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Setting Up and Editing the Project
6.2 What You Should Know About Access Protection
Programming with STEP 7
156 Manual, 05/2010, A5E02789666-01
Opening and Closing Access-protected Projects
The following situations can be distinguished:
PC with STEP 7 and SIMATIC
Logon
PC with STEP 7 and
SIMATIC Logon
PC with STEP 7 (no SIMATIC
Logon present)
1. The user logs on using
SIMATIC Logon with a user
name and password.
The project with access
protection is opened by
another user.
The user opens the access-protected
project by entering the project
password.
2. The project with access
protection is opened.
Editing of the project is possible,
however without the functions of
SIMATIC Logon.
3. The project is edited. The project is edited. After closing and reopening the
project, users must authenticate
themselves again with the project
password.
4.
Closing the project does not
mean logging off in SIMATIC
Logon.
Closing the project does not
mean logging off in SIMATIC
Logon.
5. The user must log off with
Options > SIMATIC Logon
Services > "Log Off" button.