Safety Integrated for Process Automation enables full integration of safety engineering into the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system. The Basic Process Control System (BPCS) and Safety Instrumented System (SIS) combine seamlessly to form a uniform and innovative complete system. The advantages of this fusion are quite clear:

• One common controller platform
• One common engineering system
• No separate safety bus – standard and safety-related communication take place on the same fieldbus (PROFIBUS/PROFINET with PROFIsafe)
• Mixed operation of standard and safety-related I/O modules in ET 200M, ET 200iSP, ET 200S and ET 200pro remote I/O stations
• Integrated data management – no complex data exchange between BPCS and SIS
• Integration of safety-related applications into process visualization on the operator station
• Automatic integration of safety-related fault messages with time tagging into the process control system
• Integration of safety-related hardware into the asset management with the SIMATIC PCS 7 Maintenance Station for diagnostics and preventive maintenance