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Configuring SIMATIC WinCC flexible jobs

There is currently no separate upload type for WinCC flexible.

You can upload data from an engineering station (create backup via the machine network) using either a UNC job or a Local job.

Panel PCs can only be backed up to a limited extent. You can store the backup on a designated network share. Recipe data can be imported to or exported from this network share via the panels. octoplant can then save the data using a UNC path.

Prerequisites

To execute the job, you must first stop the HMI runtime.

If you are using the Prosave backup tool provided with TIA Portal, shut down the Panel PCs before starting the upload.

Procedure

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The UNC job can be set up with or without agents. If the WinCC flexible editor is not installed on the computer on which the comparison is to take place, a Compare agent is required.

  1. Create a job with the Network (UNC) upload type.
  2. In the Username and Password fields under Network (UNC) settings, enter the credentials of the user who is accessing the network resources. The user must have the necessary access rights.
  3. In the Resource field, enter the computer name or IP address of the computer that you want to access via the network.
  4. To ensure that the the login to the computer is possible with the specified credentials, select the Check button. If the check is not successful, the job will also fail.

  5. If the data is stored in a subdirectory of the network resource, enter the path of the subdirectory in the Subdirectory field. Access to the subdirectory must be possible with the specified credentials.

  6. Under Advanced, you can reduce the network load caused by the job by increasing the value of the Sleep interval between data packets field and reducing the value for Maximum size of data packets.

    Higher values for the waiting time and lower values for the maximum packet size mean that the job execution takes more time.

  7. Select the Upload only when timestamp is different (reduces network load) checkbox to ensure that the timestamp instead of the content of the files is checked during the upload. This means that only new and edited files are uploaded for a backup. Files without changes are transferred from the previous backup, which further limits the network load.

  8. The Make offline project available to scripting interface checkbox enables upload scripts started by the job to access the latest checked-in version.

For more information on creating local jobs, refer to the General upload types -> Configuring jobs with the upload type Local directory page.

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