S7-1500T Motion Control V4.

0 in TIA Portal V15

Overview of versions

Overview of versions

For S7-1500 Motion Control, a distinction is made between the version of the technology, the
technology objects and the Motion Control instructions. The overview shown below includes
S7-1500 and S7-1500T. Only one technology version can be operated on a CPU.
When changing to a CPU ≥ V1.6, you must change the technology version accordingly. Card
replacement from a CPU < V1.6 to a ≥ CPU V1.6 is supported. In the TIA Portal, you can use a
CPU ≥ 1.6 only to work on projects with a correspondingly higher technology version.
There are two ways of changing the technology version:
• Changing the version of the Motion Control instructions
You change the version of the Motion Control instructions in the "Instructions" task card in the folder
"Technology > Motion Control > S7-1500 Motion Control".
If the Motion Control instruction version used does not correspond to the compatibility list, the
relevant Motion Control instructions are highlighted in red in the program editor.

• Adding a technology object with an alternative version

If a technology object with an alternative version is added in the "Add new object" dialog, the
technology version is changed to the alternative version.

The technology objects and Motion Control instructions are only converted to the selected
version of the technology during compilation.
The version of a technology object or a Motion Control instruction is indicated in the properties
of the technology object, "General > Information" tab, "Version" field.

Compatibility list
The table below shows the compatibility of the technology version with the CPU version:

CPU Technology Technology object

V2.5 V4.0 Speed Axis V4.0

Positioning Axis V4.0
External Encoder V4.0
Synchronous Axis V4.0
Measuring input V4.0
Cam V4.0
Cam track V4.0
Cam V4.0 (S7-1500T)
Kinematics V4.0 (S7-1500T)

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CPU Technology Technology object

V2.0, V2.1 V3.0 Speed Axis V3.0

Positioning axis V3.0
External encoder V3.0
Synchronous axis V3.0
Measuring input V3.0
Output cam V3.0
Cam track V3.0
Cam V3.0 (S7-1500T)

V1.6, V1.7, V1.8 V2.0 Speed Axis V2.0

Positioning axis V2.0
External encoder V2.0
Synchronous axis V2.0

V1.0, V1.1, V1.51 V1.0 Speed Axis V1.0

Positioning axis V1.0
External encoder V1.0

1) Card replacement from a CPU < V1.6 to a CPU ≥ V1.6 is supported.

Parameter "Mode" of the Motion Control instruction "MC_Home"

The "MC_Home.Mode" parameter for S7-1200 Motion Control and S7-1500 Motion Control has
been standardized within the framework of technology version V2.0. This results in a new
assignment of the parameter values for the "MC_Home.Mode" parameter.
The table below shows a comparison of the "MC_Home.Mode" parameter for technology V1.0
and ≥ V2.0:

MC_Home.HomingMode V1.0 Parameter MC_Home.Mode ≥ V2.0

value

Direct homing (absolute) 0 Direct homing (absolute)

Direct homing (relative) 1 Direct homing (relative)

Passive homing 2 Passive homing (without reset)

Passive homing (with configured home 3 Active homing

position)

Active homing 4 Reserved

Active homing (with configured home 5 Active homing (with configured home
position) position)

Absolute encoder adjustment (relative) 6 Absolute encoder adjustment (relative)

Absolute encoder adjustment (absolute) 7 Absolute encoder adjustment (absolute)

Passive homing (without reset) 8 Passive homing

Abort passive homing 9 Abort passive homing

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MC_Home.HomingMode V1.0 Parameter MC_Home.Mode ≥ V2.0

value

- 10 Passive homing (with configured home

position)

You can find additional information about the "MC_Home.Mode" parameter in the description
of the Motion Control instruction "MC_Home".

Tags of the technology object

Starting from technology version V3.0, all input and output addresses are specified using data
type VREF. This results in the following changes to the tags of the technical object:

Tag of technology object Changes starting from

V3.0

<TO>.Actor.Interface.AddressIn Data type: VREF

<TO>.Actor.Interface.AddressOut Data type: VREF

<TO>.Sensor[n].Interface.AddressIn Data type: VREF

<TO>.Sensor[n].Interface.AddressOut Data type: VREF

<TO>.Actor.Interface.EnableDriveOutputAddress Data type: VREF

<TO>.Actor.Interface.EnableDriveOutputBitNumber Tag eliminated

<TO>.Actor.Interface.DriveReadyInputAddress Data type: VREF

<TO>.Actor.Interface.DriveReadyInputBitNumber Tag eliminated

<TO>.Sensor[n].ActiveHoming.DigitalInputAddress Data type: VREF

<TO>.Sensor[n].ActiveHoming.DigitalInputBitNumber Tag eliminated

<TO>.Sensor[n].PassiveHoming.DigitalInputAddress Data type: VREF

<TO>.Sensor[n].PassiveHoming.DigitalInputBitNumber Tag eliminated

<TO>.PositionLimits_HW.MinInputAddress Data type: VREF

<TO>.PositionLimits_HW.MinInputBitNumber Tag eliminated

<TO>.PositionLimits_HW.MaxInputAddress Data type: VREF

<TO>.PositionLimits_HW.MaxInputBitNumber Tag eliminated

See also
→ MC_Home: Home technology object, set home position V4

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