Using Siemens Version Control Interface (VCI) in TIA Portal

In this video, we show you how to set up and use Siemens Version Control Interface (VCI) in TIA Portal. VCI allows you to sync code within function blocks to a central repository. Multiple programmers can access and edit the files, track development progress, and rollback the codebase to previous versions. We're using an Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 instance to host our remote repository through Gitlab.

Questions? Let us know in the comments!

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00:27 What is Version Control?
01:47 Advantages
02:37 Tools
04:54 VCI Demo in Portal

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[bigarthur]

very useful video, it started slow, but everything made sense, thanks

[AidinMahpour]

Hello, It would be more clear if in this video it was shown that how second user has the repository from the beginning. If he clones the repository from the GitHub or he/she exports from Tia portal project.

[jianinghu]

It is a Great Video, clear and compact. I'm using project server now but I think it will be much better to use a popular tool like Git/SVN

[stanleyokechukwu]

Awesome content. I am working on developing a solution for my team and I am unable to push local commits to the remote repository. I get a permission denied (publickey) error. I understand that this error is due to VCI's inability to push without the SSH key. What do I do?

[赵俊-jt]

Thanks for the video.
I'm already installation ACT and setting in TIA Portal V18(add running path exe file), but still not have "compare to the workspace file" item when right click mouse in the VCI, What is the problem?

[marcrimby]

This was a very helpful video. I was able to to get things working with only one repo, but I wasn't able to have a local and remote repo like you had in the video. I currently have a repo setup on a server in my building and tia portal installed on a vm. I am able to communicate with the repo through shared folders, but when i clone the repo to a local one on my vm, I am unable to push changes to the repo on my network drive. Would you have any advice on how to do this or where to look to figure it out?

[TheJtrg]

Something broken on Siemens Industrial Portal - nobody can download Automation Compare Tool (even from Germany from official German account - without any restrictions). Does any body have one?

[afry]

Thanks for the video.
I saw that, if you have some Folders with blocks, if you change the name of the folder, the vci does not recognize it. Or if you change something in the export folder, its just doesnt't find the blocks anymore. Also if someone makes a new block and you pull it from git, you have to manually import (drag and drop) with the vci. But how do you know there's a new block? If you want to push an unfinished draft of a block, so an other person can work at it, it's not possible unless you make sure you can build it.
I think all in all it's a good tool, but it's not really finished.