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Joe Schlitzer, EandM's Siemens Product Specialist in Northern California

S7-300 to S7-1500 Migration: When Testing Windows Are Weeks Apart
26 February 2026

How do you migrate a PLC system when you can only test during planned shutdowns? 

One manufacturing customer reached out in June 2025 with a large S7-300 PLC project that needed to migrate to S7-1500. Their biggest constraint: they can only test during planned maintenance shutdowns—sometimes weeks or months between...