Copy Protection - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 System Manual

Protection

8.6 Copy protection

8.6 Copy protection
Application
The copy protection allows you to protect your program against unauthorized duplication.
Copy protection allows you to link the program or the blocks to a specific SIMATIC memory
card or CPU. Through the linking of the serial number of a SIMATIC memory card or of a
CPU the use of this program or of this 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 copy 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)
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