They also have this nifty configuration tool you can use if you want to upgrade it will give you all the part numbers you need to get you license upgraded to where you want: in the "Software" section.Įdit: If you are looking to save costs almost all of Siemens engineering software has Trial periods. Siemens is really good about being able to upgrade software without punishing you for buying the maxed out version right away. That all being said it sounds like this is what you will need:ĦES7822-0AE06-0YA5 -TIA Portal V16 Basic and WinCC Basic
Professional (and then 3-4 versions of this) Engineering is what you use to build the HMI platform and download to the HMI. Runtime, as said above, is for running the HMI application (your panel has a license built in). WinCC has two types of licenses, Runtime and Engineering. You can program a lot of S7-300s and S7-400s in TIA Portal Professional also. Step7 v5.6 (non-TIA) is for "Simatic Manager" and is for S7-300 and S7-400 PLCs (older) TIA is the latest and greatest and has two options "Professional" and "Basic"īasic is for S7-1200s and "Professional" is for 1500s, 300s, 400s, and ET200s TIA and Step 7 is the engineering platforms for PLCs It is license for running the HMI application. Runtime is the license on the HMI device. Please click "report" on spam Related sub-reddits: (*) At mods' discretion, certain self-promotion submissions from people who contribute to this sub in other ways may be allowed and tagged with the "Self-promo" flair