Step 7 V5.4 on Windows 7 64 bit platform

hungass

You must wait Step7 V5.5 (11/2010).

hungass

You must wait Step7 V5.5 (11/2010).

Delivery release 2010-07-26 !
http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/42813614

SIMATIC S7, STEP7 V5.5, DATA MEDIUM
INCL. TRIAL LICENSE FOR 14 DAYS,
E-SW, SW AND DOCU. ON DVD, LICENSE KEY ON DVD, CLASS A,
5 LANGUAGES (GE,EN,FR,IT,SP),
EXECUTABLE UNDER WINXPPROF, WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE, WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL,
REFERENCE-HW: S7-300/400, C7

Best regards,
Hristo Mihalev

sadrud

Hi

I am currently using Windows 7 (64 bit operating system). Would anybody let me lnow whether is it possible for me to install Step7 V 5.4 on this operating system.


Regards

Sadrud

Hello,

Last week i've received (and installed) Step7 5.5.
This is what the Help said.

Greetings,

Kees

What's New in STEP 7, Version 5.5?
The following subject areas have been updated:

Operating systems

As of STEP 7 V5.5, the operating systems MS Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise (standard installation) are supported.

Configuring and Diagnosing Hardware

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can create I-devices from numerous IO controllers.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can use the PROFINET shared device function.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can assign the IP addresses and device names dynamically.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can configure media redundancy for multiple domains.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can you can configure the isochronous mode for IO devices.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can install hardware updates directly from the "Windows Start menu".

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can manage user rights for the Web server.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can access Web pages of the CPU via a secure HTTPS connection.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can configure keepalive times for TCP connections.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can download I&M data for more than one module at the same time (using multiselection).
Configuration Changes during Ongoing Operation (CiR)

The restrictions in STEP 7 versions up to and including V5.4 regarding hardware configuration in RUN (CiR) for PROFIBUS when upgrading the STEP version no longer apply in V5.5.

Standard Libraries

As of STEP 7 V5.5, the system functions have been expanded by the addition of SFB104 "IP_CONF" for program-controlled configuration of the integrated PROFINET interface of your CPU.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, the system functions have been expanded by the addition of SFC99 "WWW" for enabling or synchronizing user Web pages.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, the system functions have been expanded by the addition of SFB73 "RCVREC" for receiving data records and SFB74 "PRVREC" for making data records available on an I-device. These SFBs are only valid for S7-300 CPUs.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, the system status list with SSL-ID W#16#xy9C has been expanded. This provides information on the configured tool changer and its tools.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, the following FBs of S7 communication are included: FB28 "USEND_E", FB29 "URCV_E", FB34 "GET_E", FB35 "PUT_E". These are only for S7-300 CPUs and only on connections via the integrated PN interface.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, the following two FBs for open communication via Industrial Ethernet have new names: FB 210 (previous name: "S5FW_TCP") is now called "FW_TCP", FB 220 (previous name: "S5FW_IOT") is now called "FW_IOT".

Report System Error

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can choose whether or not the status of slaves is evaluated when the CPU starts up.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, the additional texts of messages are displayed or implemented in the "Message Preview", "Print" and "Print Preview" dialogs.

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can also download blocks generated by 'Report System Error' in HW Config

System diagnostics

As of STEP 7 V5.5, there are two "Diagnostics in Hexadecimal Format" dialogs: one for PROFIBUS slaves and one for PROFINET devices.

Setting the PG/PC Interface

As of STEP 7 V5.5, you can use the USB prommer without needing to install additional software. The required functionality is integrated in STEP 7.