Download Hotfix 4 STEP 7 V5.7 SP1 / STEP 7 Professional 2021 SR1

1       Innovations and Changes Compared to Earlier Versions

1.1      What has Changed Compared to Version STEP 7 V5.7 SP1?

General

• Domain users in the group "Siemens TIA Engineer" are recognized as members of this group even if the domain is not available.

HW Config

• The handling of device proxy initialization has been improved.
• If no corresponding free input and output address areas are available when configuring modules that require the same input and output addresses, a message is now displayed.
• The routing transfer via Ethernet is completely supported.
• The check of the time synchronization settings has been improved.
• The stability of the diagnostic buffer has been improved.
• As of this Hotfix:Loading hardware changes via H-Cir has been improved.

NCM

• The compilation of OPC system data for certain special characters in the project path is now possible again.

Topology Editor

• The performance has been improved.

SIMATIC Manager

• The display in the details view has been improved.
• As of this Hotfix:Working with filter options has been improved.
• As of this Hotfix:Scannig a project for required option packages has been improved.
• As of this Hotfix:Inserting an existing project in a multiproject and archiving of multiprojects has been improved.

Program editor

• As of this Hotfix: Navigating to address locations has been improved.

SIMOCODE-DP

• As of Hotfix 3:  Invalid configurations with Simocode slaves are detected. You can find information on the compatibility of Simocode DP GSDs in the readme file of the block librarySIMOCODE-DP Migration (Legacy) for SIMATIC PCS7 under https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/document/109780312