概述
Data exchange between SIMATIC PCS 7 Plant AutomationAccelerator and SIMATIC PCS 7
Performance in engineeringWith regard to planning and engineering, performance can be equatedwith minimizing time and costs. "Integrated Engineering" offers aunique approach here: an integrated planning workflow from thedescription of the process to the automation program.
Using the SIMATIC PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator (PAA),both engineers and planning offices and end users can significantlyreduce their configuration and commissioning costs whilesimultaneously improving the quality of engineering.
PAA expands the functionality for plant configuration anddocumentation. To improve efficiency in plant engineering, the PAAprovides support generating offers with a plant topology plan andthe bills of materials to the automatic generation of SIMATICPCS 7 data from electrical and function diagrams.
Plant topology plan
Bills of materials
Electrical planning
If electrical planning has been carried out with planning toolsfrom other manufacturers, this data can be imported in MicrosoftExcel format using signal or process tag lists.
优势
Reduced customizing and planning time with integrated processesfor engineering, automation and operation
Shorter project terms with consistent and simple datasynchronization between engineering and automation
Increased plant availability with error-free data transfer andsystem documentation that is always up-to-date
Increased engineering efficiency and cost reductions withoptimized change management
功能
Data changes can be undertaken at both ends and exchangedbidirectionally. If the user triggers data exchange, all changesare listed in a comparison and the user can select which changesare to be applied.
The automation hardware, the automation software and theirinterconnections are generated automatically when signal lists areexported from an external plan.
Engineering wizard
Engineering wizards efficiently support hardware engineering. ThePAA uses the complete basic functional scope of COMOS productswith
User administration
Change management with working layers
Scalability
The PAA automatically generates hardware and software documents forredocumentation of existing SIMATIC PCS 7 projects.
Assembly plan
Function diagram
The PAA is thus the first product to offer the direct connection ofa DCS system (SIMATIC PCS 7) to an automation-neutral tool forplant engineering (COMOS) and thus represents a significant steptowards the digital plant.