S7-SoftPLC:CPU Parameters of S7-SoftPLC

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In this section the basic settings of S7-SoftPLC are entered.

Keyname Values Default Value Description
OS NT4 / W2K W2K Used operating system

NT4 = WinNT4, W2K = Win2000/XP or better

LANGUAGE DEU / ENG DEU user interface language of the S7-SoftPLC

DEU = german, ENG = english

MPI 0 .. 4 0 Used port

0 = Internal, 1 = COM1, 2 = COM2, etc...

LOAD 0 / 1 0 0 = Do not load PLC program at start-up

1 = Load PLC program from S7.BIN at start-up

STORE 0 / 1 0 0 = Do not save PLC program at shut down

1 = Save PLC program in S7.BIN at shut down

S7_STORE 50000.....end of PC memory 500000 Size of load memory in bytes

The S7-SoftPLC 315 has a limited load memory of 297225 byte

STORE_NO_STOP 0 / 1 0 1 = Save without stopping the PLC

WARNING: IF THE PROGRAM IS SAVED DURING A RUNNING OPERATION, THE CYCLE TIME CAN RISE.

REM 0 / 1 0 1 = Memory is kept remanent for M,T,C (starting at byte 0 up to the value set with hardware configation).
KEY_SWITCH 1 / 2 2 1 = Signals the PU, that the key switch is set to RUN, no block downloading possible

2 = Signals the PU, that the key switch is set to RUN-P.

NOMP 0 / 1 0 1 = Sets the single processor mode fixed. With real double or dual-core processors the PLC has got 25% computing time. This option should be activated with hyperthreading processors, otherwise the processor load and the cycle time can vary.
WINTIME 1 .. 8 1 Reserved CPU processing time for Windows in ms

3 = 3 ms Windows and 1 ms PLC, which corresponds to 75% processing time for Windows and 25% for S7-SoftPLC.