Types of plant bus communication

A SIMATIC PCS 7 workstation in the single station or server version can be used in a variety of ways on the Industrial Ethernet plant bus depending on the type and number of automation systems connected:

The SIMATIC NET HARDNET?IE S7?REDCONNECT PowerPack is suitable for upgrading the SIMATIC NET HARDNET?IE S7 communication software (for ordering data, see section "Communication", section "Industrial Ethernet, System Connection of PCS 7 systems")

The Industrial Ethernet versions of the SIMATIC PCS 7 Industrial Workstation for single stations and servers are equipped as standard with a CP 1623 communication module and SIMATIC NET HARDNET?IE S7 communications software. The BCE license is involved in the BCE versions of the SIMATIC PCS 7 Industrial Workstation.

Upgrade from BCE to CP 1613/1623/1628 communication

OS single stations and OS servers with BCE communication can also be upgraded at a later time for communication with CP 1613/1623/1628. Items required:

• Network card for connecting to Industrial Ethernet:
  • CP 1623 with PCI Express interface or
  • CP 1613 A2 with conventional PCI interface or
  • CP 1628 with PCIexpress interface and additional security functions
• S7 communications software for CP 1613/CP 1623/CP 1628
  • SIMATIC NET HARDNET-IE S7 for communication with AS single stations or
  • SIMATIC NET HARDNET?IE S7?REDCONNECT for communication with AS redundancy stations and AS single stations

For additional information and ordering data for the components mentioned, see section "Communication", section "Industrial Ethernet, System Connection of PCS 7 systems".

Expansion components

The core component of the SIMATIC PCS 7 Industrial Workstation is a SIMATIC industrial PC without mouse, keyboard and monitor. This basic hardware can be expanded further with the following components from this catalog depending on the environment of use and customer requirements:

• Accessories
  • Memory modules
  • Country-specific power supply cable
  • Tower Kit (IPC547E and IPC847D only)
• Expansion components
  • Mouse and keyboard
  • Multi-monitor mode
  • Smart card reader
  • Signal output

Multi-monitor mode is already supported as standard by two optional versions with two or up to four monitors. These can be selected when compiling the SIMATIC PCS 7 Industrial Workstation via selection table or configurator.

Multi-monitor mode can also be installed subsequently. Information on multi-monitor mode as well as the ordering data required for retrofitting can be found in the section "Multi-monitor mode".