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Siemens IK PI · 2015
Industrial Remote Communication
TeleControl Professional for the control center
PCS 7 TeleControl
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Benefits
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SIMATIC PCS 7 TeleControl cannot only integrate newly
configured RTUs into SIMATIC PCS 7, but also migrate units
which already exist in outdoor areas.
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As a result of its high level of integration, automation based on
SIMATIC PCS 7 TeleControl offers decisive advantages
compared to previous automation solutions with telecontrol
engineering.
- The uniform SIMATIC PCS 7 software platform allows high
efficiency during operation, and results in low costs for
training, configuration and servicing.
- The homogenous GUI for local and remote processes
simplifies operation and simultaneously reduces the risk of
an operator error.
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The Data Base Automation (DBA) software efficiently supports
engineering and takes into account the conformity with
SIMATIC PCS 7.
- DBA considerably facilitates project-specific adaptation of
the system and importing of existing configurations in the
course of migration.
- Extensions can be added during plant operation.
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Application
Remote control and monitoring of distributed stations, as well as
data recording and transmission, with the following focal points:
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Water industry
- Well, pumping and slide valve stations in water supply
networks and irrigation plants
- Pumping and slide valve stations in water and wastewater
pipelines
- Storm-water tanks and siphon stations in wastewater
networks
- Storage units (elevated tanks)
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Oil and gas industries
- Compressor, pressure reduction, transfer, block valve, and
metering stations in gas networks
- Pumping and slide valve stations in oil pipelines
- Automation on the wellhead of gas and oil wells
- Stations for the injection of water or CO
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in gas or oil fields
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Energy management, environmental protection, and transpor-
tation
- Equipment for power generation and distribution
- District heating
- Traffic control systems
- Tunnels
- Railway stations
- Lighthouses
- Environmental monitoring equipment
- Weather stations
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Design
The telecontrol center for the outstations (RTU) is integrated
into the process control of the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control
system in the form of an operator station in single station or
server design (also redundant as option). No additional automa-
tion system for conditioning and connecting telecontrol-specific
data need be planned in the SIMATIC PCS 7 system. With large
quantity frameworks, a PCS 7 TeleControl operator station
(single station/server) is preferably responsible only for the tele-
control mode (dedicated). With small quantity frameworks, a
server or a single station can also control SIMATIC PCS 7 auto-
mation systems in central plant areas in addition to the RTUs
(dual-channel mode).
To enable engineering of the PCS 7 TeleControl operator station
(single station/server), the functions of the engineering station
of the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system are expanded
by DBA technology (Data Base Automation) and the SIMATIC
PCS 7 TeleControl block library.
For communication with the RTUs, SIMATIC PCS 7 TeleControl
uses the telecontrol protocols SINAUT ST7, DNP3 and
Modbus RTU (via serial as well as TCP/IP communication
connections) and also IEC 60870-5-101 (serial) and
IEC 60870-5-104 (Ethernet TCP/IP).
With serial RTU interfacing, the telecontrol connection can
be implemented cost-effectively at the control center end
(PCS 7 TeleControl OS as single station or server) using the
following components:
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SINAUT TIM communication modules
(SINAUT ST7 telecontrol protocol)
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TCP/IP-to-serial converter
e.g. devices from the companies MOXA or Lantronix
(telecontrol protocols DNP3, Modbus RTU, IEC 60870-5)
Remote stations can be connected either directly via Ethernet
TCP/IP or via TCP/IP WAN routers to the SIMATIC PCS 7 plant
bus (telecontrol protocols SINAUT ST7, DNP3, Modbus RTU,
IEC 60870-5-104). When using the SINAUT ST7 telecontrol
protocol, the SINAUT TIM communication module can be used
in addition to the TCP/IP WAN router or as an alternative.
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