RCMS single station and server‑client architectures – Central and remote CMS configurations

Example of architecture for local and remote Crane Management System based on SIMOCRANE CMS/RCMS product

Larger plants/terminals usually have a control room with one or more operator stations, used to monitor the entire plant/terminal. The data from all subordinate local CMS stations is collected and evaluated in the control room.

In combination with a multi‑user system on the crane, remote access to the local CMS stations is also possible here.

Depending on the number of lower‑level CMS stations and the volume of data which is to be recorded and archived for the entire plant/terminal, one or more servers will be required. In this case, the server records the data for the local CMS stations of the crane and then makes it available to the central CMS operator stations, called RCMS too. The CMS server is used as an application server for central software components such as for maintenance planning, downtime monitoring, advanced reporting etc.

Requirements:

• Acquisition of productivity data and archiving for each crane
• Alarm/event system with archiving for each crane
• Error logs and productivity data logs
• Visualization of the crane and individual components
• Replayed data of the crane (playback function)
• CMS computer is installed in the electrical room
• Crane driver must have an operator panel in the cabin
• Remote crane access must be possible from a maintenance building
• A central server must record and archive the data from all cranes with long‑term archiving using SQL database
• Graphical evaluations must be possible in the control center with regard to productivity, error statistics and availability

Solution of configuration using SIMOCRANE CMS and RCMS configuration:

• SIMOCRANE CMS (Basic with WebClients – Webnavigator)
  Article No. 6GA7214-1AB00-0AA0
  on each crane
• SIMOCRANE RCMS single station (Standard)
  Article No. 6GA7215-0AA00-0AA0
• Panel PC 477 as operator panel for the crane driver and in the checker cabin, e.g.:
  Article No. 6AV7240-6DD17-0PA0
• Rack PC 647 as the CMS PC in the E‑House (electrical room), e.g.:
  Article No. 6AG4112-2GP30-0BX0
• Rack PC 647 as RCMS single station, on remote stations, e.g.:
  Article No. 6AG4112-2KP40-0FX0
• Rack PC 647 as RCMS operator station, on remote station e.g.:
  Article No. 6AG4112-2GP30-0BX0
  or standard office PC’s with equivalent configuration

Example for solution configuration for a STS crane using SIMOCRANE CMS and RCMS

Further information: See "Technical specifications", "Selection and ordering data" and SIMATIC HMI Catalog ST 80.

Remark:

The SIMOCRANE RCMS is standard equipped with one RCMS WebClient with full access to the screens and all components of the RCMS single station. Additional WebClients can be added by buying extra WebClients, for example 3, 10, 50 and 150 WebClients can be connected to one RCMS single station. All WebClients work in parallel, accessing the information at the same time. Different configurations using WebClients can also be added based on customer requirements.

Typical configuration for SIMOCRANE RCMS single station with WebClients

Control Room solutions using SIMOCRANE CMS and RCMS

Using the standard package in combination with optional packages of SIMOCRANE CMS and RCMS products, control room solutions can be provided. Such solutions are based on software and hardware packages in different combinations depending on customer requirements related to the number of client stations being used for data access, number of RCMS servers used in the data center mainframe architecture systems, number of webclients with simultaneous access to different Microsoft SQL databases in SIMOCRANE CMS stations or RCMS servers, etc. For control room solutions, hardware systems based on SIMATIC IPC and Panel PC with multi touch functionality are integrated together with SIMOCRANE CMS & RCMS software solutions. Siemens can provide different solutions for state of the art control room solutions, using robust industrial hardware systems with large data storage capabilities, mirroring RAID controllers, back‑up systems, redundant hardware equipment for achieving 100 % system availability for any harsh industrial conditions.

Example of control room solution for connection of different SIMOCRANE CMS and RCMS stations distributed through different locations