SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system

Component view: hardware configuration with HW Config
Particularly with large projects, significant rationalization effects
can be achieved through multiple application of standardized
process tags and example solutions using the import/export
assistant for data exchange with host planning
systems and functions such as "Extended rename".
The uniform database of the engineering system guarantees
that data which have been entered once are available systemwide.
All project modifications associated with the automation systems,
the operator systems and SIMATIC BATCH can be compiled
and loaded in one step. The engineering system automatically
ensures the correct sequence. A central dialog
displays and controls the operation.
Selective changes to the configuration can be loaded online
into the corresponding system components. Short turnaround
times result in short waiting times for the commissioning
engineer and have a positive impact on the commissioning
costs. Changes to the configuration which are relevant to
automation systems can be debugged in a test system before
being downloaded into the target system of the running
plant.
The SIMATIC Manager supports the various tasks when creating
a plant project by providing the following project views:
■ The component view (HW Config) for configuration of
hardware such as automation systems, bus components or
process I/Os
■ The process object view as the central development environment
for all aspects of process tags/objects.
Process object view
The process object view of the SIMATIC Manager supports the
work carried out by a process engineer by providing a universal
view of the process tag. It shows the technological hierarchy
of the plant (presented in tree form) in combination with
a tabular view of all aspects of the process tag/object (general
data, parameters, signals, messages, image objects and measured
value archives). This provides the technologist with fast
orientation.
All objects in the marked branch of the hierarchy are displayed
in the table so that they can be directly processed with userfriendly
edit, filter, replace, import and export functions.
A special test mode offers the facility for testing process tags
and CFCs online and for starting them up.
The OS areas and the image hierarchy for process control, as
well as the SIMATIC PCS 7 asset management, can be derived
from the technological hierarchy. Furthermore, it also forms
the basis for the plant-oriented identification of process objects.
Group displays can be positioned in pictures by means of the
image hierarchy, and automatically linked to subordinate images.
The configuration engineer is only responsible for the
correct positioning. Since the number of group display blocks
and their semantics can be configured, it is also possible to implement
customized alarm configurations.
Process tags in the process object view
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