Migration of plants with SIMATIC (TIA Portal) - Controllers
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In order to optimize the performance of a plant, it is useful to check regularly that it is state of the art. A certain amount of know-how is required for migrating to new systems. Siemens supports you with many tools and other aids to get successfully into the TIA Portal and the new SIMATIC components. Here we provide an overview of the relevant topics with links to the most important entries.
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| Complete systems | Controller and IO | Visualization | Communication | TIA Portal |
Here you have direct access to the most important technical information and solutions for controllers.
Migrationtools
| Migration Tool TIA Portal In many cases a project that you wish to migrate is not on the same PG/PC as the TIA Portal. The migration tool converts the initial project into a compatible format. You can read this file into the TIA Portal and continue processing it. | |
| TIA Selection Tool The TIA Selection Tool is for selecting, configuring and ordering devices, software and licenses. |
Programming languages
From STEP 7 V5.x to STEP 7 (TIA Portal)
Licenses
| Which license do you need to upgrade from STEP 7 version V5.x, V11 ... V16 to the TIA Portal V17? | |
| What is the difference between authorizations and license keys? |
From S7-200 to S7-1200
| Making the transition from S7-200 to S7-1200 | |
| What has to be considered to replace S7-200 PID applications with "PID_Compact" V2 for S7-1200? | |
| More information about S7-1200 |
From S7-300/400 to S7-1500
Migration from SIMATIC S5 to SIMATIC S7
| Migration Guide: SIMATIC S5 to SIMATIC S7-1500 | |
| Which version of STEP 5 is compatible with which MS Windows operating system? | |
| From S5 to S7 Converter Manual (technical status: 1997) | |
| Configuration of S5 adapter module in an S7-400, in which 6 IMs are already configured. | |
| How do I link an S7-400 with S5 expansion units? | |
| STIMATIC S5 Hardware FAQs | |
| STEP 5 FAQs | |
| SIMATIC S5 / STEP 5 conference in the Service&Support forum | |
| Applications and Tools with SIMATIC S5 Note: When installing STEP 7 V5.X / Prof 2010, an S5 code conversion tool is also installed |
Document with all the ID numbers of the documentation (123,8 KB)
Cable adapter
Conversion from competitor systems
| Conversion Guide: Rockwell Automation PLC-5 to SIMATIC S7 | |
Migrating Controller Software from Rockwell or Mitsubishi to Siemens |
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Training
SITRAIN:
| SITRAIN – Digital Industry Academy | |
| SITRAIN personal – Germany | |
| SIMATIC Industrial Automation Systems |
| SITRAIN - UK and Ireland | |
| SITRAIN - USA | |
| SITRAIN - Australia | |
| SITRAIN - Canada |
Additional Information
| TIA Selection Tool - Migration (Video) | |
| Die SIMATIC S7-1500 neuester Generation von Siemens (Video) |
Additional Keywords
Overview page, Topics page, Overview, Engineering Efficiency, Performance, Totally Integrated Automation, S5-IO adapter
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