Siemens SIMATIC HMI - 5 Commissioning a Project; Overview

Commissioning a project
5.3 Using existing projects
Comfort Panels
Operating Instructions, 08/2018, A5E36770603-AC
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5.3
Using existing projects
To use an existing WinCC flexible project in WinCC, migrate the project to WinCC.
To convert the project of a Comfort V1/1.1 device to an Comfort V2 device, use
WinCC (TIA Portal) V14 SP1 or later and switch the HMI device in WinCC.
You can find more information on this topic in the WinCC online help.
See also
Migration of plants to SIMATIC (TIA Portal) Visualization
(https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/76878921
)
5.4
Data transmission options
The following table shows the options for data transmission between an HMI device and the
configuration PC.
Type
Data channel to PC
HMI device
Backup
MPI/PROFIBUS DP
Yes
USB type mini B Yes
PROFINET
1
Yes
Ethernet Yes
Restoring
MPI/PROFIBUS DP
Yes
USB type mini B
Yes
PROFINET
1
Yes
Ethernet
Yes
Updating the operating system
MPI/PROFIBUS DP
Yes
USB type mini B
Yes
PROFINET
1
Yes
PROFINET, with reset to
factory settings
1
Yes
Ethernet
Yes
Transferring a project
MPI/PROFIBUS DP
Yes
USB type mini B
Yes
PROFINET
1
Yes
Ethernet Yes
Installing or removing an add-on
MPI/PROFIBUS DP
Yes
USB type mini B
Yes
PROFINET
1
Yes
Ethernet Yes
License key transferring or
transferring back
MPI/PROFIBUS DP
Yes
USB type mini B
Yes
PROFINET
1
Yes
Ethernet
Yes
1
Select "PN/IE" as the access point