STEP5_V7.23.iso - STEP 5 V7.23 Edition 11/2003
S5723HF1.zip - Hotfix 1 for STEP 5 V7.23
6ES5_998-0MA24.pdf - STEP 5 SIMATIC Manual / Edition 11/2001 / C79000-G8576-C920-05
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DESCRIPTION:
General:
The Hotfix 1 for STEP 5 V7.23 is now available
Corrections implemented:
- Online problems with a AS511 link with the Field PG in ACPI mode and CPU 928 (specific FW versions) corrected in RUN.
- Error when loading blocks with the Field PG in ACPI mode via MUX757 corrected.
- When transferring OB type blocks with byte PLCs (except CPU945), blocks OB32 to OB34 are now also accounted for correctly.
- Problem when printing (LAD/ STL) both of FBs and PBs has been corrected.
The Hotfix can be used for the following STEP 5 versions: ·
- STEP 5 Basis package V7.23 and higher, or
- STEP 5 for Mini PLCs V7.23 and higher
Installation hints:
Please note the detailled hints on installation in the file S5UPD.TXT
Product Information:
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The product information can be read without installing the product. Open
the Readme.wri file in the STEP 5 folder on the CD ROM STEP 5.
Installation:
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You can install the product under MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98/ME or
Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP/XP-Prof. For a more detailed
description of the installation procedure, refer to 'INSTALLATION' in the
Product Information.
Installing from the CD-ROM:
Select your CD-ROM drive and navigate to the
lw:\STEP5\STEP5.INS directory.
Double-click INSTALL.EXE.
Caution:
The environment variable TMP must be set before the installation
and the specified directory must exist and not be write-protected!
Example: SET TMP=C:\TMP
Directory Structure:
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STEP 5 uses a default directory structure.
System directory
lw:\system_directory\S5_SYS\
This contains all the program and system files required for running STEP 5.
You may not make any changes whatsoever within the system directory.
You can make the system directory read-only with the exception of
(except: subdirectory S5_COM\).
The system directory contains the following subdirectories:
S5_COM\ Com adapter for V5 & V6 COM packages (must not be RO!)
S5_COM\COM_DB1\ COM DB 1
S5_COM\PG_PG\ PG-PG link
EXAMPLE\ STEP 5 sample program
DR_INI\ Shipped printer parameter files (*DR.INI)
AP_INI\ Shipped path files (*AP.INI)
S5_INST\ Installation components
S7_INST\ Installation components
Home directory
lw:\home_directory\S5_HOME\
Device-specific files are stored here. These are the batch files
required for startup, various INI files describing the workstation,
printer parameter files modified by the user and path files
(DR.INI and AP.INI).
S5_Data
lw:\home_directory\S5_DATEN\
This is the default directory for user data following the installation of
STEP 5.
SINEC
C:\SINEC
This contains the shipped MS-DOS drivers for SINEC L2 and H1
(SIMATIC NET network drivers). This directory is not created if you install
on Windows ME or Windows NT/2000/XP!
S5_INFO
C:\S5_INFO
This contains the product information, readme files and instructions.
The default setting for the system and home directories is
C:\STEP5.
Any previous version of STEP 5
(earlier or V6.x) will be overwritten!
Caution:
Please note that on a programming device with the operating systems
MS-DOS, Windows 3.x and Windows 95/98/ME, there may be only one
system directory and one home directory even if you install STEP 5
several times in succession. For subsequent installations in multi-user
mode in Windows 98, you must always use the same STEP 5 directories!
Individual users may create their own STEP 5 directories only under
the operating systems Windows NT/2000/XP.
Changes to the Configuration Files:
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Caution: For Windows NT/2000/XP, the configuration is not performed
via AUTOEXEC and CONFIG, it is done via the Properties of the start files
and via the Windows registry. This partially applies to Windows ME, too.
INSTALL makes the following changes automatically.
Correct the specified directory names logically!
AUTOEXEC.BAT:
SET S5_SYSTEM=C:\STEP5\S5_SYS
SET S5_HOME=C:\STEP5\S5_HOME
PATH=......;C:\STEP5\S5_HOME
CONFIG.SYS:
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /e:2048 /p
The upper row must be adjusted to your system. The environment size
/e:2048 should be approximately 1 K more than the actual size used.
As in the example, 2K are adequate for most system configurations.
The following modifications are not made by the installation program.
They are only relevant for the COMs. COM-DB1 and the PG-PG link
run as from free 550K of the DOS memory.
CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\....\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\....\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
FILES=32
The programming device must be rebooted after you have made the
changes!
Caution:
Usually, the system automatically sets the variable
COMSPEC correctly.
If the entry SET COMSPEC = exits in AUTOEXEC.BAT,
you may not use any long name in it.
Example:
Windows 95 is in the directory: C:\WINDOWS_95. The name WINDOWS_95
is a long name. In this case, the entry
SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDO~1\COMMAND.COM
must be made in AUTOEXEC.BAT. Otherwise, Windows 95
will enter COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS_95\COMMAND.COMs
in the environment. STEP 5 cannot run with this setting!
In the Windows operating systems NT/2000/XP,
STEP 5 also installs the required files to the
Windows Systems directory ...\SYSTEM32\...
Entries and modifications are made to the Windows Registry
when these files are installed.
Caution:
These files in the Windows system directory can also be used by
other "non STEP 5" applications! These files are therefore managed
in the registry using installation counters. They can only be
uninstalled when the installation counter "releases" the file.
The file S5AS511.VXD is installed in the Windows system directory
...\SYSTEM\... under Windows 98/ME.
Programming Device Requirements for STEP 5 V7.x:
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- MS-DOS later than 5.0
or Windows 3.x
or Windows 95 or Windows 98 or Windows ME
or Windows NT 4.0 (service pack 3 recommended)
or Windows 2000
or Windows XP
- Hard disk space: at least 21 Mbytes for local
installation
- Free DOS memory: 550 Kbytes
- XMS must exist (min. 2 Mbytes) (HIMEM.SYS)
- File names must not included umlauts
- Parallel port for external prommer:
Standard Printer Port (no EPP, no ECP)
LPT1: 378h, IRQ 7
LPT2: 278h, IRQ 5
LPT3: 3BCh, IRQ 7
You can select the LPT1...3 port with INSTALL.
Uninstalling under Windows NT/2000/XP
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There is an uninstaller for the Windows NT/2000/XP
operating systems. You can remove the STEP 5 entries from
the Windows registry and the STEP 5 files stored on the system directory
file by file synchronized with other applications.
Uninstalling in Windows NT/2000/XP:
Start the Explorer,
select A:
double-click UNINST32.EXE, or
double-click lw:\system_verzeichnis\S5_SYS\S5_INST\UNINST32.EXE,
or uninstall the Software STEP 5 in the Control Panel.
The following components of STEP 5 are uninstalled:
- All STEP 5 System files in %S5_SYSTEM%
- Files S5*.* and Step5?.txt in C:\S5_INFO
- STEP 5 System files (if free) in %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32
- STEP 5 system driver (if free) in %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
- Start Menu STEP5 in %SystemRoot%\...\Startmenu\Simatic
- All STEP 5 related Registry entries
The following components are not uninstalled:
- All the user files %S5_HOME% and %S5_DATEN%
- MFC40D.DLL and MSVCR40D.DLL in %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32
Corrected errors in V7.23:
1.The STEP 5 additional program "S5Eprom" has been changed.
The entries in the list box can now be "scrolled" during
output and thus the entry updated last is displayed.
2.An Eprom with the data of a COM package in the external
USB prommer now outputs unique messages from the
STEP 5 view: "MODULE CONTENT INVALID".
3.If you select the H1 or L2 port in a PX.IN even though
this port is not available on the PG, the AS511
port will be set automatically. All AS511 parameters can be selected.
4.You can now insert a new network in the STL correction mode by pressing
F6 and acknowledge the prompt 'Do you want to apply changed network?'
with 'No' without the command being overwritten with *** or BE at the
cursor position.
5.The sporadic crash during the function F5 Network Functions => F3
block end, has been corrected. The crash only occurred when
addresses were output symbolically in STL.
6.The message 'Preheader does not exist for this block' will only be output
if the Preheader is required. An FB/FX Preheader contains
the name of the jump label.
7.When transferring all blocks the sequence is now selected
so the automation device can make the best use of the free memory.
8.If the symbol comments are select in the STL output,
this selection is retained after switching a block.
9.Now, you can only switch to STL in the FB/FX call status
if the parameter does not fit into the status buffer
of the automation device.
Depending on the automation device 18 or 38 parameters
fit into the status buffer during FB calls.
One parameter less may be transferred for FX calls.
10.Browsing/scrolling is locked in the status block when the Edit status is
running. To browse/scroll, you have to abort the running editing status
with the ESC key. You will then be able to scroll to the desired point.
You can resume the editing status with the Insert button.
11.With the online function "Status 'Block" via L2 BUS of a block
in CPU943-B not being processed, it takes 2 to 5 minutes before
the message "Block is not being processed" is output.
During this period STEP 5 does not respond to the F8 [Cancel] or
ESC button.
Known Problems:
1.Windows 2000 uses "QuickEdit" as the default editor for all DOS windows.
This default setting does not allow the mouse to be used for the
selection of menu commands in STEP 5. Remedy:
After right-clicking the title bar of the DOS window, select the
menu item "Properties". In the "Options" tab, clear the entry
"QuickEdit Mode" in the "Editor Options" dialog box.
2.The functions search, default output of the cross-reference list,
jump to a block via the cross-reference list (X-Ref output) are not
possible for the addresses: expanded I/O (Q), the interface
connection and extended interface connection (BA and BB),
the system data and extended system data (BS and BT).
3.ACPI: It is possible to activate ACPI under Windows 98 and Windows ME.
In this case, the operating system manages all hardware components.
As a result, the COMx and LPTx ports are switched without current
during system start up. The system corrects this condition automatically
when a WIN32 application accesses these ports.
Unfortunately this not work in the DOS prompt window.
For this reason, the special help
program S5ENCOMM.EXE was developed to start STEP 5.
4.The DOS window is not closed automatically after installing STEP 5
under Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4.
5.If the memory for COM packages is no sufficient under Windows, please
deactivate the prommer in the settings register EPROM screen form.
6.The STEP 5 L2 functions via MPI are not possible on a computer with
STEP 5 V5.1 and the installed SP2. Install an SP3 or later as a remedy!
7.There were a lot of complaints concerning the long run times
with the STEP 5 V7.2 additional program "S5Eprom". The time problem
has been solved with the USB prommer firmware release V1.1 in 12/2002.
Caution: You have to install the USB prommer software to be able to use
the additional program S5EPROM with the USB prommer!
8.The STEP 5 screen output in the DOS Window is considerably slower on
operating systems based on Windows NT (Windows NT/2000/XP) than on the
DOS-based operating systems (Windows 95/98).
The following modification will slightly improve the NT-based operating
systems:
- Before starting STEP 5 modify the setting for "idle-sensitive
operation" to "low" in the Properties dialog of the files
...STEP5\S5_SYS\STEP5.EXE and ...STEP5\S5_SYS\STEP5_S.EXE
via the "Others" tab.
The effect of this modification is retained permanently for STEP 5.
- Open the Task Manager after starting STEP 5 (key combinations
Ctrl+Alt+Del). Navigate to "Process" and then set the priority
for NTVDM.EXE to "low" (right-mouse click on NTVDM.EXE -> Priority).
The effect of this modification spans the entire STEP 5 run-time.
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