TIA Accelerator Course

A bench-based commissioning course built on the Think-PLC REE demo rig. Takes an engineer from downloading and licensing TIA Portal all the way to a running, PLC-controlled G120 drive with a live analog speed reference and a proven fail-safe input circuit.

Twenty-one modules — each with lessons and a quiz — plus a final assessment. Covers the Siemens block architecture (OB, FC, FB, DB), I and Q addressing and the process image, PLC data types, UDTs, timers and counters, and an advanced programming track with a step-by-step SCL build. Plus a full hardware reference with both case schematics and the RFID safety switch wiring.

Every lesson carries the slides and drawings it was built from, and the programming modules include reveal-as-you-go practice exercises.

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Responsible	Bobby Cole
Last Update	08/18/2026
Members	7

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Start Here

1Lessons ·
- Welcome and How to Use This Course
01 · Orientation and the REE Demo Rig

3Lessons ·
- What this course covers
- Safety brief and bench setup
- Quiz · Orientation and the REE Demo Rig
  
  10 xp
02 · REE Hardware Reference

4Lessons ·
- Side A: what is actually in the case
- Side B: what is actually in the case
- The RFID safety switch on the F-DI
- Quiz · REE Hardware Reference
  
  10 xp
03 · Installing and Licensing TIA Portal

4Lessons ·
- Getting the software
- Installing it without losing an afternoon
- Licensing with Automation License Manager
- Quiz · Installing and Licensing TIA Portal
  
  10 xp
04 · TIA Portal Fundamentals

4Lessons ·
- Launching the software correctly
- Portal view and Project view
- Creating the project
- Quiz · TIA Portal Fundamentals
  
  10 xp
05 · Archive, Retrieve and Version Control

5Lessons ·
- Archive versus Retrieve
- What lives inside the archive
- The rules, and the one that catches everyone
- Versions and upgrading
- Quiz · Archive, Retrieve and Version Control
  
  10 xp
06 · Side A: Controller Configuration

8Lessons ·
- Add new device and hardware detection
- Startup, system and clock memory
- Enabling fail-safe capability
- PROFINET interface settings
- Protection and security
- Module addresses, settings and interrupts
- Compile, download and missing modules
- Quiz · Side A: Controller Configuration
  
  10 xp
07 · CPU Hardware, Memory Card and Firmware

4Lessons ·
- Front panel, memory card and memory reset
- Updating CPU firmware
- Online and Diagnostics
- Quiz · CPU Hardware, Memory Card and Firmware
  
  10 xp
08 · Addressing: I, Q and the Process Image

5Lessons ·
- Where I and Q actually live
- Reading an address, character by character
- Where the byte numbers come from
- PLC data types
- Quiz · Addressing: I, Q and the Process Image
  
  10 xp
09 · PLC Tags and Tag Management

4Lessons ·
- Tag tables and groups
- Associating tags with hardware
- Working efficiently in the tag editor
- Quiz · PLC Tags and Tag Management
  
  10 xp
10 · Program Blocks: OB, FC, FB and DB

8Lessons ·
- Four block types, in plain language
- OBs: the blocks the CPU calls
- FC or FB: the only question that matters
- DBs: the organised spreadsheet
- Structs, Arrays and UDTs
- Timers, counters and edges
- Multi-instance DBs
- Quiz · Program Blocks: OB, FC, FB and DB
  
  10 xp
11 · Advanced Programming: Beyond Ladder

7Lessons ·
- Five languages, one CPU
- SCL fundamentals: syntax and data
- SCL control structures
- Step by step: your first SCL block
- Step by step: build something that works
- Porting the rig: the speed reference in SCL
- Quiz · Advanced Programming: Beyond Ladder
  
  10 xp
12 · Simulation with PLCSIM and PLCSIM Advanced

4Lessons ·
- Why simulate at all
- Running S7-PLCSIM
- PLCSIM Advanced and virtual commissioning
- Quiz · Simulation with PLCSIM and PLCSIM Advanced
  
  10 xp
13 · Distributed I/O and PROFINET

4Lessons ·
- Detecting multiple devices
- Assigning PROFINET names and addresses
- Compile, update and prove it
- Quiz · Distributed I/O and PROFINET
  
  10 xp
14 · Fail-Safe I/O and Safety Commissioning

4Lessons ·
- How a fail-safe input works
- Reading the terminal numbers
- Discrepancy time, passivation and testing
- Quiz · Fail-Safe I/O and Safety Commissioning
  
  10 xp
15 · Side B: Compact CPU, HSC and Pulse Outputs

5Lessons ·
- Side B and the compact CPU
- High-speed counters and the PPR calculation
- Pulse outputs: PWM and PTO
- Startup timing and the programming laptop
- Quiz · Side B: Compact CPU, HSC and Pulse Outputs
  
  10 xp
16 · G120 Hardware Configuration and Telegrams

4Lessons ·
- Control unit and power module
- Telegrams: the PLC to drive contract
- SINA_SPEED and the hardware identifier
- Quiz · G120 Hardware Configuration and Telegrams
  
  10 xp
17 · G120 Drive Commissioning

4Lessons ·
- Online or offline, and RAM to ROM
- Application class and fieldbus
- Motor data, limits and the identification run
- Quiz · G120 Drive Commissioning
  
  10 xp
18 · PLC Control and Analog Speed Reference

5Lessons ·
- Taking control from the PLC
- The speed pot and A to D conversion
- Normalising and scaling
- The LIMIT trick
- Quiz · PLC Control and Analog Speed Reference
  
  10 xp
19 · Network Tools and Troubleshooting

3Lessons ·
- PRONETA and network-level diagnosis
- A fault-finding playbook
- Quiz · Network Tools and Troubleshooting
  
  10 xp
20 · Standards and Libraries

4Lessons ·
- Why standards beat cleverness
- The Siemens libraries worth having
- Open libraries and building your own
- Quiz · Standards and Libraries
  
  10 xp
21 · Getting Support

3Lessons ·
- Siemens Industry Online Support
- Escalating: Siemens Technical Support and Think-PLC
- Quiz · Getting Support
  
  10 xp
22 · Example Programs

2Lessons ·
- Reference project archives
- CEM: solving logic with a Cause Effect Matrix
23 · Siemens Cheat Sheet

1Lessons ·
- Siemens cheat sheet: links, tools and free libraries
24 · Tracking and Data Manipulation

4Lessons ·
- What tracking is, and what it is not
- The machine to solve: an accumulating conveyor
- Choosing the shift register: SHR or SHL
- Scattering a word into an array of booleans
Final Assessment

1Lessons ·
- Final Assessment · TIA Accelerator Course
  
  10 xp