STEP 7 in 7 Steps: A Practical Guide to Implementing S7-300/S7-400 Programmable Logic Controllers

There really isn't many good books around which cover Siemens S7. This book is written in plain English as much as possible and is easy to flip to the part you need without too much fuss. I'm quite used to programming on other systems (Mitsubishi, Omron etc) but Siemens I found totally confusing until I used this book to clarify some of the things I was struggling with.For example: I needed to create a data block to count up from various process inputs and then display the data on a HMI. I had no idea how to to this but got all I needed from this book and got the job done. Nobody wants to read a PLC text book from cover to cover and most of the functions, most people will never use but this is ideal in a desk drawer to give you the tools to do any job you need with Siemens S7. Finally a book which covers this in a straightforward no fuss way written by someone English speaking (most are German translated and doesn't help much). The author clearly knows his stuff and is able to articulate it clearly

This book is probably not for the novice PLC programmer; but it is a good reference / primer for people who have experience with other PLC systems such as Allen Bradley RSLogix or Mitsubishi Melsoft and need a head start working on S7 systems. The book answered (almost) all questions I had regarding the Siemens Step 7 software including questions about the hardware. Whenever the official Siemens documentation was vague, confusing or the answer could not be found, this book provided the much needed clarification.

Thanks to C T jones for writing such great book, suggest and recommend this to all industrial automation aspirant, language simple , explanation with pictures really helpful , no need to spend dollars on plc coaching buy this is best deal....thankx to authors from deep of my heart

one need to have Step 7 in a laptop and able to go online to understand Step 7 in 7 Steps, By no means this book needs to be with engineers and technicians

Book is well ordered and much easier to follow than any of the manuals. It is lacking in information on programming using STL which is often used by European programmers. Personally I hate STL - while efficient it is hard to follow and debug for someone who is used to Ladder or FB programming. A good value for the price.

Complete and very structured book. Recommended for autodidacts

I believe this book is a great tool. I found the illustrations using figures correlated to sequenced steps to be to key. I discovered the glossary and appendices to be of great value also.

This book is far superior to any standard Siemens manual. It is very easy to read & understand & it also works well as a quick reference book.

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Great product thanks to level service to boot.