Copy Protection - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 System Manual

8.6

Copy protection

Application
The copy protection allows you to protect your program against unauthorized duplication.
With copy protection you associate the blocks with a specific SIMATIC memory card or CPU.
Through the association with the serial number of a SIMATIC memory card or CPU, the use
of this program or block is only possible in combination with a specific SIMATIC memory
card or CPU.
Copy and know-how protection
Recommendation: To prevent an unauthorized reset of the copy protection, provide a copy-
protected block with additional know-how protection. First set up the copy protection for the
block and after this the know-how protection.
Setting up c opy protection
To set up copy protection, follow these steps:
1. Open the properties of the respective block.
2. Select the "Protection" option under "General".
Figure 8-7
3. In the "Copy protection" area, select either the "Bind to serial number of the CPU" entry or
the "Bind to serial number of the memory card" entry from the drop-down list.
Figure 8-8
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Setting up copy protection (1)
Setting up copy protection (2)
Protection
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