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1 Validity..........................................................................................................................................................5
2 Improvements in STEP 7..............................................................................................................................7
2.1 Improvements in Update 1.......................................................................................................7
3 Improvements in WinCC.............................................................................................................................11
3.1 Panels....................................................................................................................................11
3.1.1 Improvements in Update 1.....................................................................................................11
3.2 Runtime Advanced.................................................................................................................11
3.2.1 Improvements in Update 1.....................................................................................................11
3.3 Runtime Professional.............................................................................................................11
3.3.1 Improvements in Update 1.....................................................................................................11

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Validity
This update is valid for the following products:
● STEP 7 Basic V14 SP1
● STEP 7 Professional V14 SP1
● WinCC Basic V14 SP1
● WinCC Comfort V14 SP1
● WinCC Advanced V14 SP1
● WinCC Professional V14 SP1

Note
If you modify your system after installing the update with the product DVD, you will have to
perform the update again.

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2.1 Improvements in Update 1
Update 1 contains the following improvements and changes:

Working with the TIA Portal

Stability when working with the TIA Portal has been improved, partly based on the feedback
from returned crash reports.

Use of the instructions SCATTER and GATHER

The instructions SCATTER and GATHER can be used on an S7-1500 CPU starting with FW
V2.1 and on an S7-1200 CPU as of FW >V4.2.

Total size of the associated values for program messages

The alarm procedure of the S7-1500 CPU allows a maximum of 512 bytes for associated
values (SD parameters) of the instruction "Program_Alarm".
You will only see a warning regarding this number in the TIA Portal <= V14 during compilation.
There is a stricter check as of TIA Portal V14 SP1 and later. When this number is exceeded,
an error is already output during compilation to exclude error scenarios during runtime. This
check from now on no longer refers to the actual size of the SD parameters at the time the
instruction "Program_Alarm" is called, but to the maximum possible size of the SD parameters.
This means you must decide beforehand with what length you declare the character string
tags you are transferring, because these take up a large number of bytes.
This must be taken into account during migration of projects from version <= V14 to version
V14 SP1 Update 1.

Parameter type "Block_DB" for entry of the instance DB

In LAD and FBD, you cannot enter the instance DB of an instruction using an input of the data
type "Block_DB". This behavior has been made uniform for all CPU families and all block types.
As of TIA Portal V14 SP1 Update 1, a compilation error is output.
If you have transferred instance DBs in your program with the help of the "Block_DB" data
type, you must change your program. Instead use a parameter instance to transfer the instance
during runtime.

Instruction "GetSMCinfo: Reading out information about the SIMATIC memory card"
Contrary to the description in the online help, a diagnostics interrupt is not generated in mode
= 3 if the configured part of the service life in % has expired.

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Copying ARRAY elements

As of TIA Portal Version V14 SP1 Update 1, the comments are also taken into consideration
when copying ARRAYs from one TIA Portal project to another TIA Portal project.

Display of actual values during block call

When monitoring the output tags of a block, the actual values of the formal operand are once
again displayed during the block call as was the case up to TIA Portal version V13 SP1.

Instructions "(U)MOVE_BLK" und "(U)FILL_BLK" for S7-1500

The instructions "(U)MOVE_BLK" and "(U)FILL_BLK" only accessed the process image in TIA
Portal <= V14 SP1 when directly accessing the I/O.
This behavior has been corrected and now causes a runtime error because direct I/O access
is not permitted for BLK instructions.

Daylight saving time in the alarm display

If alarms from CPUs of the S7-1200 and S7-1500 series are displayed in the alarm display of
the TIA Portal, daylight saving time has not been taken into account in the "Time" column so
far. As of TIA Portal V14 SP1 Update 1, daylight saving time is taken into account.

Local ProDiag supervision alarms for multi-instances

When a supervised program block was called multiple times as multi-instance, the pre-
connected operand of the first call in the alarm text has been displayed until now even if, for
example, the third multi-instance showed a fault. As of TIA Portal V14 SP1 Update 1, it is
always the correct pre-connected operand that is displayed.

Detection of modifications to program blocks which are created as types in the library
When new type versions of blocks are released in the library, the blocks used are checked for
changes to the interface (e.g. by the modification of the version of an instruction). If changes
are detected, the blocks used also have to be re-released.

Diagnostics event "Temporary CPU error (S7-1500/S7-1200 as of V4)"

The following sporadic message: "Serious firmware exception (not relevant for user, system
code: 16#00400001, 16#10020065, 16#72A15A70)" no longer occurs during a complex
program flow (e.g. large loops or jumps) with simultaneous multiple data block or structure
accesses inside and outside of loops.

Monitoring branched power paths in LAD networks

The display of branched power paths in LAD during monitoring has been improved.

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Exporting objects with Openness

Stability has been improved during export with Openness. A successful export is now also
possible if e.g. the version of the export object has been deleted.

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3.1 Panels

3.1.1 Improvements in Update 1

Update 1 contains the following improvements and changes:

DHCP on KTP 400 PN, KTP 700 PN and KTP 900 PN

Operation with DHCP is possible without any restrictions for the KTP 400 PN, KTP 700 PN
and KTP 900 PN devices.

3.2 Runtime Advanced

3.2.1 Improvements in Update 1

Update 1 contains the following improvements and changes:

Screens and screen objects in Runtime

The function of the object "ProDiag overview" has been improved.

3.3 Runtime Professional

3.3.1 Improvements in Update 1

Update 1 contains the following improvements and changes:

Screens and screen objects in Runtime

The function of the object "ProDiag overview" has been improved.
The function of the object "Media Player" has been improved.

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Communication
Communication to S7 1500 has been improved.

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