Introduction to SIMATIC AX: Siemens IT Style PLC Engineering Environment

In-Person Workshop

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This session introduces SIMATIC AX, Siemens IT-style PLC engineering environment that brings modern software development practices into industrial automation.

Workshop Details

During the session, participants will gain hands-on exposure to the SIMATIC AX workflow and understand how it enables faster and more collaborative automation engineering.

We will walk through practical examples that demonstrate how SIMATIC AX leverages familiar IT tools and methods—like Visual Studio Code–based engineering —for real world industrial use cases.

Participants will explore how SIMATIC AX supports:

Collaborative, text-based PLC development using Structured Text with object-oriented programming.

Unit testing and package management to improve code quality and reuse.

A command-line-first approach that aligns OT engineering with modern DevOps workflows.

Schedule

(Schedule times are listed in PT.)

8:45 am - 9:00 am	Test equipment
9:00 am - 4 pm	Overview and training