Downloading and installing TIA Portal V13 Professional and PLCSIM
Siemens offers a 21-day free trial of their programming software (TIA Portal). There is also a simulator that allows you to simulate your program. Hence, you can write a program and see how it runs even when you don't have a real PLC by using the simulator (PLCSIM). You can download both TIA Portal V13 Professional and PLCSIM free online and use it to learn PLC programming or purchase a license for TIA Portal to avoid any restrictions.
Downloading TIA Portal V13 and PLCSIM
The following steps should be followed to download TIA Portal V13 and PLCSIM:
- The first step is to visit the download page. The following link should take you to the download page:
The following screenshot shows the page of the preceding link:
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