4/24/2016 11:56 AM | |
Joined: 3/14/2008 Last visit: 10/15/2024 Posts: 2111 Rating: (942) |
Hi, For what I can give you right now: - Profinet integration - redundant fault tolerant plant and terminal bus - redundant profinet with MRP protocol - One of the best features: use of the CPU410 with TCiR capability (changes to block types downloaded in run) - Use of the CPU410 which is scalable in terms of PO but the most powerfull CPU yet - A lot more functionality of the APL library - Download of selective CFC/SFC charts - Use of the Process Historian which is an upgrade of the CAS server which is not supported since v8.0 I will make a document which lists all changes in more detail, because I get that question more often :) |
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4/24/2016 2:26 PM | |
Joined: 9/7/2007 Last visit: 10/9/2024 Posts: 550 Rating: (62) |
Hi For upgrading your PCS7 version it is highly important you can find in this link what is new is in the version. For my opinion you will face a problem with the workstations, if you would like to add or replace any of it. the old PCS7 does not support latest Windows OS versions. you can find attached the compatibility of PCS7 V8.2 with Windows OS. |
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4/24/2016 2:40 PM | |
Joined: 3/17/2013 Last visit: 8/25/2024 Posts: 481 Rating: (43) |
Hi But if I upgrade only PCS7 version, and not touching PLC HW (AS) will it be helpful still Our CPU 414-4H1 Thanks Vijay |
4/24/2016 3:13 PM | |
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hi N.Vijay, Well actually, the most important fact why you want to upgrade is the lifecycle of PCS7 and hardware. Attached is the lifecycle for different versions of PCS7 and the hardware. As you can see, the PCS7 7.1 version is supported until this year, which means Siemens will not give support anymore. Also you have to check your hardware like your AS. Maybe it's reached its discontinuation phase, which means no more spare parts and support. Also the same for IPC and such. I checked the Released Modules for PCS7 8.1. The CPU414-4H is supported as of firmware v4.5 or higher. This means you probably have to upgrade your firmware if not already, but you can use it in PCS7 8.1 SP1 (v8.2 not available yet). You can choose whether to use the new functionalities like APL library, but you can also still use the old classic library. You also have to take into account, that you need to upgrade from 7.1->8.0->8.1 in steps. I hope I gave you some useful information! |
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4/25/2016 3:29 PM | |
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Hi Oreca. Where do I find this lifecycle infromation? I saw the picture you attacged, but I would like the source. Thanks. |
4/25/2016 4:05 PM | |
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Hello! Well, I had to search for quite some time, but I found the document where it was in. Regards! |
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