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STEP 7 (TIA Portal) -- Creating S7 programs -- Loading and testing S7 programs
Why are blocks marked differently in the STEP 7 V11 Online View although they are identical?
How should you create a user-defined website in STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V11 in order to control
the CPU with an iPad?
How do you load a project into the CPU in STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V11?
In STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V11, how can you upload blocks from the CPU to the PG, for
example, into a newly created project?
Why must you never remove a memory card when the S7-300/S7-400/S7-1200 CPU is in
operation (RUN)?
Why is communication between the Runtime simulation and the S7-1200 not possible if the
PG/PC interface is not set correctly?
How do you transfer a program to the S7-1200 CPU without TIA Portal V11?
How can you have two online connections between STEP 7 V5.5 and an S7-300 and between
STEP 7 V11 and an S7-1200 side by side?
In STEP 7 V11, how do you download/upload a single data block into/out of the S7-1200 CPU
without overwriting the monitored values?
In STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V11, how can you upload blocks from the CPU to the PG, for example, into a
newly created project?
Downloading from a project into the CPU
Using the two menu commands given below, in STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V11 you can download the
complete project data into a module of your choice:
"Online > Download to device"
Loads the compiled hardware and software project data into the selected device.
"Online > Extended download to device..."
Establishes an online connection to the device selected and downloads the compiled hardware
and software project data into the CPU.
Uploading from the CPU into a project
The table below explains how you can upload blocks from the CPU into the PG, for example, into a
newly created project.
No. Procedure
1 In order to upload all the blocks in the CPU (OBs, FBs, FCs, DBs) and the global variables into
your project, select the menu command "Online > Accessible Devices...".

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2 After the online connection has been established, in the "Accessible devices" dialog, you click
the "Show" button. The accessible device with the "Program blocks" folder is then displayed in
the project tree under "Online access".
Note
The accessible device must be displayed and be accessible. If your programming device and
the CPU are not connected via the Industrial Ethernet interface, the button described above is
grayed out.
3 Right-click on the "Program blocks" folder of the accessible device and select the "Copy"
function in the pop-up menu.

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4 Then right-click the upper "Program blocks" folder of your new project and select "Paste" in the
pop-up menu that opens.
5 In the dialog that opens you activate the "Continue" action to enable the "Upload from device"
function.

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Now you click the "Upload from device" button. The program blocks are then transferred into the
new project.
Creation environment
The screens in this FAQ were created with STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V11.

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