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Engineering System - Siemens Automation and Drives Group

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■ Overview<br />

Configuration options with SIMATIC PDM<br />

SIMATIC PDM (Process Device Manager) is a universal, vendorindependent<br />

tool for the configuration, parameterization, commissioning,<br />

diagnosis <strong>and</strong> servicing of intelligent field devices<br />

(sensors <strong>and</strong> actuators) <strong>and</strong> field components (remote I/Os,<br />

multiplexers, control-room devices, compact controllers), which<br />

in the following sections will be referred to simply as devices. Using<br />

one software, SIMATIC PDM enables the processing of more<br />

than 1,000 devices from <strong>Siemens</strong> <strong>and</strong> over 100 vendors worldwide<br />

on one homogeneous user interface.<br />

With respect to device integration, SIMATIC PDM is the most<br />

powerful device manager available on the world market. Devices<br />

which previously were not supported can be easily integrated<br />

in SIMATIC PDM at any time by importing their device descriptions<br />

(EDD). This provides security for your investment <strong>and</strong><br />

saves you investment costs, training expenses <strong>and</strong> consequential<br />

costs.<br />

Parameters <strong>and</strong> functions for all supported devices are displayed<br />

in a consistent <strong>and</strong> uniform fashion independent of their<br />

communications interface.<br />

■ Design<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> system<br />

ES software SIMATIC PDM<br />

<strong>Siemens</strong> ST PCS 7 · October 2004<br />

Introduction<br />

Product Versions<br />

SIMATIC PDM is available in two product versions:<br />

as the SIMATIC PDM Package for SIMATIC PCS 7/S7, fully integrated<br />

in the central engineering system of SIMATIC PCS 7<br />

or in STEP 7, or<br />

as the SIMATIC PDM St<strong>and</strong>-alone, on a mobile computer (Microsoft<br />

Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP Professional) on<br />

PROFIBUS or with direct connection to the device.<br />

Customer-oriented product structure<br />

SIMATIC PDM is optimally adapted to the customer’s needs <strong>and</strong><br />

structured to enable the customer to put together his very own<br />

product with the functionality actually required. Which product<br />

components he selects depends on whether SIMATIC PDM is<br />

operated in the SIMATIC PCS 7 context or in st<strong>and</strong>-alone mode.<br />

Depending on the number of devices integrated in a project<br />

or diagnosed in the lifelist, SIMATIC PDM is infinitely scalable<br />

from 4 TAGs (st<strong>and</strong>-alone version) or 128 TAGs, through<br />

128/512/1.024/2.048 TAGs, to an unlimited number of TAGs.<br />

Every device (e.g. transmitter, positioner etc.) corresponds to<br />

one TAG, <strong>and</strong> the number of TAGs within a project is monitored<br />

by SIMATIC PDM.<br />

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