Siemens TIA Portal Tutorial: Creating a New Project, Writing your First Program and more!

In our first Scantime Live episode, you will learn how to create a new project with Siemens TIA Portal including setting up Hardware Configuration, writing a small Ladder routine using Contacts, Coils, Timers and Counters, Downloading to a Siemens S7-1200 PLC and testing your project via Watch Tables.

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[michaelcostello]

Great detail. Just what the learner needs. You do not skip over stuff.

[andregrobler]

Excellent and full of valuable detail. Many thanks!

[JasonFerguson-hgmp]

Great Job! enjoyed your explanation of everything. Keep up the good work

[ismails]

Very well explained, I really appreciate your hard work

[brstilson]

Allen-Bradley's had retentive timers since the 80s. In the SLC-100 line, it was the ONLY kind of timer you could have!

[Blades-fmck]

Great video and clear explanation, many thanks.

[zeinebromthana]

i really apreciate your work it helps a lot thank you :)

[athilaldurry]

Many thanks for interesting information 👍

[tombuchanan]

How do you know what type of PLC to select / choose for each project? Can a project be created / program written without having the hardware selected?

[gstar]

Thanks great video am here in the uk what the best way to start learn plc I have been work in the automation industry for few years as an electrician and robot programmer

[wilusiow]

i rewrite your program to my tia v17, i checked it many times, all is the same but my Counter Reset doesn't work. I can find any explain about it, can anyone help me?

[mahadihasan]

How to use MCR, ZONE, END, JMP, GOTO, Creating SUBROUTINE in your ladder programming? Please make one detailed video on these topics?

[tpman]

is your online course on-demand?, which TIA version you using?

[stephenvjoseph]

Hi sir,
Could you do a video where we receive analog inputs from the factory floor eg: RTD signals, Thermocouple inputs . and can you make a video of how it is communicated with the PLC/ SCADA via a Modbus or a Profibus network. This will help us students to get a clearer idea about data acquisition.

[earthrelated]

The links in the description don't work !!!

[Blades-fmck]

"ET" isn't "extra-terrestrial" - "it's Elapsed Time"...nice bit of humour there! :)

[muhammaddanishhameed]

Sir, which plc's are commonly used in gulf countries

[peterpanini]

Very well explained... strugled 5 yers ago with lazy teacher... 🤣

[andyhernandez]

Hi there: Do you know of a converter utility for Siemens Ladder logic converting to Structure Text?

[nunyabiznes]

Shame i don't have a PLC to learn with. Until then, this video is useless to me.