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Entrytype:FAQ,EntryID:97554052,Entrydate:12/15/2014

WhatoptionsareavailableinSTEP7(TIAPortal)foruploadingwhentheprojectintheCPUhasbeencreatedwitha
differentversion?

Description
ItmighthappenthataSTEP7projecthasbeencreatedandloadedintothedeviceinaCPUwithadifferentversiontothatinstalledonyourPG/PC.IfyouwishtocontinueprocessingorsavetheSTEP7project,youneed
thefunctionsthatareavailableinthe"Online"menu.ThescopeofthefunctionsvariesverylittlebetweenthedifferentversionsofSTEP7.

Instructions

1. Intheprojecttreeyouclicktherequiredcontroller(thecontrollermustbemarked).
2. Clickthe"Online"menu.
3. Intheitem"Uploadfromdevice(software)"youclicktherequiredmenucommand(seeTable01).

Fig.01

Table01belowgivesyouanoverviewofwhichonlinefunctionsareavailableinthe"Uploadfromdevice(software)"item.

Key Action Singlestep Menucommand


C Youwanttocopythe"Programblocks" 1. BeforethisactionyoucreateanidenticaldeviceconfigurationintheProjectfolder. Draganddrop
folderfromthe"Onlineaccess"folderinto 2. Opentheonlineaccessoftherelevantcontroller. (nomenucommand)
the"Project"folder. 3. Drag-and-droptheprogramblockfolderfromthe"Onlineaccess"folderintothe"Project"folder
(thisoverwritestheexistingprogramblockfolder).
N Youwanttocopythehardware 1. MakesurethatadifferentstationnameisenteredintheTopologyview(seeFig.02),justincasethereisalreadyastationinthe Uploaddeviceasnewstation
configurationandsoftwarefromadevice Projectfolder. (hardwareandsoftware)...
intotheProjectfolder. 2. Selectthemenucommand"Uploaddeviceasnewstation"andfollowthemenus.
MoreinformationisavailableintheOnlineHelpunder"Uploaddeviceasnewstation".

S Youwanttobackupthehardware 1. BeforethisactionyoucreateanidenticaldeviceconfigurationintheProjectfolder. Backupfromonlinedevice


configurationandsoftwarefromadevice 2. Selectthemenucommand"Backupfromonlinedevice"andfollowthemenus.
intheProjectfolder. MoreinformationisavailableintheOnlineHelpunder"Backupfromonlinedevice".
A1:1copyofthemarkedonlinestation(softwareandhardware)ismadeandtransferredtoyourPG/PCincludingthedateandtime.
Multiplebackupsarepossible.Youcannoteditthebackup.Youcantransferthebackupintothedeviceagainlatertorestorethecurrent
status.
O Youwanttoreadoutstatusinformation Selectthemenucommand"Goonline"andfollowthemenus. Goonline
aboutadevicefromtheProjectfolder. Thefunctiongivesyouanoverviewof
OnlineTools
On/offlineblockcomparison
Diagnostics
Otheronlinefunctions
AdditionalinformationisavailableintheOnlineHelpunder"GoonlineandGooffline".
Table01
Fig.02

IfyouwanttouploadaprogramfromaCPUintoyourprogrammingdevicewithaversionofSTEP7whichisdifferenttotheversionofSTEP7thatwasusedforeditinganddownloading,thefollowingtablepresentsthe
combinationoptions.Hereyouhaveanoverviewofwhichonlinefunctionsarepossibleinthiscontext.ThedesignationsinTable02correspondtothelegendinTable01.

Project(version)loadedinthedevice VersionofSTEP7(TIAPortal)installedinthePG/PC
V11 V12 V13
STEP7V5.5 C,O S,O S,O
STEP7(TIAPortal)V11 C,O S,O S,O
STEP7(TIAPortal)V12 C,O S,O S,O
STEP7(TIAPortal)V13 O S,O S,O,N
Table02

FurtherInformation
Detailedinformationonthetopicof"LoadingtheprojectdatafromtheCPUintotheprogrammingdevice"isavailableinthefollowingEntryIDs: 41885693 , 82169157 and 66027369 .

Creationenvironment
ThescreensinthisFAQresponsewerecreatedwithSTEP7(TIAPortal)V13.

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