PLC-Lab is a leading 2D process simulation program for Windows, developed by MHJ-Software from Germany. It provides users with everything they need to quickly create a virtual test environment or system for PLC programs or Grafcet, and is mainly used to create simplified digital twin especially for automation tasks, and to fix all bugs in your PLC code before testing on the real hardware.

PLC-Lab has simple and friendly UI, has a very rich set of functions and options, and can realize a wide variety of projects. It comes with an integrated physics engine, which can assign physical properties to objects, thus ensuring realistic simulation of objects with minimal errors. In addition, its user interface and drawing area are completely vector-oriented. This means that objects can be enlarged or reduced in size during simulation without affecting quality.

PLC-Lab allows you to safely and conveniently simulate an entire project or individual project component, test a PLC program or Grafcet without damaging the hardware, and fix all errors in the PLC code before testing on real hardware. Moreover, it can be used for simulation testing even if some hardware is not yet available. This can effectively save time and money investment, say goodbye to manual operations, and debug and test safely without any cost.

Official Demo Video

Target Systems

Software Systems Hardware Systems
  • PLCSIM-S7300 (Simatic Manager)
  • PLCSIM-S7300 (TIA PORTAL)
  • PLCSIM-1200 (TIA PORTAL)
  • PLCSIM-1500 (TIA PORTAL)
  • PLCSIM-Advanced
  • Intern Memory (IM, Flags)
  • WinSPS-S7
  • Grafcet-Studio
  • S7-300 (Siemens AG)
  • S7-400 (Siemens AG)
  • S7-1200 (Siemens AG)
  • S7-1500 (Siemens AG)
  • LOGO! (Siemens AG)

Compatible With

  • WinSPS-S7
  • Grafcet-Studio
  • PLCSIM
  • PLCSIM-Advanced
  • S7-300/400/1200/1500
  • LOGO!
  • CODESYS V3 based
  • OPC/UA

System Requirements

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2+

Edition Statement

AppNee provides the PLC-Lab Pro Edition multilingual full installers and universal activator for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit.

Installation Notes

for v2.4:
  1. Download and install PLC-Lab
  2. Run universal activator, and click 'Activate it!'
  3. Done

Warning

The activator might be falsely reported as Win32:Malware-gen threat with high risk. Use VirusTotal to make a full, authoritative scan, and decide to use it or not by yourself.

*** Please remember: antivirus software is not always right, just be careful and use it at your own risk.

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Download URLs

License Version Download Size
Pro Edition v3.1.0 52.9 MB
(Homepage)