Technical specifications
System requirements
| Processor | |
| for small plants | min. Pentium / 500 MHz |
| for professional working | min. Pentium / 1 GHz |
| from 500 elements | min. Pentium / 2 GHz |
| Graphic | min. 1024 × 768 (for bigger plants we recommend 1900 × 1400 and second screen) |
| Operating system | Win 98, Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP, Vista, Windows 7; also x64 |
| Memory | always lasts |
| Hard disk | always lasts |
Simulation
| Simulation rate | 1 ms – 1 s |
| Slow motion | up to 1 scan / 10 s |
| Fast motion | up to 50 : 1, depends on the size of the plant and the program as well as the processor power and the simulation rate |
| Elements in building set | approx. 50, expandable by customer request |
| max. number of elements in a machine | no fixed limit, several hundret, limitation only by processor power |
| Dimensions | 3 |
| 3-D display | X |
| Number of 2-D projections | max. 15 |
| Turns around all axes | limited |
| Control by external PLC | with corresponding hardware and drivers, please demand |
| Element tree | X |
| Address table | X |
| CAD kernel | - |
| Editing by mouse | X |
| Editing by enter of coordinates | X |
| Editing of several similar elements together | X |
| Undo | - |
| Disturbance variables simulation | by 4 types of random number generators |
PLC
| Command extent | almost S7-300/400, so far without special functions |
| Input bytes | 65535 |
| Output bytes | 65535 |
| Marker bytes | 65535 |
| max. program size | approx. 20 000 instructions |
| Timers | 511 |
| Counters | 511 |
| max. count FB’s | 2047 |
| max. count FC’s | 2047 |
| max. count DB’s | 4095 |
| OB’s | OB 1 (cyclical) OB 100 (starting) OB 35 (time-controlled) OB 2/3 (for simulation purposes) |
| clock marker | X |
| real time clock | X |
| cycle time monitoring | X |
| remanent markers/timers/counters | X |
| cycle time | firm (in virtual time), adjustable from 1ms – 1s |
Program editor
| Languages | STL, FBD, LAD |
| Cross-reference list | X |
| Symbol table | X |
| Monitoring status | in STL, FBD and LAD |
| Single-step / -NW / -scan | X |
| Breakpoints (also conditional) | X |
| Variables table | - |
| UDT’s | X |
| Import / Export | from / to STEP®7 |
| Local instances | X |
| Addressing | absolute / direct / store indirect / register indirect |
| Opening of invoked building blocks by double clicking | X |
| Rewiring | X |
| Takeover of operands from the machine | X |
Miscellaneous
| Runtime version without editing possibility, for passing on to customers | X |
| context-sensitive online help | X |
| Navigation support between plant and program | X |