Simatic Pcs 7 Box With External Engineering - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX Function Manual

Structure of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX
6.3 Configurations with SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX
● SIMATIC PCS 7; RTX
● SIMATIC NET; SIMATIC NET BCE
Note
The license keys for the optional add-on product bundles (such as SIMATIC PDM) must
be ordered separately.
Operating principle
From the point of view of the PCS 7 project, the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX station (with integrated
CPU [AS]) is not networked. You create and maintain your PCS 7 project on this station and
download the PCS 7 project from the ES to the OS and CPU. The program created with
SIMATIC PCS 7 runs in process mode on the OS and CPU.
You can use the Process Device Manager (PDM) to access a PROFIBUS DP line and its
stations/devices via the special on-board CP 5611 interface. You can access the CPU in
SIMATIC Manager. Communication between the CPU and the integrated PROFIBUS DP
interface is performed internally in the PC.
Properties of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX
The time synchronization of the OS and the CPU in this configuration is performed using WinAC
time synchronization with the local PC clock only, if no externally connected clock is included.
Interface properties
You can find additional information on this in the section "Connection to PROFIBUS DP
(Page 41)".
6.3.3

SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with external engineering

SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX for process mode with external engineering
In this configuration, you use SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX (SIMATIC PCS 7 runtime system with
AS and OS functions) exclusively for process mode.
The SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX PC includes an AS/OS single-station system without license keys
for engineering. In this case, configure the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX station from an engineering
station external to the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX PC. You have to download the engineering data
to the CPU integrated in the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX. You have to download the visualization
data to the PCS 7 OS integrated in the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX PC.
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