General Requirements - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Service Manual

Introduction

2.2 General Requirements

2.2 General Requirements
The following requirements must be met regardless of whether you execute the software
update with or without the utilization of new functions:
General Requirements for Updating the Software
● Your PC hardware must meet the hardware requirements for PCS 7 V8.0 Update 1.
● A PC on which the PCS 7 software is to be installed must meet one of the following
● The project must be updated to PCS 7 V7.1 SP3 . The libraries supplied with PCS 7 V8.0
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For more information, refer to the
System; SIMATIC PCS 7 DVD.
requirements:
– The PC can access a DVD drive via a network.
– It has its "own" DVD drive (example: USB DVD drive).
Note
You must complete the software update before beginning with any additional changes
to the configuration.
Update 1 can only control and monitor the AS blocks of the following PCS 7 versions:
– PCS 7 V6.1 SP4
– PCS 7 V7.1 SP3
– PCS 7 V8.0 xx
Note
If AS blocks from other PCS 7 versions are used in the project, it will be necessary to
update these blocks via a software update using new functions.
pcs7 readme documentation on the Process Control
Software update without utilization of new functions
Service Manual, 03/2012, A5E02779792-02