{"id":47812,"date":"2020-03-27T12:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T06:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ye1o34zhk8.onrocket.site\/?p=47812"},"modified":"2021-03-04T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T07:24:14","slug":"protect-siemens-plc-using-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instrumentationtools.com\/protect-siemens-plc-using-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Siemens PLC using Password?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every industry uses PLC’s to measure and control different process parameters in the plant. PLC configuration and programming access will be limited to a few engineers in the plant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If an unauthorized person with less knowledge over PLC’s get access to the system and unknowingly may damage or creates problems with the healthy logics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, it is best practice to protect PLC<\/a> by using a password. We know that we can upload and download the program from and to PLC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can password protect both the downloading and uploading, so a person with authentication can only work with plc programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protect Siemens PLC using Password<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below I have explained the method to protect plc using the password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To create a password, follow the below steps,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Select PLC and right-click on it.<\/li>
  2. Click on “Properties”.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"How<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    3. A new window will appear, as shown in the below figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Siemens<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    4. Here we will get two options, listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Write protection and<\/li>
    2. Write\/read protection.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      5. In Write protection, we can create password protection while downloading the program to PLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      While downloading the program, it will ask for a password<\/a> and a person with authentication can only use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"Siemens<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

      6. Another option, write\/read protection, by using this option we can password protect for both uploading and downloading of the program from PLC to PC and vice-versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Author: Suhel Patel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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