High-performance operator stations based on versatile, rugged SIMATIC PCS 7 Industrial Workstations, optimized for use in industrial environments
Flexible, modular architecture with scalable hardware and software components for
Single-user system (OS single station) with up to 8 500 process objects
Flat system configurations based on a redundant OS Single Station pair, expandable with reference stations to up to 8 OS Single Stations.
Client/server multiple station systems with up to 18 OS servers/pairs of servers, each for 12 000 process objects (PO) and up to 40 OS clients
High-performance archiving system based on Microsoft SQL Server with short-term archives and integrated archive backup, can be optionally expanded for long-term archiving with the Process Historian
Self-diagnostics (health check) for monitoring important OS server applications
Integration of modifications without interrupting runtime operations, and online testing through selective loading of redundant servers
Optimized AS/OS communication: data transmission only following change in data, independent of AS reply cycle; suppression of nuisance alarms
User-friendly process control and high operational reliability with support of multi-screen technology
Extended status displays through combination of status/analog values with alarm information
Highly effective alarm management provides support for operating personnel
Assignment of priorities with up to 16 message priorities as additional attribute to the message classes
Visual and audible suppression of messages which are irrelevant to a specific operating state (dynamic or manual)
Suppression of sensor/actuator alarms during startup or in event of malfunction
Centralized user administration with access control and electronic signature
Sign-of-life monitoring for subordinate systems connected to the plant bus
System-wide time synchronization based on UTC (Universal Time Coordinated)
