Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7
octoplant supports the management of Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 projects and enables the cyclical monitoring of devices that have been configured with this development environment. In addition to this, all files of the offline version, including their content, can be backed up.
Device support level
Key features and functions
| Version | Backup | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Project lifecycle |  | Upload strategy: Automated upload | |
| Compare: SmartCompare | | Compare: SmartCompare | |
| Restorable version | | Restorable backup | |
Software version compatibility
| SIMATIC S7 | From octoplant version |
|---|---|
| up to V5.5 | 101 |
| V5.6 | 101 |
| V5.7 | 101 |
| SIMATIC PCS 7 | From octoplant version |
|---|---|
| up to V8.0 SP1 | 101 |
| V8.2 | 101 |
| V9.0, V9.0 SP1, V9.0 SP2, V9.0 SP3 | 101 |
Configuration
To get the basic workflow for integrating the device, open General workflow.
Device-specific settings for this device, such as job configuration, can be found on the following pages:
FAQ
Why does the creation of archives in the SIMATIC Manager fail?
Check whether the name of the component to be archived contains spaces. If this is the case, there are two options:
- Remove the blank characters from the name of the affected component.
- Create a subdirectory without blank characters in the affected component.
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