Set the Password for PLC and Program

Owned by CIMON (Unlicensed)
Jul 07, 2023
2 min read

 

CICON provides password security both program and PLC to protect the PLC Program, Configuration access by unauthorized person.

 

Set the Program Password

You can set the Program Password when you create new project or edit project properties.

To open the Program file, you need to know the password.

However once this program is downloaded to PLC, you can upload it to CICON without password.

In order to lock the uploading program from PLC to CICON, choose Prohibit Program Upload(PLC→PC) at the PLC Parameter as below.

 

 

Click File ->project Properties

 

Whenever you try to open the program, CICON asks you password.

 

 

Set the PLC Password

It is used to protect connection to PLC CPU module.

(If you lose the password, it is impossible to connect this PLC again.)

To set up the PLC Password, CICON must connect to PLC first.

Click Online → PLC Password.

 

If there is password already, type current password at Old.

If there is no password, just leave blank at Old and type new password at New.

Whenever you try to connect PLC CPU module, CICON asks you password.