The book provides a complete overview of the SIMATIC automation system and the TIA Portal with the engineering tool STEP 7. «Automating with SIMATIC» addresses all those who – want to get an overview of the components of the system and their features, – wish to familiarize themselves with the topic of programmable logic controllers, or – intend to acquire basic knowledge about configuration, programming and interaction of the SIMATIC components. At first, the book introduces the hardware of...