leem2209
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I've asked a couple of questions about this recently... but I'm struggling with this WinCC upgrade.
Back to the beginning.
We currently have old Siemens PCs, running Windows 2000 and WinCC v6.0 SP4. The project integrates with Excel 2000 via DDE.
New PC's are windows 7 based. We have WinCC Upgrade Packages, WinCC v6.0->v7.0 and v6.2/v7.0->v7.3. Licences included.
So, for a start, I'm trying to install WinCC v7.0 on the new Windows 7 based PC from the Upgrade Package. I'm hoping I've selected all the right installation options with regards Data Monitor, Simatic Net and Connectivity Pack options. I installed straight from the Upgrade disks, as cannot install WinCC v6.0 first as it is not compatible with Windows 7. Now, the licences are for the upgrade so it still shows missing licences for a lot of the WinCC options. How do I go about sorting out the licences?
Next: The project migration. I know I must create the new OPC tag connections first. I assume it is a case of creating the tags under OPC of tag management which will replace the tags under DDE?
Now, we have a new Excel spreadsheet given to us called AutoVE.xls. In our project we also have an Excel spreadsheet called AutoVE.xls. The new spreadsheet is completely different to the old spreadsheet, different number of sheets, different named sheets, differently looking sheets. The new spreadsheet has a sheet called OPC so I assume that has the data required for the OPC server as well as the macro functions. Is the new AutoVE.xls a direct replacement of the old or do I need to copy the new sheets into the old spreadsheet?
I think once those two issues are sorted, I should be able to copy the project folder onto the new PC and then run the project migration application in WinCC v7.0.
Then I can install the v7.3 upgrade.
Please, any help will be much MUCH appreciated....
Back to the beginning.
We currently have old Siemens PCs, running Windows 2000 and WinCC v6.0 SP4. The project integrates with Excel 2000 via DDE.
New PC's are windows 7 based. We have WinCC Upgrade Packages, WinCC v6.0->v7.0 and v6.2/v7.0->v7.3. Licences included.
So, for a start, I'm trying to install WinCC v7.0 on the new Windows 7 based PC from the Upgrade Package. I'm hoping I've selected all the right installation options with regards Data Monitor, Simatic Net and Connectivity Pack options. I installed straight from the Upgrade disks, as cannot install WinCC v6.0 first as it is not compatible with Windows 7. Now, the licences are for the upgrade so it still shows missing licences for a lot of the WinCC options. How do I go about sorting out the licences?
Next: The project migration. I know I must create the new OPC tag connections first. I assume it is a case of creating the tags under OPC of tag management which will replace the tags under DDE?
Now, we have a new Excel spreadsheet given to us called AutoVE.xls. In our project we also have an Excel spreadsheet called AutoVE.xls. The new spreadsheet is completely different to the old spreadsheet, different number of sheets, different named sheets, differently looking sheets. The new spreadsheet has a sheet called OPC so I assume that has the data required for the OPC server as well as the macro functions. Is the new AutoVE.xls a direct replacement of the old or do I need to copy the new sheets into the old spreadsheet?
I think once those two issues are sorted, I should be able to copy the project folder onto the new PC and then run the project migration application in WinCC v7.0.
Then I can install the v7.3 upgrade.
Please, any help will be much MUCH appreciated....