So the first thing that we need to do to get our development environment for this course set up is to 1
download and install WinCC Version 8. 2
Now, if you have a previous version such as WinCC 7.4 or 7.5, you can use those versions totally fine. 3
Everything is compatible in this course with those versions. 4
Now WinCC Version 8 does look a little different than earlier versions, so some of the screens may 5
look a little different, but it's going to be okay if you are installing WinCC Version 8, you 6
can use the link from the class resources to get here, or simply do a Google search for WinCC version 7
8 download. 8
It will bring you here. 9
Make sure you're on the Siemens site to make sure you're not on some third party site. 10
Now on this page you can download the Release Notes General Information system for WinCC. 11
I do recommend you download that and read that, or at least keep it for reference. 12
Now the trial software is the same software as WinCC, so downloading this is going to be the same experience 13
as what you purchase from Siemens. 14
These four files are what you're going to need to download. 15
Now. 16
When you download, it's going to ask you to either register with Siemens or log in with your credentials. 17
If you're downloading from outside the United States, you're going to have to fill out an export form, 18
let them know who you are and where you're downloading this to, and then it may take a day or two for 19
them to authorize it, and they will email you a download link. 20
So once you have downloaded these four files, then I generally move these to a space on my hard drive. 21
And then you're just going to double click this executable. 22
And what that is going to do is generate the installation folder. 23
And then you're just going to run setup. 24
Now I already have wink version eight on my machine. 25
And so I'm not going to run through the installation. 26
So what I want you to do is run through the wink installation. 27
You can leave everything at default. 28
You do not have to check web UX or web navigator or anything like that. 29
Once you're done with that, I want you to come back to the download page and you want to go to this 30
link for the updates for WinCC, and it will list all the available updates. 31
So at the time of this recording, update four is the latest. 32
You can always just download the latest update because they always contain the earlier updates. 33
So you don't have to download all of these, and you'll just download the latest update files and install 34
them as normal and then reboot. 35
And then you should have wink on your system. 36
You can launch it. 37
And if you look at help about, it'll tell you exactly what version you have. 38
I've got version eight update four for this course. 39
So if you haven't installed WinCC V8, go ahead and get the link from the course resources. 40
Download WinCC Version 8 and install it. 41
After you do that, you can reboot and then be sure to visit the updates link I showed you. 42
It's also in the resources. 43
Install those updates and I'll see you in the next section.