You can learn here about the upgrade packages that are available for upgrading SIMATIC PCS 7 V7.1/V8.0 to V8.1, and the system components that are involved in the various upgrade packages.

The upgrades are divided into:

• Upgrades for Engineering System including Advanced Engineering
• Upgrades for Operator System including OpenPCS 7 and Web Option for OS
• Upgrades for Process Historian and Information Server
• Upgrades for Maintenance Station upgrades for SIMATIC BATCH
• Upgrades for SIMATIC Route Control

Products outside the SIMATIC PCS 7 range

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

• Software for Safety Integrated for Process Automation
• SIMATIC PDM
• S7-PLCSIM simulation software
• Industrial Ethernet communication software for CP

Information is also provided there on the relationship between the various product versions and the SIMATIC PCS 7 versions.