AutomationTechBrian
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I'm continuing my Siemens education. I need some help with compatibility details.
My customer has a machine that was made by a company no longer in business. I was able to email a programmer who worked for that company when they installed the machine at my customer's plant. I want to make some edits to the HMI to make it easier to use, and easier to train new employees. He said the program file is saved on the HMI, and the box is checked for being able to transfer the HMI file back to the laptop. The part that I'm questioning is when he said I would need the WinCC version it was programmed with.
As you see on the pic, it was WinCC Flexible 2005, SP1. My laptop has WinCC Flexible Advanced 2007, Build v1.2.0.0_1.55.0.1., which is on Windows XP. My customer has version 2008, SP5 on a Siemens Field Service PG, running Windows 7. I tried calling tech support to see if I'm able to get a 14-day version of that legacy WinCC, but they would have to charge me money to even ask that question.
What do you guys know about compatibility for uploading, then downloading back to the HMI. If I need the same version, do you know how I would get a working copy of that version? As you see, it's also integrated into a Step 7 project. Am I correct in thinking I can edit the file without it being integrated into Step 7? (My version is 5.5) I'm also wondering about backing up the HMI, so if I mess things up, I could restore the un-edited version.
My customer has a machine that was made by a company no longer in business. I was able to email a programmer who worked for that company when they installed the machine at my customer's plant. I want to make some edits to the HMI to make it easier to use, and easier to train new employees. He said the program file is saved on the HMI, and the box is checked for being able to transfer the HMI file back to the laptop. The part that I'm questioning is when he said I would need the WinCC version it was programmed with.
As you see on the pic, it was WinCC Flexible 2005, SP1. My laptop has WinCC Flexible Advanced 2007, Build v1.2.0.0_1.55.0.1., which is on Windows XP. My customer has version 2008, SP5 on a Siemens Field Service PG, running Windows 7. I tried calling tech support to see if I'm able to get a 14-day version of that legacy WinCC, but they would have to charge me money to even ask that question.
What do you guys know about compatibility for uploading, then downloading back to the HMI. If I need the same version, do you know how I would get a working copy of that version? As you see, it's also integrated into a Step 7 project. Am I correct in thinking I can edit the file without it being integrated into Step 7? (My version is 5.5) I'm also wondering about backing up the HMI, so if I mess things up, I could restore the un-edited version.