Prerequisites, Installation, And Overview - Siemens SIMATIC S7-200 Manual

Prerequisites, installation, and overview

Prerequisites
The following software must be installed on your computer or programming device:
● SIMATIC STEP 7-Micro/WIN V4.0 SP6 (or later)
● SIMATIC STEP 7 Basic V10.5 SP2
● SIMATIC S7-200 to SIMATIC S7-1200 software conversion tool
The STEP 7-Micro/WIN program that you want to convert must have these properties:
● The program must have been created using STEP 7-Micro/WIN V4.0 SP7 or an earlier
● The program must have been created using SIMATIC programming mode. IEC
● The program must have been saved in LAD (ladder editor) format.
● The program must compile with no errors.
● All user-defined password block protection must have been removed from the
Install the converter software
● STEP 7 Basic V10.5 SP2 and STEP 7-Micro/WIN V4.0 SP7 (or later) must already be
● Double-click the setup.exe file that installs the SIMATIC S7-200 to SIMATIC S7-1200
SIMATIC S7-200 to SIMATIC S7-1200 software conversion tool
Manual, 1/2010
version of STEP 7-Micro/WIN.
programming mode is not supported.
STEP 7-Micro/WIN program. Remove the password protection from the main routine,
subroutines, interrupt routines, and all data pages in the data block. Any program block
that is password protected will not be converted.
Note
If a STEP 7-Micro/Win wizard has generated and protected program blocks, then the
block protection cannot be removed and these program blocks are not converted.
installed or your computer or programming device.
software conversion tool. You can run the setup.exe file from any directory.
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