Configuring the device   
5.5 Load project from external storage medium 
  Basic Panels 2nd Generation 
52  Operating Instructions, 10/2016, A5E33293231-AB 
 
Load project from external storage medium 
This function is available in connection with an HMI device image that is compatible with 
WinCC (TIA Portal) V14 or higher. 
 
When you load a project with the "Upgrade or downgrade Firmware" option, the operating 
system of the HMI device is updated. All data on the HMI device, including the HMI device 
password, is deleted in the process. Settings in the Start Center are retained. License keys 
are backed up to the external storage medium before the operating system update. 
Back up your data before the load operation, if necessary. 
 
1.  Touch the "Service & Commissioning" icon. 
2.
  Press the "Project Download" button. 
With "Project Download", you have the  
option of loading an individual project  
from an external storage medium into the  
HMI device. 
  Select the storage medium on which the  
data is backed up. 
  Select the project file. 
If no storage medium is inserted into the  
HMI device, the "Projects" list is empty. 
  Select the options for the project download: 
–  "User administration:" 
Overwrite the user administration on the 
HMI device with the user administration 
of the project 
–  "Recipe data:" 
Overwrite recipes of the HMI device with 
the recipes of the project 
–  "Upgrade or downgrade Firmware:" 
Update firmware on the HMI device if  
the firmware version of the HMI device is 
incompatible with the firmware version of 
the project 
  Use the "Accept" button to confirm. 
The project is loaded into the HMI device.