We primarily use AB controllers at our small scale facility, but we now have a new S7-1200 controller on site that were part of a skid mounted system purchased from a vendor. We would like to be able to connect to it to configure the IP address of the port and determine which tags we would like to add to our data historian.
Will STEP 7 BASIC allow me to connect and make the basic configuration changes I'd like, or is there a different package that I will need?
Also, if I purchase the latest version of STEP 7 will it support older versions of firmware if the controller isn't up to date?
Thanks for the help!
P.S.
As a last case scenario we can try to get the vendor down here to do these changes, but we would prefer to have the capabilities in house.
EDIT:
Is there a free way to connect to the controller just to see what version of firmware it is running?
Will STEP 7 BASIC allow me to connect and make the basic configuration changes I'd like, or is there a different package that I will need?
Also, if I purchase the latest version of STEP 7 will it support older versions of firmware if the controller isn't up to date?
Thanks for the help!
P.S.
As a last case scenario we can try to get the vendor down here to do these changes, but we would prefer to have the capabilities in house.
EDIT:
Is there a free way to connect to the controller just to see what version of firmware it is running?
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