Creating A Password For The Cpu; Restricting Access To The S7-200 Cpu - Siemens SIMATIC S7-200 System Manual

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Creating a Password for the CPU

All models of the S7-200 CPU provide password protection for restricting access to
specific CPU functions. A password authorizes access to the CPU functions and
memory: without a password, the CPU provides unrestricted access. When
password protected, the CPU prohibits all restricted operations according to the
configuration provided when the password was installed.
Restricting Access to the CPU
As shown in Table 4-12, S7-200 CPUs provide three levels of restricting access to
CPU functions. Each level allows certain functions to be accessible without a
password. For all three levels of access, entering the correct password provides
access to all of the CPU functions. The default condition for the S7-200 CPU is
level 1 (no restriction).
Entering the password over a network does not compromise the password
protection for the CPU. Having one user authorized to access restricted CPU
functions does not authorize other users to access those functions. Only one user
is allowed unrestricted access to the CPU at a time.
Note
After you enter the password, the authorization level for that password remains
effective for up to one minute after the programming device has been
disconnected from the CPU. If another user immediately connects to the CPU
within this time, he may have access to the programming device.
Table 4-12 Restricting Access to the S7-200 CPU
Read and write user data
Start, stop and restart the CPU
Read and write the time-of-day clock
Upload the user program, data, and the
configuration
Download to the CPU
STL Status
Delete the user program, data, and the
configuration
Force data or single/multiple scan
Copy to the memory cartridge
Write outputs in STOP mode
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Task Level 1 Level 2
Not Not
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Level 3
Not
restricted t i t d
Password
required
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