Method for controlling a wall saw system comprising a guide rail and a wall saw having a saw head, a motorized feed unit which moves the saw head parallel to a feed direction along the guide rail, at least one saw blade which is fastened to a saw arm of the saw head that can be pivoted about a pivot axis and which is driven about a rotation axis, and at least one releasable blade guard which surrounds the saw blade when creating separation cut of the final depth in a workpiece of the workpiece thickness (d) between a first end point (E 1) and a second end point (E 2), the method comprising: ▪ prior to starting a machining operation of the separation cut controlled by a control unit of the wall saw, at least the saw blade diameter of the saw blade, the positions of the first and second end points (E 1, E 2) in the feed direction, the final depth of the cut and a main cut sequence of m main cuts, m ≥ 2, are determined, wherein the main cut sequence comprises at least one first main cut with a first main cutting angle (α 1) of the saw arm and a first diameter (D 1) of the saw blade used in the first main cut, and a second main cut with a second main cutting angle (α 2) of the saw arm and a second diameter (D 2) of the saw blade used in the second main cut, ▪ during the machining controlled by the control unit - the saw arm is disposed in a negative rotation direction below the negative first pivot angle (-α 1), and - during the first main cut, the saw head is displaced in a positive feed direction in the direction of the second end point (E 2), wherein the saw arm disposed at the negative first main cutting angle (-α 1) is in a pulling arrangement, characterized in that, prior to starting the machining operation controlled by the control unit, additionally a saw arm length (δ) of the saw arm, which is defined as the spacing between the pivot axis of the saw arm and the rotation axis of the saw blade, a spacing (Δ) between the pivot axis and the upper side of the workpiece, a first width (B 1) for a blade guard used in the first main cut, and a second width (B 2) for a blade guard used in the second main cut, are established, wherein the first and the second width (B 1, B 2) consist in each case of a first spacing (B 1a, B 2a) of the rotation axis from the blade guard edge, and a second spacing (B 1b, B 2b) of the rotation axis from the second blade guard edge, and the saw head in the machining operation controlled by the control unit is stopped in a position in which a second delimitation (59, 62, 72) of the wall saw that faces the second end point (E 2) coincides with the second end point (E 2), wherein the second delimitation (59, 62, 72) of the wall saw is formed by an second upper exit point of the saw blade, facing the second end point (E 2), on the upper side of the workpiece when the second end point (E 2) does not represent an obstacle; is formed by a second saw blade edge of the saw blade, facing the second end point (E 2) when the second end point (E 2) does represent an obstacle and the machining operation takes place without a blade guard; and is formed by a second blade guard edge of the blade guard, facing the second end point (E 2) when the second end point (E 2) does represent an obstacle and the machining operation takes place with the blade guard. ▪ prior to starting a machining operation of the separation cut controlled by a control unit of the wall saw, at least the saw blade diameter of the saw blade, the positions of the first and second end points (E 1, E 2) in the feed direction, the final depth of the cut and a main cut sequence of m main cuts, m ≥ 2, are determined, wherein the main cut sequence comprises at least one first main cut with a first main cutting angle (α 1) of the saw arm and a first diameter (D 1) of the saw blade used in the first main cut, and a second main cut with a second main cutting angle (α 2) of the saw arm and a second diameter (D 2) of the saw blade used in the second main cut, ▪ during the machining controlled by the control unit - the saw arm is disposed in a negative rotation direction below the negative first pivot angle (-α 1), and - during the first main cut, the saw head is displaced in a positive feed direction in the direction of the second end point (E 2), wherein the saw arm disposed at the negative first main cutting angle (-α 1) is in a pulling arrangement, - the saw arm is disposed in a negative rotation direction below the negative first pivot angle (-α 1), and - during the first main cut, the saw head is displaced in a positive feed direction in the direction of the second end point (E 2), wherein the saw arm disposed at the negative first main cutting angle (-α 1) is in a pulling arrangement,