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Siemens engineer path
The Siemens stack Indian plants actually run: TIA Portal from zero, the S7-1200 instruction series, program structure, HMI panels, interrupts, PID, commissioning, Factory I/O projects, the S7-300 installed base, advanced S7-1500, safety, WinCC SCADA and LOGO!.
Step 1PLC programmingBeginnerSiemens TIA Portal
From zero electrical knowledge to a working, simulated S7-1200 program, for nothing.
- Read a ladder rung and predict what the PLC will do with it
- Wire sinking and sourcing sensors to an S7-1200 without guessing
- Build timers, counters and comparators into working interlocks
Step 2PLC programmingBeginnerSiemens S7-1200 with TIA Portal: The Tutorial Series
Every S7-1200 instruction, one short video at a time: bits, edges, timers, counters, comparators, maths, MOVE, conversion, analog scaling, jumps and shift registers.
- Create an S7-1200 project, add an HMI and connect the two
- Write NO, NC, set and reset logic and download it to a PLC
- Use P_TRIG, N_TRIG, R_TRIG and F_TRIG edge instructions correctly
Step 3PLC programmingIntermediateSiemens TIA Portal Program Structure and Best Practice
How professionals lay out a TIA Portal project so it is still readable in five years: modular blocks, FBs and instances, UDTs for I/O, arrays and shift registers, a structured drive block, and two live workshops that clean up real messy programs.
- Start a TIA Portal project cleanly and know why TIA beats Simatic Manager
- Structure a program into modular blocks that scale
- Use function blocks with single and multi-instances correctly
Step 4HMIBeginnerSiemens TIA Portal HMI: KTP and Comfort Panels with WinCC
Every screen a plant operator touches, built in TIA Portal: tags, buttons, symbols, numeric input, bar graphs, navigation and templates, trends, alarms, recipes, faceplates, pop-ups, users and languages.
- Add a panel, create HMI tags and connect them to PLC tags
- Build buttons, indicators, symbols, numeric input and bar graphs
- Design screen navigation, templates and a modern screen layout
Step 5PLC programmingIntermediateSiemens TIA Portal: Organisation Blocks, Interrupts and Timers
What the S7-1500 does between your rungs: OB1 and the cycle, OB100 at startup, time-delay, cyclic and hardware interrupts, the error OBs that keep a CPU out of STOP, time of day, and every timer the instruction tree offers.
- Read and change the cycle time and use OB1 correctly
- Do startup work in OB100 such as counting restarts
- Write OB20 time-delay and OB30 cyclic interrupts
Step 6Process controlIntermediateSiemens TIA Portal PID Compact and Analog Processing
Closed-loop control the way it is done on an S7-1200 or S7-1500: analog in, NORM_X and SCALE_X, PID_Compact configured, tuned and wired to an HMI, analog or PWM out, proved on a free tank simulation.
- Explain on/off, three-point and PID control and when each fits
- Read P, I and D as gain, reset time and rate time
- Scale analog inputs with NORM_X and SCALE_X and outputs the other way
Step 7PLC programmingIntermediateSiemens TIA Portal Commissioning: Hardware, PLCSIM, Backups and Troubleshooting
The site-engineer half of TIA Portal: getting the software, configuring hardware, sizing I/O and power with the selection tool, PLCSIM including the V20 sequences and hardware events, download, upload, backups, firmware, resets, cross references, traces, web server and program protection.
- Get, install and license TIA Portal and pick the right version
- Configure hardware and read the device, network and topology views
- Size ET 200 distributed I/O and power supplies with the TIA Selection Tool
Step 8PLC programmingBeginnerSiemens TIA Portal with Factory I/O: Virtual Commissioning Projects
Nine machines you can see moving: connect Factory I/O to TIA Portal, then program conveyors, sorting and separating stations, a filling tank, a queue, an assembler, pick and place, a converge station, an elevator, a warehouse and an analog tank, all with your own ladder.
- Install Factory I/O and connect it to PLCSIM and PLCSIM Advanced
- Map scene sensors and actuators to PLC input and output tags
- Program conveyors, set and reset, sorting and separating logic
Step 9PLC programmingBeginnerSiemens S7-300 with STEP 7
The classic Siemens PLC, from an empty SIMATIC Manager project to a commissioned, diagnosed, running machine.
- Build an S7-300 rack in HW Config and read the addresses it assigns
- Write ladder with contacts, coils, Set/Reset, edges and flip-flops that behave safely
- Use S7 and IEC timers and counters, and know which one a problem needs
Step 10PLC programmingIntermediateSiemens S7-1500 Advanced Programming in TIA Portal
Beyond the basics: block design, optimized DBs, UDTs, S7-GRAPH, SCL, drives, libraries, software units, multiuser, testing tools and worked projects on the S7-1500.
- Simulate on PLCSIM and use clock memory and time functions
- Choose FC, FB, DB and instance types deliberately, with libraries and versioning
- Use optimized block access and know when standard access is still needed
Step 11SafetyIntermediateSiemens Safety Integrated: S7-1500F and S7-1200F in TIA Portal
Functional safety on Siemens hardware: F-CPUs and F-modules, creating an F-project, PROFIsafe addresses, safe inputs 1oo1 and 1oo2, safe outputs and wiring, E-stop, safety door, two-hand, feedback monitoring, operating modes, global acknowledgement, a complete cell example and G120 drive safety.
- Explain SIL, PL and Siemens Safety Integrated
- Create an F-project, configure F-modules and assign PROFIsafe addresses
- Evaluate safe inputs 1oo1 and 1oo2 and wire safe outputs
Step 12SCADAIntermediateSiemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced
Siemens SCADA end to end: WinCC V7/V8 from project to client-server and SQL, WinCC Unified with JavaScript, faceplates, plant objects and collaboration, and WinCC Advanced/flexible practice with alarms, trends, recipes and PLC interfacing.
- Place WinCC V7/V8, Unified and Advanced/flexible and choose between them
- Build a V7 project: drivers, tags, structure tags, screens, navigation, animation, faceplates, VBS
- Configure alarms, tag logging, trends, reports, users and runtime security
Step 13PLC programmingBeginnerSiemens Small Controllers: LOGO! 8 and S7-200 SMART
The LOGO! logic module from unboxing to analog, clocks, display, comms and worked applications in LOGO!Soft Comfort, plus the S7-200 SMART basics in STEP 7-MicroWIN SMART.
- Identify and wire LOGO! 8 base and expansion modules
- Install LOGO!Soft Comfort, connect over Ethernet, download, upload and test online
- Program FBD logic, switch circuits, timers, counters, latching and shift registers
How the path works
Join the path and every course is added to your account at once, each with its own progress, notes, quizzes and final. Take them in the order shown: each assumes the one before. Module quizzes are five plain questions and the final is twenty, pass mark 50%, with unlimited retries, so the assessment checks that you followed the lessons rather than testing exam nerves.
Questions
- Is the Siemens engineer path free?
- Yes. Every course in the path is free in full: lessons, notes, practice tasks and assessments. Joining the path adds all of them to your account in one step. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion for each course.
- In what order should I take the courses?
- In the order listed: each course assumes the one before it. Every course keeps its own progress, quizzes and certificate, so you can also take one on its own.
- Do I get one certificate for the whole path?
- Certificates are per course, issued when you pass that course's final assessment and bought only if you want them. Finishing every course in a path gives you one certificate per course.