2/11/2015 2:10 PM | |
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I agree with you in general, sometimes it is frustrating. The software is to complex and users mostly do not follow the ideas of the siemens guys. And I also know, when having stress at commissioning, you start operating the software be try & error. But, most of your frustration don't need to be if taking some minutes for reading the notes, before doing something. So, there is written in the download: https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/105825934
Furthermore you have the possibility to check which parallel software versions are able to install: http://support.automation.siemens.com/kompatool/pages/main/index.jsf
The issue with the firmware upgrade of the 1200 I also do not unterstand. The firmware of the hardware you use, you need to setup in the hardware configuration in the project. Like it always was in the past, the firmware in the project need to match to the firmware in the hardware. With a project in V13 you can, of course, also setup a 1200 with firmware 3.0 or lower. There is no need to upgrade the FW when upgrading the engineering. Also the 1200 has 3 different MLFBs for ordering. For example the 1214DC/DC/DC 214-1AE30 ... for FW2.2 and lower So why order a FW4.0 PLC, when the broken one is FW3.0?
I will say, it is not always easy to find the information, but most of them are available. You can search by your own, ask the forum, ask the support or your local representation. Crying around, after a lot of thinks went wrong, helps for the moment, but it will not help you challenging new projects and support your customers. best regards
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