STEP 7 Lite, STEP 7 and STEP 7 Professional What are the essential differences?

STEP 7 Lite

STEP 7

STEP 7 Professional

Configuring
PLCs
Modules

S7-300/C7

S7-300/S7-400/C7/WinAC

Digital, analog I/O, IFM

centralized only

Digital, analog I/O, IFM, FM, CP

centralized and distributed (DP)

Write/read to/from MMC

Yes, in CPU only

Export/import
Documentation function
Multi-language documentation of
projects
Multi-user engineering

Program, symbols
Included

Time-driven, cyclic data transmission between automation components;

MPI, PROFIBUS or Industrial Ethernet
Yes
Yes
Yes, in CPU and direct on PG/PC
(updating of PLC operating system possible)
Program, symbols, hardware configuration
Included S7-DOCPRO option for standard-compliant documentation of the S7 project

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Networking/communications

No

Distributed I/O
Alarm configuring (display
HMI)

No
No

Programming
Languages
Structured/symbolic programming
Check/establish program consistency
Standard libraries/user libraries

LAD/FBD/STL
Yes/Yes
Yes/Yes
Yes/No

LAD/FBD/STL
and STL source

As STEP 7
+ S7-Graph (sequencer)/S7-SCL (textual highlevel language)
Yes/Yes
Yes/Yes
Yes/Yes

Online functions
Online access
Test functions
Comparison function offline/online
Diagnostics

MPI
Monitor, control, force
Program, hardware configuration
System diagnostics

MPI, Profibus, Option: IE

Monitor, control, force, single step (debug)
Program
System diagnostics, report system fault, integrated process fault diagnostics in S7-Graph

Optional packages
Optional programming languages
Options for simulation, documentation,
diagnostics and remote maintenance

None
S7-PLCSIM, S7-Teleservice

S7-Graph, S7-SCL, S7-HiGraph, CFC

S7-HiGraph, CFC
S7-PLCSIM, S7-DOCPRO, S7-Teleservice,
S7-DOCPRO, S7-Teleservice, S7-PDiag
S7-PDiag
(S7-PLCSIM is included in the scope of supply)