PLC Simulation Software
PLC Simulation Software
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We're in the process of assessing PLC simulation packages to enable us to fully bench test the PLC software for a large system utilising multiple Siemens S7 PLC's. We're familiar with the PICS package but there must be others out there. Does anyone have experience of using PLC simulation and are there other packages available?





RE: PLC Simulation Software
I have done this many times, it works well. The code can be very simple.
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Do they want the simulation to run via real IO?
If not then there is an argument that there is no real advantage, as the simulation will still depend on software in the target system because that will have to have it's inputs at least switched off and alternative values from the simulator substituted.
So what if the simulator is in the target system, it can be still kept functionally completely independant.
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Even though it's a German web address, the text is in English.
http://www.trysim.de/
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Keith Cress
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