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Maintenance
12.6 Firmware update
Distributed I/O system
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Options for the firmware update
The following options are available for updating firmware:
● Online in STEP 7 via Online & Diagnostics
● Online in STEP 7 via accessible devices (PROFINET)
● Using a SIMATIC memory card (possible for CPU and central I/O modules)
● Via the integrated Web server (possible for CPU as well as centralized and distributed
I/O modules)
● Online via the SIMATIC Automation Tool
Note
Firmware files of the CPU
If you perform a CPU update with STEP
7, you require STEP 7 (TIA Portal as of V13
Update
3).
The table below provides an overview of the media that can be used to update the firmware
of a specific module.
Table 12- 2 Overview of firmware update options
Firmware update
CPU
Interface module
I/O module
STEP 7 (TIA Portal)
✓
1)
✓
✓
STEP 7 (V5.5 SP2 or higher)
2)
--
✓
✓
Accessible devices
✓
✓
✓
SIMATIC memory card
✓
--
✓
Web server of the CPU
✓
--
✓
SIMATIC Automation Tool
✓
✓
✓
1)
V13 update 3 or higher
2)
If the firmware files are only available in this format, you can also install the files using STEP 7
(TIA Portal) but not the SIMATIC memory card or the Web server.