Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 System Manual page 181

Protection
9.5 Copy protection
Setting up copy protection
To set up copy protection, follow these steps:
1. Open the properties of the respective block.
2. Select the "Protection" option under "General".
3. In the "Copy protection" area, select either the "Bind to serial number of the CPU" entry or
the "Bind to serial number of the memory card" entry from the drop-down list.
Figure 9-5
4. Activate the option "Serial number is inserted when downloading to a device or a memory
card" if STEP 7 is to automatically insert the serial number during the loading process
(dynamic binding). Assign a password using the "Define password" button to link the use
of a block additionally to the input of a password.
If you want to manually bind the serial number of the SIMATIC Drive Controller or the
SIMATIC Memory Card to a block (static binding), activate the "Enter serial number"
option.
5. You can now set up know-how protection for the block in the "Know-how protection" area.
Note
If you download a copy-protected block to a device that does not match the specified
serial number, the entire download operation is not possible. This means that you cannot
download blocks without copy protection either.
Removing copy protection
To remove copy protection, follow these steps:
1. Remove any know-how protection.
2. Open the properties of the respective block.
3. Select the "Protection" option under "General".
4. In the "Copy protection" area, select the "No binding" entry from the drop-down list.
Figure 9-6
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Setting up copy protection
Removing copy protection
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