3/27/2018 8:09 PM | |
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Hello.
Do you know which version -exactly- TIA V14 can only upgrade the project TIA V13 SP2 can upgrade all previous versions. To test, you could use an application like 7-zip (https://www.7-zip.org/) to retrieve the project. Then try to open the TIA13 project. BR |
3/27/2018 8:23 PM | |
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After using 7zip to extract and then trying to open the .ap13 file in TIA I get the same error message about the simatic and sirius (package container without product) with unknown version number needs to be installed. Does this mean that the original project was archived in a version before 13 SP1 ? I would think that would be a different error message more directly stating that you are trying to open an archive from before 13 SP 1?
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3/27/2018 8:39 PM | |
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My guess must be wrong; which packages are mentioned is unclear to me. |
3/27/2018 10:31 PM | |
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Ok, at this point, I am assuming you have V13 SP1/2 installed, preferably SP2 with latest update. If you know what hardware is used by the project (from schematics or eyes on the product), you know what HSPs may be required to fully support the project. Next, you need to know whether any professional-only instructions are used or was basic version enough. I see "Function charts" and I think TIA Portal Professional for V13 time frame. Do you have TIA portal V13 SP2 professional installed along with whatever HMI support is required beyond WinCC Basic? If this is of use, please post back what helped. If nothing helped, I strongly urge you to submit a Siemens support request right away to get help retrieving the archived project. That said, once you have unzipped the archive to a folder structure on your computer, you can cheat big time to figure out what version is compatible with your xxx.ap13 file. Here's how: 1. Open folder containing your unarchived project where the .ap13 file is stored. Usually the top level of the folder structure in my experience. 2. Right-click the .ap13 file, and select "Open with". 3. Wait for the dialog box to pop up with the default choice for tia portal that windows things is compatible. Now click the v or arrow down to the right of the selection area to pick something else. 4. Do NOT make this your default selection, so uncheck that box. Find (after clicking the down arrow to show "Other Programs") notepad.exe and click that (after unchecking the default selection). 5. Click OK. Now you can see the guts of the file in ascii. DO NOT EDIT this file and DO NOT SAVE if you accidentally change anything. You should see something with "ProjectCompatibilityVersion" and something like 13.0.0.0 or 13.0.1.0. 13.0.0.0 is V13, no service pack. 13.0.1.0 is V13 SP1 For one of my example V13 SP1 projects, something like this, followed by a base64 image encoding (which I am omitting), appears in my .ap13:
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3/28/2018 7:11 PM | |
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Thanks for the extra help huggy_d1 ! I was able to determine that it was a V13 SP1 archive from you help with opening the .ap13 file in text editor. I then installed TIA portal V13 SP1 and tried to open the archive. However I was still not able to retrieve the archive. I received the same error message as my original screenshot BUT this time there was also a message stating that I needed to install Sirius Simocode ES. So I installed that on my V14 SP1 TIA portal and was able to finally retrieve and open the archive file.
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3/28/2018 7:54 PM | |
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Glad you got it retrieved and can use it. |
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