Open a ZAP file without TIA Portal (Beta)

Upload a TIA Portal project archive (.zap11 to .zap21) and read the whole project: drawn LAD and FBD networks, SCL and STL code, data blocks, tags and a cross reference, as PDF and offline HTML.

Opens: ZAP, AP, PLF, S7P, S5D, ZIP
Saves: PDF, HTML, SCL, AWL, CSV, XLSX

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.zap11, .zap12, .zap13, .zap14, .zap15, .zap15_1, .zap16, .zap17, .zap18, .zap19, .zap20, .zap21, .zip, .plf, .ap11, .ap12, .ap13, .ap14, .ap15, .ap15_1, .ap16, .ap17, .ap18, .ap19, .ap20, .ap21, .s5d, .seq, .ini · up to 2048 MB each, 20 files max
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    A TIA Portal project archive (.zap11 to .zap21), a TIA Portal project folder as a .zip, a STEP 7 project folder as a .zip or a STEP 7 archive, or a STEP 5 program file (.S5D, together with its Z0.SEQ symbol file if you have it). You can also add the System/PEData.plf file of a TIA Portal project directly.

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    .zap11, .zap12, .zap13, .zap14, .zap15, .zap15_1, .zap16, .zap17, .zap18, .zap19, .zap20, .zap21, .zip, .plf, .ap11, .ap12, .ap13, .ap14, .ap15, .ap15_1, .ap16, .ap17, .ap18, .ap19, .ap20, .ap21, .s5d, .seq, .ini · up to 2048 MB each, 20 files max
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      Another version of the same project (any of the kinds above). You get a report of added, removed and changed blocks, networks, interface members, tags and hardware, from the first project to this one.

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      International (A, AN, O, = ...) or German (U, UN, O, = ...) instruction names in STL and AWL code. Automatic uses German for projects written in German and international names otherwise.

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      Open a ZAP file without TIA Portal

      A .zap file (.zap15_1, .zap17, .zap19 and so on) is a TIA Portal project archive: the whole project folder packed into one file, the number saying which TIA Portal version saved it. TIA Portal only opens archives from its own version or older ones, and only after a full installation. Upload the archive here and read the project in a browser or on paper instead.

      What comes out

      • A printout (PDF) with the hardware, every block with its interface and networks (LAD and FBD drawn, SCL and STL as code), data blocks with their values, tag tables, watch tables and a cross reference.
      • An offline viewer (HTML): one file with the project tree, the drawn networks and a search box for tags, addresses and comments.
      • Block sources for SCL and STL blocks, data blocks and PLC data types, and the tags, block interfaces and cross reference as CSV and Excel.

      Archives saved with TIA Portal V11 to V20 have been tested, with S7-1200, S7-1500, S7-300, S7-400 and ET 200SP CPUs. Every PLC in the archive is read, and HMI devices are listed with their screens and tags.

      Things to know

      • Only the archive is needed. The .zap file holds everything; there is nothing else to add. If you have the unpacked project folder instead, zip the folder (with its System folder) and upload that.
      • The .ap file alone is not a project. A file like Conveyor.ap17 holds the project's name and settings. The program lives in System/PEData.plf next to it.
      • Protected blocks stay closed. Know-how protected blocks are listed with their names, but their code is stored encrypted and is not shown.
      • A broken download (an archive cut off while copying or mailing) gives a message saying the archive is incomplete, rather than a partial printout. Copy the file again from its source.

      Privacy

      Results are deleted automatically after 30 minutes, or straight away with "Delete now".

      More about what this tool reads and writes: Siemens PLC Project Viewer (TIA Portal, STEP 7, STEP 5).