2018 Videos
December 3, 2018
MinutePROFINET: Adding PROFINET to Machines
Learn how use of PROFINET is increasingly important in addressing the market’s growing diversity and manufacturers’ desire to future proof.
November 5, 2018
MinutePROFINET: Adding PROFINET to Devices
View this video to learn about three main ways to add a PROFINET interface to a device: Ethernet chip + PROFINET software stack; FPGA or ASIC; Plugin module.
October 1, 2018
MinutePROFINET: Food & Beverage Industry
View this video to learn about key considerations for food & beverage manufacturers when choosing an Ethernet standard, and how these needs differ from those of other manufacturers.
September 6, 2018
OPC UA – Open Communication Standard as an Add-on to PROFINET
Standardized connections – regardless of the platform OPC UA is an established open communication standard that can be used as a convenient interface to systems of third-party providers or higher-order systems such as SCADA or MES as an add-on to PROFINET
August 6, 2018
MinutePROFINET: Industrial Internet of Things: Openness
Learn how open standards make IIoT-style solutions accessible to all.
July 9, 2018
MinutePROFINET: Uptime
Learn more about manufacturing uptime and IIoT.
June 4, 2018
MinutePROFINET: Industrial Internet of Things: Openness
Explore how open standards make IIoT style solutions accessible to all.
May 7, 2018
MinutePROFINET: IIoT: An Intro to PROFINET
Learn how IoT and Industrie 4.0 fit together to make the Industrial Internet of Things. This sets the foundation for how PROFINET enables IIoT.
April 3, 2018
MinutePROFINET: Redundancy
View this video to see how PROFINET increases manufacturing productivity by maximizing up-time at the physical level through media redundancy.
March 5, 2018
MinutePROFINET: PROFIsafe & PROFINET
Learn how without having to run separate wires for safety relays, Functional Safety can be achieved using your pre-existing automation network
February 5, 2018
MinutePROFINET: Network Architecture
See how PROFINET fits into the network architecture of a manufacturing environment.
January 3, 2018
MinutePROFINET: PROFINET and Drives
View this short video to quickly learn about PROFINET and Drives.
2017 Videos
December 4, 2017
MinutePROFINET: PROFINET Fast
Learn about three facets of PROFINET that make it an incredibly fast Industrial Ethernet protocol for the most demanding manufacturing automation applications.
November 6, 2017
Video Tutorial: MinutePROFINET: Diagnostics and Uptime
See how PROFINET Diagnostics can play a key role in reducing downtime.
October 2, 2017
MinutePROFINET: Performance 4 of 4
View this fourth in a four part video series on Industrial Ethernet performance. This fourth installment explains a feature in PROFINET known as Scheduling and how it enhances Industrial Automation speeds.
September 5, 2017
Video Tutorial: MinutePROFINET: Performance 3 of 4
Looking to improve Industrial Ethernet performance? Watch this third installment to learn about Bandwidth Reservation in PROFINET, and how the practice not only increases, but guarantees high performance.
August 7, 2017
Video Tutorial: MinutePROFINET: Performance 2 of 4
View this second in a four part video series on Industrial Ethernet performance. This second installment explains how PROFINET uses a Real Time Channel to increase speed and determinism in a control automation network.
July 6, 2017
Video Tutorial: MinutePROFINET: Performance 1 of 4
This first installment in a four-part series on Industrial Ethernet performance explains how PROFINET uses TCP/IP communication for data that is not time-critical.
June 5, 2017
Video Tutorial: What is PROFIenergy?
See how PROFIenergy allows factories using PROFINET to put their manufacturing lines into a safe ‘sleep’ mode when not producing goods. During which time savings of 80% can be seen, reducing utility bills by up to a third.
May 1, 2017
Video Tutorial: What is PROFINET?
View this short video for a quick introduction to PROFINET, an industrial Ethernet standard and a communication protocol that allows machines and devices to talk to each other.
April 3, 2017
Video Tutorial: PROFINET and Drives
View this short video to quickly learn about PROFINET and Drives.
February 6, 2017
Video Tutorial: Siemens is Moving Manufacturing Forward
The Siemens Digital Enterprise Showcase at the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) in Chicago is designed to help manufacturers explore a working digital enterprise so they can better understand its value to their companies.
2016 Videos
December 5, 2016
Video Tutorial: Implementing Safety Functions by the SIMATIC S7-1200 with Safety Integrated
View Module 3 to learn how to configure the hardware and create the safety program in Step 7.
November 7, 2016
Video Tutorial: Implementing Safety Functions by the SIMATIC S7-1200 with Safety Integrated
Learn how to set-up the SIMATIC S7-1200 hardware and how to connect the required sensors and actuators.
October 3, 2016
Video Tutorial: Automation Task – Controlling SIMATIC S7-1500: Innovative System Diagnostics
Explore how innovative system diagnostics can help start-up and commissioning be fast and efficient, as well as mitigate downtime dramatically.
September 6, 2016
Video Tutorial: Exchanging Data Between PROFINET and EtherNet/IP™
View this short video to see how communication between Siemens and existing 3rd party controllers can be easily achieved.
August 1, 2016
Video Tutorial: Diagnostics & Maintenance – HMI Device Replacement
See how easily you can replace a damaged HMI device with Siemens automatic back-up for the O/S, application and device settings on an SD card. Protect your information and allow for fast device replacement— without a programmer—to quickly get the system back up and running.
July 6, 2016
Video Tutorial – Siemens Modernization Advantages: Drive Integration
View this short video to see how easily you can integrate drives into the TIA Portal engineering software.
June 6, 2016
Video Tutorial – Automation Task – Controlling SIMATIC S7-1500: Integrated Positioning
Learn how Integrated positioning can be a huge benefit for any engineer because all of the standard control code and motion control code is developed in a single engineering environment. That saves you valuable engineering time as well as commissioning time.
May 2, 2016
Video Tutorial – Automation Task – Controlling SIMATIC S7-1500: Integrated Drives and Motion
See how simple drive and motion control can be a huge benefit for any engineer because you can quickly and efficiently add standard drives and motion to your application. That saves you valuable engineering time.
April 4, 2016
Video Tutorial – Automation Task—Controlling SIMATIC S7-1500: Integrated Trace
Learn how integrated trace can be a huge advantage for any engineer as it provides the ability to see the interaction between any two variables. This could be bits, bytes, words, etc. or even tags. This is true for your entire automation architecture.
March 2, 2016
Video Tutorial: Automation Task — Controlling SIMATIC S7-1500: Integrated Firewall
Integrating a firewall directly into the backplane of a control system makes external factory floor connections simple and safe. View this short video to see how easily it is accomplished in the SIMATIC S7-1500 Controller.
February 1, 2016
Video Tutorial: Automation Task – SIMATIC S7-1500: Full Station Upload
The ability to be able to auto-detect hardware configurations, code and even tag databases makes controller maintenance plus new hardware configurations fast and efficient. View this short video to see how easily it is accomplished in the SIMATIC S7-1500 Controller.
2015 Videos
December 7, 2015
Video Tutorial: Automation Task – SIMATIC S7-1500: Intellectual Property Protection
Protecting your know-how is extremely important in modern automation – from something as simple as copy protection of memory cards to protecting your algorithm in your process code. View this short video to see how easily it is accomplished in the SIMATIC S7-1500 Controller.
November 2, 2015
Video Tutorial: Automation Task – SIMATIC S7-1500: Security Integrated
View this short video to learn how unauthorized process value changes or code changes can have a huge negative impact to any automation system.
October 5, 2015
Video Tutorial: Automation Task — Controlling SIMATIC S7-1500: Innovative System Diagnostics
View this short video to learn how innovative system diagnostics can help start- up and commissioning be fast and efficient, as well as mitigate downtime dramatically.
September 9, 2015
Video Tutorial: PC-based Automation: Data Recovery
View this short instructional video to learn about restoring of embedded bundle settings and user data.
August 3, 2015
Video Tutorial: PC-based Automation: Data Backup
View this short instructional video to learn about the back-up of the embedded bundle settings and user data.
July 8, 2015
Video Tutorial – PC-based Automation: Enhanced Write Filter
View this short instructional video to learn about protecting against unwanted write access and assuring system robustness.
June 1, 2015
Video Tutorial – PC-based Automation: WinAC User Interface
View this short instructional video to learn about the control and diagnostic components of WinAC.
May 4
Video Tutorial – PC-based Automation Remote Desktop Connection
View this short instructional video to learn about remote access of the embedded bundle.
April 6, 2015
Video Tutorial – PC-based Automation: Loading into the Device
View this short instructional video to learn about loading the project into the device.
March 2, 2015
Video Case Study: Siemens S5 to S7 Conversion at Oetiker
Check out this short video, produced by Patti Engineering, a certified Siemens Solution Partner, on the Siemens S5 to S7 upgrade projects it performed at the Oetiker plant in Marlette, MI. Conversions are a common issue many companies face and a project many engineers take on. Learn the process for a Siemens upgrade and the value you can expect in return.
February 2, 2015
Video Tutorial—PC-based Automation: OPC Server
View this short instructional video to learn about configuring the OPC server in the basic project.
2014 Videos
December 8, 2014
Video Tutorial – PC-based Automation: STEP 7 Programming
View this short video on STEP 7 Programming and see how the programming of a PC-based controller is just like a modular controller.
October 6, 2014
Video Tutorial – PC-based Automation: Hardware Configuration
View this short video on hardware configuration where you’ll learn about using the basic project in STEP 7.
September 3, 2014
SIMATIC Safety – Integrated Added Value
Learn how safety is easily integrated with the TIA Portal software platform into new or existing systems and with faster communication, even wireless!
August 4, 2014
PC-based Automation: Data Management
View this short video on data management where you’ll learn about defining retentive data areas.
July 9, 2014
PC-based Automation: Autostart Behavior
View this short video focused on adapting the startup behavior of WinCC.
June 6, 2014
SIMATIC Safety – Integrated Added Value
Learn how safety is easily integrated with the TIA Portal software platform into new or existing systems and with faster communication, even wireless!
May 5, 2014
PC-based Automation: Licensing
Watch this video and learn about license transfer to the embedded bundle.
April 7, 2014
PC-based Automation: Initial Configuration
View the second of 15 short steps to getting started with PC-based Automation, titled “Initial Configuration,” to learn about setup and initial configuration of an embedded bundle.
March 2, 2014
Safety Evaluation Tool (SET)
The Safety Evaluation Tool for the IEC 62061 and ISO 13849-1 standards takes you to your goal directly. This TÜV-tested online tool supports the fast and reliable assessment of your machine’s safety functions. As a result, you are provided with a standard-compliant report, which can be integrated in the documentation as a proof of safety.
February 3, 2014
PC-based Automation: Order Process
View the first of 15 short steps to getting started with PC-based Automation, titled “Configuring and ordering an embedded bundle in the Siemens Industry Mall.”
2013 Videos
December 3, 2013
SINAMICS GS120: Safety on Drives
One easy step that a small packaging OEM can take to improve its profitability and enhance its bottom line is to enhance and formalize its safety processes.
November 4, 2013
SIMATIC S7-1200: AT8 – Simple AS-Interface
The ability to be able to easily add an AS-i network to your current machine design can be a huge benefit to any machine builder.
October 7, 2013
SIMATIC S7-1200: AT7 – Simple Motion Commissioning
Simple motion commissioning can be a huge advantage for any engineer; especially when you can quickly and efficiently configure your motion profile for testing your drive instead of programming your linear axis with time consuming code.
August 5, 2013
SIMATIC S7-1200: AT6 – Distributed Networks
In some applications it’s more advantageous to use distributed I/O in order to minimize long wire runs, wire trace out for startup and trouble-shooting time. That’s why distributed networks give you scalability and flexibility to your current automation system.
July 8, 2013
SIMATIC S7-1200: AT 5 – HMI to SCADA
The ability to take your current HMI screens and tags, and re-use everything for a plant expansion gives you scalability and flexibility that can be a huge benefit to any automation system.
May 15, 2013
SIMATIC S7-1200: AT 4 – Simple HMI
The ability to easily add an HMI to your current automation system can be a huge advantage in your engineering effort. This is because a graphically user interface makes controlling a system simple and intuitive.
April 1, 2013
SIMATIC S7-1200: AT 3 – GPRS to SMS
Sending SMS messages that are event or application driven can be an excellent tool for end users maintenance staff. This is especially true if you have a down time event, and the automation system is in a remote location.
March 4, 2013
SIMATIC S7-1200: AT2 – User Defined Webpage
User Defined Webpages can be invaluable tools for diagnostics and control on the factory floor. End users that have many remote automation systems can have greater transparency for all their systems directly on a smart phone/device.
February 4, 2013
SIMATIC S7-1200: AT1 – Simple Movements
View this video to see how simple movements like clamping, turning and pushing can add complexity to any automation system. This is especially true if you have many multiples of them across your factory floor. Unfortunately this can consume valuable engineering time.
