The SIMATIC S7 Connector allows you to import and export the configuration. This functionality is helpful when you want to use an existing configuration of one IED in other IEDs. This enables to take the back-up of the configuration and restore it as required. You can export the configuration file from the required IED and import this configuration file in the desired IED where you want to use this configuration. The configuration file is a JSON file, and is exported in .json format.
You can modify the configuration file to update the connection and data points details and import the file in the configurator. You must modify the config data as per the schema. You can find the schema file here.
Info
- You must not modify the checksum key.
- You cannot add Optimized S7 Connection (1200/1500) with legitimization enabled.
- You cannot add Optimized S7 Tags with symbolic address.
- You cannot change isBrowse key value in Optimized S7.
To import and export the configuration, you can use 
and 
icons respectively present in the upper-right corner.
Info
- You can import configuration files of V1.1 and V1.2. Upon importing a V1.1 or V1.2 configuration file, the payload format V1.5 is implemented. Single mode is changed to Bulk and tag Id is published in tag data payload.
- After a new configuration is imported, the next deploy operation replaces the existing configuration already deployed at the runtime.