CPU 410-5H Process Automation/CPU 410 SMART 
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  Special functions of the CPU 410-5H 
 
You can define a protection level for your project in order to prevent unauthorized access to 
the CPU programs. The objective of these protection level settings is to grant a user access 
to specific programming device functions which are not protected by password, and to allow 
that user to execute those functions on the CPU.  
Setting protection levels  
You can set the CPU protection levels 1 to 3 under "STEP 7/Configure Hardware".  
The following table shows the protection levels of a CPU. 
Table 9- 1  Protection levels of a CPU 
Display of list of blocks 
Operator control and monitoring 
Access granted  Access granted  Access granted 
Breakpoint  Access granted  Password required  Password required 
Memory reset  Access granted  Password required  Password required