Upgrades for Engineering System

Engineering Upgrade Package

SIMATIC PCS 7 engineering systems with Engineering Software V7.1 can be upgraded to Version 8.0 using the SIMATIC PCS 7 Engineering Upgrade Package. One of the following two versions of the SIMATIC PCS 7 Engineering Upgrade Packages can be used depending on the starting configuration:

• SIMATIC PCS 7 Engineering Upgrade Package AS/OS, unlimited POs
  (with OS Runtime license for productive operation), for classic engineering station without limitation of engineering.
• SIMATIC PCS 7 Engineering Upgrade Package AS/OS, 250 to 2 000 POs
  (with OS Runtime license for productive operation), for combined engineering/operator station in small applications

Any existing OS Runtime license is converted to a cumulative "Count Relevant License" with an upgrade. The number of OS Runtime POs is fully retained.

The licenses included in the Engineering Upgrade Package V7.1 to V8.0 apply to the following software products of SIMATIC PCS 7 Version 7.1:

• PCS 7 Engineering AS, OS, AS/OS (250 POs to 2 000 POs) or
  PCS 7 Engineering AS, OS, AS/OS (unlimited POs), each including redundancy
• PCS 7 Import-Export Assistant
• Version Cross Manager
• Version Trail
• PCS 7 SFC Visualization
• PCS 7 BCE
• SIMATIC NET HARDNET-IE S7

Advanced Engineering Upgrade

Additive to the SIMATIC PCS 7 Engineering Upgrade Package AS/OS, a separate upgrade for V8.0 is available for the SIMATIC PCS 7 Advanced Engineering System V7.1.