Connectivity Pack – sending data via OPC interfaces from CMS and RCMS to other systems

WinCC has as standard an integrated OPC DA 3.0 server (Data Access) that gives you access to all the online values in the SIMOCRANE CMS/RCMS system and, on the other hand, can read data from another application as a client - across the Web as well. The WinCC/Connectivity Pack offers additional options for already existed SIMOCRANE CMS & RCMS stations.

This means that the system can transfer pre?processed process and production data from a crane to higher level systems for information conditioning (e.g. Manufacturing Execution Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning systems or office packages, e.g. Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, etc.) and TOS systems.

• Simple IT and business integration by means of standard interface from SIMOCRANE CMS & RCMS stations
• Access to online and historical data from any computer you wish via standard interfaces (OPC XML DA, OPC HDA, OPC A&E, WinCC OLE-DB)
• Further processing or analysis of data on CMS/RCMS stations using separate tools is also possible

Overview of connection between SIMATIC WinCC SCADA level and other systems from IT level (ERP, MES, etc.)

Access to messages and historical data from CMS and RCMS via OPC/WinCC OLE?DB.

The WinCC/Connectivity Pack includes the OPC HDA 1.1 (Historical Data Access) and OPC A&E 1.0 (Alarm & Events) servers for accessing historical data from the WinCC archive system or for transferring/acknowledging messages. As an OPC XML DA 1.0 server, WinCC can even send data across platforms across the Web to PPS/MES systems; in the opposite direction, it can receive OPC XML DA client orders or recipe data. As an HDA server, WinCC makes historical data available from the WinCC archive system to other applications. The OPC client (e.g. a reporting tool) can specify the start and end times of a time interval and thus selectively request the data to be transferred. Apart from this, the client can request data that has already been conditioned from the HDA server, i.e. actively trigger data compression before the data is transferred. The OPC HDA server can also be used in redundant configurations.