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How to Use a S7-1500 to …

Introduction Sending emails using a PLC is a big foot in the control automation world: lots of people have heard about it but rarely anyone has ever seen it. In this article, I’ll demonstrate the process to send emails with a PLC. In my demonstration, I’m doing the entire process through the …

S7-1500 IP Forwarding

Introduction In another article I introduced the S7-Routing that allows us to access any devices in different subnets as long as they support S7-Routing. A very natural question is what if the device that we want to access does not support S7-Routing (not from SIEMENS)? Well the answer is here with …

S7 Routing Makes …

Introduction Any one who has done some commissioning work must have struggled with device accessibility issues. It could be an awkward installation location or a 5 mins navigation through a robot jungle. The truth is, with SIEMENS systems, you don’t necessarily have to do it the hard way. Throughout …