses → Deselect System Default → 0 → Deselect System Default → 0 →
OK). If you want default addressing just skip this.
15. By clicking on the and buttons, the configuration table is now first stored
and converted, and then loaded into the PLC. When this is being done, the key switch
on the CPU should be in the Stop position! ( → → )

Writing a STEP 7 Program

16. In the 'SIMATIC Manager', mark the 'Blocks' folder.( → SIMATIC Manager →
Blocks)
17. In the SIMATIC Manager, double-click on the 'OB1' block to open it ( → OB1)
18. As an option, you can enter the properties of the OB1 for documentation purposes and
accept them with 'OK'. ( →OK)
19. LAD/STL/FDB Program S7 Blocks’ is an editor which allows you to create your
STEP 7 program as you require. To this end, the OB1 organization block with the first
network has already been opened. In order to create your first logic operations, you
must mark the first network. Now you can write your first STEP 7 program.
Individual programs are usually divided into networks in STEP 7. You open a new
network by clicking on the network symbol ,

Testing The Step 7 program

The STEP 7 program to be tested can now be loaded into the PLC.
In our case, this is only OB1.
20. Save the organization block with and load it into the PLC by clicking on .
When this is being done, the key switch on the CPU should be in the STOP position!
(→ → )

21. To start the program, move the key switch to the RUN position. Click on the
symbol to view the program in 'OB1'.
Position Description Comments
Run Run Mode The CPU is processing user
program
Stop Stop Mode The CPU is not processing user
program
MRES Memory Reset Button position of the operating
mode switch for a memory reset
of the CPU. A CPU memory
reset requires a specific
operating sequence (refer to the
installation manual)

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For getting familiar with this device please try several programs below.

Program 1

Program 2

Program 3

References
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