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Function
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Engineering System
ES Software
Standard Engineering Software
The SIMATIC Manager can also be used to organize the project
data for engineering of the operator systems. All the relevant
process tag data relevant to operation and monitoring is gener-
ated when the automation function is defined. A powerful Gra-
phics Designer is available for generation of the process dis-
plays. The basis for generating process displays is provided by
static symbols and dynamic block icons and faceplates that are
organized in libraries and linked to the parameters of the func-
tion blocks.
Component view: hardware configuration in the SIMATIC Manager with
HW-Config
Project views
The various tasks for creating a plant project are supported by
the following project views:
•
Component view (HW-Config)
for configuration of hardware such as automation systems,
bus components or process I/O
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Process object view
as the central development environment for all aspects of
process tags/objects
The process object view supports the work carried out by a pro-
cess engineer by providing a universal view of the process tag.
It shows the plant hierarchy represented in tree form in combina-
tion with a tabular view of all aspects of the process tag/object
(general, charts, blocks, parameters, signals, messages, pic-
ture objects, archive variables, hierarchy folders, equipment
properties and global declarations). This provides the technolo-
gist 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 user-
friendly edit, filter, replace, import and export functions. A spe-
cial 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.
Common displays can be positioned in pictures by means of the
image hierarchy, and automatically linked to lower-level images.
The configuration engineer is only responsible for the correct po-
sitioning. Since the number of common display fields 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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