The Route Control (RC) configuration supplements the basic SIMATIC PCS 7 plant configuration with blocks from the PCS 7 standard library. Existing plants are then also easy to upgrade with SIMATIC Route Control. Technological elements of relevance for control of the material transport (RC elements) are adapted in the CFC Editor using uniform interface blocks from the Route Control Library. The RC elements include:

• Control elements (actuators)
• Sensor elements (sensors)
• Parameter elements (setpoints)
• Connection elements (material information related to partial route)
• WAIT elements