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Requirements
• The TIA Portal and the Startdrive engineering tool are opened (see Chapter "Calling the TIA
portal (Page 97)").
• The existing project and the installed Startdrive version are the same version.
Note
Observing version assignments
In Startdrive, the extension of a project indicates the last Startdrive version used to process
a project. The extension "*.ap15", for example, indicates the older version V15.
In contrast to G120 projects, S120 projects of version V14 SP1 cannot be opened with a
newer version of Startdrive (V15 or higher). If you wish to upgrade older S120 projects of
version V14 SP1 to version V15 or higher, proceed as described in the following document:
"Migrating SINAMICS S120 projects in Startdrive from V14 to V15
support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109755173)"
Procedure
Proceed as follows to open an existing project and to change the project configuration:
1. In the secondary navigation of the portal view, click on the entry "Open existing project".
A selection of the projects last used is displayed to the right in the detailed view.
2. Then select the project that you have created and named, and then click on "Open".
OR
3. Click on "Browse" and then double-click on the project that you have created and named in
your directory structure.
4. Then click "Open".
Result
The selected project opens. If another project was previously displayed, then this project is now
closed.
• If you have created a new project, the next possible steps for the project that has been opened
are displayed in the detailed view.
• If you have opened an existing project, the interconnected modules of this project are
displayed in the device view. You can change the interconnected modules as follows:
– Specify a new module/modules.
– Remove module(s)
– Insert and specify a new module/modules.
Project protection
In the TIA Portal, you can also apply project protection to newly created or existing Startdrive
projects. If a Startdrive project is protected, you have to enter a password when you try to open
it. You require the following information to open a project:
• User name with authorization for this project
• Password
Commissioning with Startdrive
Commissioning Manual, 06/2020, 6SL3097-5AA10-0BP2
Commissioning
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