Siemens Simatic TIA Portal 19

TIA Portal libraries

The following functions are newly available with libraries in TIA Portal V19:

Library Management Area

As of version V18 of TIA Portal, it is possible to use the library management as a standalone editor. Improved usability allows users to use the library management in parallel with the project editors, eliminating the need to switch between library view and project view.

Comparison of global libraries

With V18 of the TIA Portal, the user has the option of comparing global libraries with each other or with the project library. Library types and master copies are taken into account for the comparison. The user also has the option of performing a comparison between the libraries.

Multiuser Engineering and global libraries

As of version V18 of the TIA Portal, it is possible to save global libraries on the project server and to edit them jointly in a team. The same Multiuser workflows are available for working with global libraries as for projects.

TIA Portal Version Control Interface

The Version Control Interface (VCI) enables the connection and use of any versioning system e.g. VCI, GIT together with TIA Portal. VCI offers the export or import of all program components, such as blocks, user data types, etc. from the TIA project and displays the current comparison status at the object.

The following new features are available in V18:

• Possibility to automatically derive the workspace structure from the project structure
• Display of new files in the workspace with a proposal for transfer to the project
• Pre- and post-processing for export and import to and from the workspace
• Support of TOs
• Exporting and importing STL blocks in source format

TIA Portal User Management and Access Control (UMAC)

The TIA Portal project offers integrated user administration. For consistent access protection, user roles can be configured with function rights for engineering and runtime. Users and user groups can also be managed centrally through the connection of TIA Portal to a UMC domain.

TIA Portal V18 includes the following new features

• Support for moving a protected TIA Portal project from a dedicated UMC domain to other UMC domains.
• Instead of the conventional user name from the TIA Portal settings, the logged-in user name can now also be used as the default for protected projects.

TIA Portal Openness

TIA Portal Openness is the uniform interface for digital engineering in TIA Portal.

It provides a user programming interface for automating TIA Portal engineering tasks and workflows in the value chain: Data exchange, automation of production planning, automation of product engineering, automation of project verification, and automation of execution and services.

A comprehensive overview can be found on the TIA Portal Openness topic page 109792902

Highlighted API extensions in TIA Portal Openness V19 are:

• Long-term support and compatibility
• Extended access to the hardware configuration
• Extended hardware data exchange
• Automated Safety Engineering
• STEP 7 extensions
• Station upload extensions
• Test Suite Advanced extensions
• New API functions in additional option packages: WinCC Unified, Startdrive, Sinamics DCC, CFC, Teamcenter Gateway