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True, but most of this programme is in Ladder and only a few pages, mostly in the Function Blocks, that can't be displayed in anything other than STL. In fact, why is it that some of these networks can't be displayed as ladder? Is it just because of the jumps in the code that can't be...

Hello all, I'm very new to PLCs and I'm basically teaching myself a bit now I've started my first job since graduating. I'm using Step 5 on a S5-100U PLC programme and have come across some formatting in the code that I haven't seen before and can't find in the manual I'm using. Could someone...

Question answered on another forum, thanks! Basically the version of Step5 I had was incomplete so I got a newer one and it worked.

I don't have much PLC experience yet (just teaching myself) and I'm stuck on a problem. I've uploaded a programme to my PC from a SIEMENS S5-95U and I'm using Step 5 v6.5 to view it. When I try to view the XRF file (which I assume stands for cross-reference?) for any of the operands I get the...