This section provides an overview of the upgrade packages with which existing systems based on SIMATIC PCS 7 V6.x or V7.0 can be upgraded to V7.1. You are also informed of which system components are considered in the various upgrade packages.

The upgrades are divided into:

• Upgrades for engineering system
• Upgrades for operator system including PCS 7 OS Web and OpenPCS 7
• Upgrades for SIMATIC BATCH
• Upgrades for SIMATIC Route Control
• Upgrades for Maintenance Station

Products outside the SIMATIC PCS 7 range

Upgrades for products from the range of Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) but which do not directly belong to the product range of SIMATIC PCS 7 and are therefore subject to their own version cycle are summarized in a separate Section "Updates/asynchronous upgrades for the PCS 7 version". These include, for example:

• Software for process safety
• SIMATIC PDM
• S7-PLCSIM simulation software
• SIMATIC NET communications software