The following software components are required depending on the configuration of the PCS 7/APACS+ operator system as a single station or client/server combination (single or redundant server):

The number of process objects (PO) supplied with the software components in the table is expandable with SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Runtime licenses from the "OS Software" section of Catalog ST PCS 7. In this section of the catalog you can also select additional software for PCS 7/APACS+ operator systems.

Appropriate basic hardware for a PCS 7/APACS+ operator station as a single station, server or client version can be found in the section "Industrial Workstation/IPC" of Catalog ST PCS 7.

Communication between the APACS+/QUADLOG controllers on the M-Bus and the PCS 7/APACS+ OS on the Industrial Ethernet plant bus usually takes place via the Industrial Ethernet Module IEM (see last section of this chapter). In the case of small configurations with limited expansion, a PCS 7/APACS+ OS station can also be directly linked to an APACS+ MBUS segment by means of an APACS+/QUADLOG MBI PCI card.

PCS 7/APACS+ OS V8.2
(Single Station/Server/Redundant Server)

For the configuration of PCS 7/APACS+ OS operator stations the following software products are available:

• PCS 7/APACS+ OS Software Single Station V8.2 (2 000 PO) for a single station
• PCS 7/APACS+ OS Software Server V8.2 (2 000 PO)¹⁾ for a server
• PCS 7/APACS+ OS Software Server Redundancy V8.2 (2 000 PO)¹⁾ for a redundant server pair

They are equipped with:

• PCS 7 OS software Runtime V8.2 (2 000 PO, including 512 archive tags)
• APACS+ OS channel for communication with the APACS+/QUADLOG controllers
• Library with PCS 7/APACS+ OS icons and OS faceplates
• OS software for redundant operation (PCS 7/APACS+ OS Software Server Redundancy)

The APACS+ OS channel DLL implements reliable communication with the APACS+/QUADLOG controllers using an original SIMATIC PCS 7 driver, and simultaneously permits communication with the AS 41x controllers by dual channel. It supports the Industrial Ethernet interfacing via the CP 1613/CP 1623 communications processor as well as the connection to the MBUS of APACS+ via Industrial Ethernet and IEM.

The PCS 7/APACS+ OS icons and faceplates developed in line with the SIMATIC PCS 7 standard take into account the special properties of the APACS+/QUADLOG controllers.

¹⁾ The standard OS client of SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 is used to expand PCS 7/APACS+ client/server architectures.