PCS 7/90 OS Runtime Component Option V8.2

Using the PCS 7/90 OS Runtime Component Option, a SIMATIC PCS 7 Operator Station of single station version or server variant configured in accordance with the ST PCS 7 catalog can be expanded with specific PCS 7/90 OS software for operation and monitoring of Bailey controllers (PCUs). One PCS 7/90 OS Runtime component add-on is required for each PCS 7/90 OS single station or PCS 7/90 OS server. Two required for each redundant PCS 7/90 OS single station or PCS 7/90 OS server pair.

PCS 7/90 OS clients are based exclusively on the SIMATIC PCS 7 OS software client.

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

Ordering information for the SIMATIC PCS 7 OS software and for accumulative OS runtime software licenses for expanding the runtime PO volumes can be found in the "Operator System" section of the ST PCS 7 catalog.

Note on COM interfaces of redundant single stations or servers

Note that each of the following functions use a COM port in each station with redundant PCS 7/90 OS servers or PCS 7/90 OS single stations:

• Optimization of the internal communication via RS 232 connection between the two redundant stations
• RS 232 connection of the Bailey Plant Loop/INFI-NET per Computer Interface Unit (CIU).

If the basic hardware of the redundant stations does not include two COM ports, you have the following alternatives:

• Use of an additive interface expansion card
• Optimization of the internal redundancy communication via a separate Ethernet connection instead of the serial RS 232 connection (for details, see the SIMATIC PCS 7 manual "Fault-Tolerant Process Control Systems")

PCS 7/90 OS Runtime Upgrade Packages

The following upgrade packages are available for upgrading a PCS 7/90 OS operator station:

• PCS 7/90 OS Runtime Upgrade Package V8.0/V8.1 to V8.2
  for upgrading a PCS 7/90 OS single station, a PCS 7/90 OS server or a redundant pair of PCS 7/90 OS servers
• PCS 7 OS Client/SFC Visualization Upgrade Package V8.0/V8.1 to V8.2 for upgrading a PCS 7/90 OS client (see ST PCS 7 catalog, section "Update/Upgrade Packages").

SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Software Single Station/Server should be upgraded from V8.0/V8.1 to V8.2 using separate upgrade packages (see ST PCS 7 catalog, section "Update/Upgrade Packages").