10/22/2016 2:53 PM | |
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Hi, Welcome to the PCS7 club! The first thing you must know about PCS7 is that before you make any changes, you must use the test mode to see if you can go online. To do this, you have to open a CFC, then click on the little button icon right next to the download button. If you cannot go online, PCS7 will give you a warning: Register CPU for testing. This means that the program (CFC) is changed, but not downloaded and thus it is dangerous by downloading the program with changes you don't know off. If someone made changes before you, but you receive this warning, please kick him in the ass, he deserves it. There are a few options you can use to check for different versions: One is to create a download image. With this option, you can generate an image of the current program following a successful download operation. The image is created as an XML document and assigned to the program. Then, when you want to download again, you can click "Show Changes" in the Download Dialog box to run a comparison between the XML file and the data you want to download before it is actually downloaded. You can only carry out this comparison if you have the Version Cross Manager (VXM) add-on package installed and if an image was generated when the program was previously downloaded. If you want to enable this, you have to go to CFC chart->Options->Customize->Compile/Download and check option: "Generate image of downloaded program for comparison". Please note that XML file generation slows down a full download. The VXM will require a license and is installed from the PCS7 DVD. You can then open it and check the generated XML file. You can also check projects with the VXM by comparing the two.
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7/12/2019 8:27 AM | |
Joined: 5/3/2017 Last visit: 5/21/2024 Posts: 673 Rating: (217) |
Hello Ahmed Zidan, with the VXM (version cross manager) you will compare the two XML-Files. The first XML-File is generated when you have selected "Generate image of downloaded program for comparison" and download the program successfully. The second XML-File is the generated from the current project version. You can find more information about the VXM in the following manuals:
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7/18/2019 8:26 AM | |
Joined: 4/28/2017 Last visit: 3/14/2024 Posts: 149 Rating: (24) |
Hello Arun, Previous Post has given good pieces of information. But, Version cross manager (VXM) is an additional package and it needs License also, More to that, If you had enabled it all time, It will slow down your Download process then earlier, There are some simple tricks that people might be knowing, 1. If your Chart is compiled and ready for Download, It will add a badge over the chart folder name available underneath the "S7-Program"-The same Badge will be added on Individual charts as well, Refer the attached Img: CFC_State_0 2. Once the Downloading process is done, It won't have any Badges, 3. Later that, If anybody makes some changes on particular charts then S7 database will update a Badge on the particular Chats as well as Common Chart folder, Refer the attached Img: CFC_State_1 So, When you toggle the test mode button, System will show you a pop-up of "Would you like to enable test-mode of CPU" This way you can identify the No. Charts being modified, And, If you have an archived backup for your work, you can make a comparison then for the particular 4. You are having one more advantage if you are using latest PCS7 Version (Considered PCS7 9.0) If you Open the particular chart having Badge of changes-On the Blocks You can see the Input and output Nubs with Red colors, Those are Indicates the Changes, Full REd means Block is Imported as new, And, On the Iinkable lines, you can see a cross arrow, Which states Connection Source/destination being modified, Refer the attached Img: CFC_State_2 By the way, my main suggestion is that Whenever you end up your work then compile your program and make an archived backup, then you can observe the changes on your next attempt by Chart badges To know more about Version cross manager (VXM) - AttachmentChart_Changes.zip (199 Downloads) |
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