S7-Technology integrates perfectly into the automation world:

• Guaranteed compatibility with STEP 7 tools (even HMI tools)
• Automatic expansion of STEP 7 project management
• Common signal data with STEP 7
• Embedded in the conventional language world:
  Programming in the standard SIMATIC programming languages LAD, FBD and STL.
• Additional engineering tools, e.g., S7-SCL or S7-GRAPH, can be used.