Siemens PCS 7 - Firewall in PC Stations; Subsequent Installation or Updating

● Manual Process Control System PCS 7; SIMATIC Route Control
● Manual SIMATIC; SIMATIC Logon
5.4.11 Firewall in PC stations
Windows firewall
PCS 7 uses the operating system firewall (see "Preface (Page 9)":
Process Control System
PCS 7; PCS 7 Readme file). The required settings are made during the PCS 7 setup.
Requirement for using a firewall on the system bus
The CP 443-1 must have particular firmware versions installed if you intend to use a firewall
on the system bus. You can find additional information on this in the section "Preconfigured
PC systems for PCS 7 (product bundles) (Page 47)".
Additional information
● Section "Components for connection to the terminal bus/plant bus (Page 48)"
● Section "How to access PC stations outside a subnet (Page 112)"
5.4.12 Subsequent installation or updating
If a PCS 7 software package is already installed on the PC, a dialog box for the type of
installation appears during the PCS 7 system setup. You can specify which type of installation
you require in this dialog box:
● Installation
● Update
Installation
Subsequent installation allows you to use additional PCS 7 functions. You can find additional
information on this in the section "Appendix B - Approved configurations on a PC station
(Page 142)".
Update
An update replaces existing software packages with newer versions of the software. Make
sure that you select the latest software packages of the new version.
Recommendation:
Installing PC stations
5.4 Installing the PCS 7 software
PCS 7 - PC Configuration (V8.2)
88 Installation Manual, 03/2016, A5E36200050-AB