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SIMATIC Manager
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, there are two formats available for displaying the date and the time. You can select a display in the respective STEP 7 national language and or in ISO 8601 standard format. To make this setting, go to the SIMATIC Manager, open the "Customize" dialog box and select the "Date and Time" tab.
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, you can have module times displayed in the local time for your programming device (PG)/PC. To make this setting, go to the SIMATIC Manager, open the "Customize" dialog box and select the "Date and Time" tab.
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, you have the option of restricting access to projects and libraries by assigning a passwords to them. In order to do this, you must have installed SIMATIC Logon V1.3 SP1 (as of now referred to as SIMATIC Logon) (see What You Should Know About Access Protection).
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, after setting up access protection for projects and libraries, you have the option of keeping a change log that records online actions such as "Download", "Operating Mode Changes", and "Reset". In order to do this, you must have installed SIMATIC Logon V1.3 SP1 (as of now referred to as SIMATIC Logon) (see What You Should Know About Access Protection).
Configuring and Diagnosing Hardware
· The "Information and Maintenance" process is supported in order to be able to read identification data from or write identification data to modules. This function is also available in the SIMATIC Manager (see Identification and Maintenance (I&M)).
· Identification data can also be written to PROFIBUS DP interface modules during redundant mode (by means of "Accessible Nodes"). The interface module must support this function.
· CAx data can be imported and exported. In this way, data can be exchanged between STEP 7 and CAD systems or CAE engineering systems (see Exporting and Importing CAx Data)
· The firmware for PROFIBUS DP interface modules can also be updated during redundant mode, as long as such a module will support this process. Each of the redundantly used interface modules can now send the updated firmware through the active backplane bus to the other, redundant interface module.
· The "Software Redundancy" function now allows PA links with subordinate PA slaves to be copied and redundantly inserted (see Configuring SW Redundancy)
· Applications for editing objects in HW Config can now be started with the Edit > Open Object menu command (see Opening Objects in HW Config).
· You can configure a watchdog time for PROFINET IO devices (see Configuring the Watchdog Time)
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, you can have module times displayed in the local time of your programming device (PG)/PC.
Configuring Networks and Connections
· PROFINET IO with IRT Communication (Isochronous Realtime) is supported. This means that short and equal-length bus-cycle times can also be configured for PROFINET IO (see Introduction: Isochronous Realtime Ethernet).
· There is improved handling when inserting copied IO devices into another station. If the IP addresses are already assigned, you can specify the action to be taken upon insertion (retain addresses or assign new ones).
· In a manner similar to that for PROFIBUS DP slaves, you can now set the watchdog time for PROFINET IO devices: as an object property of the IO device in the "IO Cycle" tab.
· When using optical components for PROFIBUS DP: when configuring with an optical ring, you can specify the optical link modules (OLMs) to be used. This makes calculation of bus parameters more exact. In addition, it means that the bus cycle time can be shortened when higher-performance components are being used.
Standard Libraries
· The standard library "Communication Blocks" has been expanded with the blocks FB 67 and FB 68 for open TCP/IP communication.
· The standard library "Communication Blocks" has been expanded with the blocks FB 20, FB 21, FB 22 and FB 23 for cyclic accessing of user data in accordance with the German PROFIBUS User Organization [PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO)].
· In addition to the existing redundance library "Redundant IO (V1)", as of STEP 7 V5.4 there is the new block library "Redundant IO CGP" (channel granular peripheral devices). It supports redundancy for single module channels. You can find further information in the context-sensitive block help or the STEP 7 readme file. A current list of supported modules is available under the FAQs here: http://support.automation.siemens.com/.
Report System Error
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, a data block (DB 125) for PROFIBUS is supported. This data block can be used to output diagnostic events on an HMI device.
http://simatic.net.ru/viewtopic.php?t=2170
SIMATIC Manager
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, there are two formats available for displaying the date and the time. You can select a display in the respective STEP 7 national language and or in ISO 8601 standard format. To make this setting, go to the SIMATIC Manager, open the "Customize" dialog box and select the "Date and Time" tab.
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, you can have module times displayed in the local time for your programming device (PG)/PC. To make this setting, go to the SIMATIC Manager, open the "Customize" dialog box and select the "Date and Time" tab.
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, you have the option of restricting access to projects and libraries by assigning a passwords to them. In order to do this, you must have installed SIMATIC Logon V1.3 SP1 (as of now referred to as SIMATIC Logon) (see What You Should Know About Access Protection).
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, after setting up access protection for projects and libraries, you have the option of keeping a change log that records online actions such as "Download", "Operating Mode Changes", and "Reset". In order to do this, you must have installed SIMATIC Logon V1.3 SP1 (as of now referred to as SIMATIC Logon) (see What You Should Know About Access Protection).
Configuring and Diagnosing Hardware
· The "Information and Maintenance" process is supported in order to be able to read identification data from or write identification data to modules. This function is also available in the SIMATIC Manager (see Identification and Maintenance (I&M)).
· Identification data can also be written to PROFIBUS DP interface modules during redundant mode (by means of "Accessible Nodes"). The interface module must support this function.
· CAx data can be imported and exported. In this way, data can be exchanged between STEP 7 and CAD systems or CAE engineering systems (see Exporting and Importing CAx Data)
· The firmware for PROFIBUS DP interface modules can also be updated during redundant mode, as long as such a module will support this process. Each of the redundantly used interface modules can now send the updated firmware through the active backplane bus to the other, redundant interface module.
· The "Software Redundancy" function now allows PA links with subordinate PA slaves to be copied and redundantly inserted (see Configuring SW Redundancy)
· Applications for editing objects in HW Config can now be started with the Edit > Open Object menu command (see Opening Objects in HW Config).
· You can configure a watchdog time for PROFINET IO devices (see Configuring the Watchdog Time)
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, you can have module times displayed in the local time of your programming device (PG)/PC.
Configuring Networks and Connections
· PROFINET IO with IRT Communication (Isochronous Realtime) is supported. This means that short and equal-length bus-cycle times can also be configured for PROFINET IO (see Introduction: Isochronous Realtime Ethernet).
· There is improved handling when inserting copied IO devices into another station. If the IP addresses are already assigned, you can specify the action to be taken upon insertion (retain addresses or assign new ones).
· In a manner similar to that for PROFIBUS DP slaves, you can now set the watchdog time for PROFINET IO devices: as an object property of the IO device in the "IO Cycle" tab.
· When using optical components for PROFIBUS DP: when configuring with an optical ring, you can specify the optical link modules (OLMs) to be used. This makes calculation of bus parameters more exact. In addition, it means that the bus cycle time can be shortened when higher-performance components are being used.
Standard Libraries
· The standard library "Communication Blocks" has been expanded with the blocks FB 67 and FB 68 for open TCP/IP communication.
· The standard library "Communication Blocks" has been expanded with the blocks FB 20, FB 21, FB 22 and FB 23 for cyclic accessing of user data in accordance with the German PROFIBUS User Organization [PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO)].
· In addition to the existing redundance library "Redundant IO (V1)", as of STEP 7 V5.4 there is the new block library "Redundant IO CGP" (channel granular peripheral devices). It supports redundancy for single module channels. You can find further information in the context-sensitive block help or the STEP 7 readme file. A current list of supported modules is available under the FAQs here: http://support.automation.siemens.com/.
Report System Error
· As of STEP 7 V5.4, a data block (DB 125) for PROFIBUS is supported. This data block can be used to output diagnostic events on an HMI device.
