SIMATIC AX¶

Automation at the speed of software development¶

Based on Visual Studio Code, SIMATIC AX offers state-of-the-art IT tools in a lean development environment for programming and maintaining SIMATIC PLCs. This enables fast releases, quality management and collaboration from anywhere.

Bringing IT & OT closer together¶

SIMATIC AX, short for Automation Xpansion, introduces proven methods & mechanisms from software development to the world of industrial automation. Together with the TIA Portal, you benefit from modular engineering workflows to empower IT-savvy automation engineers with a versatile and adaptable toolchain, tailored to their requirements: working together, from anywhere and in the way that suits them.

Leverage the power of IT methods & mechanisms for your automation projects¶

• Make use of an automation engineering solution based on the worlds most used integrated development environment VISUAL STUDIO CODE

• Set modular standards with Object-oriented programming in STRUCTURED TEXT

• Increase software quality trough UNIT TESTING

• Ensure SOURCE CONTROL MANAGEMENT via a NATIVE GIT integration

• Increase efficiency and speed through a COMMAND LINE INTERFACE first approach

• Handle complex dependencies easily with a proven PACKAGE MANAGEMENT solution

• Ensure stable, fast, and automated release cycles with CI PIPELINES

• Connect and deploy from anywhere thanks to a CLOUD CONNECTION

• Foster transparency and automation through HUMAN-READABLE - PLAIN TEXT source code

• Choose the preferred work mode – native in the CLOUD or LOCAL

• Adapt the system to workflow needs via EXTENSIONS, SCRIPTS and PACKAGES provided by SIEMENS, third parties or you

• Harness the power of a collective intelligence through an OPEN SOURCE GITHUB COMMUNITY

Developer Resources¶

Learn how to use SIMATIC AX and start developing your own STRUCTURED TEXT applications.