Ken Roach
Lifetime Supporting Member + Moderator
I have been handed a control panel to commission with an S7-1500 in it, and I am the greenest of novices at Siemens products.
I have also been given a VMware virtual machine with TIA Portal 16 Update 3 installed.
When I select an S7-1517F for a new offline program, I can select no higher than firmware version 2.8.
But the online properties of the S7-1517F I have show that it has firmware version 2.9.4 installed. Release notes suggest that was released in December 2021.
Can I update/upgrade/install support for Version 2.9.x firmware into TIA Portal 16 ? If so, how ?
Or do I need to install TIA Portal 17 ?
Or should I try to download older (July 2020) firmware 2.8.3 into the S7-1517F ?
I have also been given a VMware virtual machine with TIA Portal 16 Update 3 installed.
When I select an S7-1517F for a new offline program, I can select no higher than firmware version 2.8.
But the online properties of the S7-1517F I have show that it has firmware version 2.9.4 installed. Release notes suggest that was released in December 2021.
Can I update/upgrade/install support for Version 2.9.x firmware into TIA Portal 16 ? If so, how ?
Or do I need to install TIA Portal 17 ?
Or should I try to download older (July 2020) firmware 2.8.3 into the S7-1517F ?