What is Step 7

STEP 7 is the standard software package used for configuring and programming
SIMATIC programmable logic controllers. It is part of the SIMATIC industry
software. There are the following versions of the STEP 7 Standard package

• STEP 7 Micro/DOS and STEP 7 Micro/Win for simpler stand-alone applications
on the SIMATIC S7-200.

• STEP 7 for applications on SIMATIC S7-300/S7-400,SIMATIC M7-300/M7-400, and SIMATIC C7 with a wider range of functions:
- Can be extended as an option by the software products in the SIMATIC
Industry Software (see also Extended Uses of the STEP 7 Standard
Package)
- Opportunity of assigning parameters to function modules and
communications processors
- Forcing and multicomputing mode
- Global data communication
- Event-driven data transfer using communication function blocks
- Configuring connections
STEP 7 is the subject of this documentation, STEP 7 Micro is described in the "STEP 7 Micro/DOS" documentation.