Extension of Flexible F-Link from 100 to 1500 bytes of usable transfer data

Sales and delivery release STEP 7 Safety Basic / Advanced V21

Highlights
SIMATIC STEP 7 Safety Advanced offers persuasive new engineering features and supports the extended portfolio of S7-1500F and the new S7-1200F G2

The following new functions are available with STEP 7 Safety V21:

• Extension of Flexible F-Link from 100 to 1500 bytes of usable transfer data
• Support for PROFIsafe Base-ID (S7-1500 and S7-1200 G2)
• Extended support for "Named Value Types" (NVTs). Support know-how protection for typified F-blocks
• Openness: Bulk-SetAttributes for F-I/O module parameters
• Openness: Readability offline F-signatures from Failsafe Administration Editor
• Openness: Activation and deactivation of F-capability for the F-PLC

Achievable safety class SIL3 (Safety Integrity Level) according to IEC 61508:2010 / PL e (Performance Level) according to ISO 13849-1:2015

Investment security
Projects as of STEP 7 Safety V13 SP1 can be directly upgraded to STEP 7 Safety V21.

Projects from older versions of STEP 7 Safety (V11 to V13) are updated based on STEP 7 Safety Advanced V13 SP1 or V13 SP2 (most recent update recommended).

System requirements and compatibility with other SIMATIC products
STEP 7 Safety Advanced V21 requires STEP 7 Professional V21 (109989773)
STEP 7 Safety Basic V21 requires at least STEP 7 Basic V21 (109989773)

Refer to STEP 7 Professional V21 for the supported operating systems and hardware requirements. The compatibility to other SIMATIC products is the same as for STEP 7 Basic / Professional V21.