Requirements
● The operating system is installed and all the steps described in the "Installation of the
Operating System" section have been completed.
● All communications processors have been installed in the PC.
● You have administrator rights on the PC station.
Starting the PCS 7 setup
1. Insert the
Process Control System; SIMATIC PCS 7
DVD into the DVD drive.
2. Double-click on "Setup.exe" to start the setup.
Setup starts.
Settings in the setup
Below, you will find information about the settings made in the setup dialog boxes, listed in the
order in which they are processed:
1. Setup language
– e.g. "English" and "Next"
2. Welcome
– ... "Next"
3. Product information
... Read this if needed and click "Next"
4. License agreement
– ... Select the check box "I accept the conditions of the above license agreement as well
as the conditions of the Open Source license agreement. I confirm that I have read and
understood the security information".
– ... "Next"
5. Setup type
– ... Activate the "Install" or "Update" check box and click "Next".
6. User information
– Enter the user information and "Next".
7. Installation type
– ... Activate the "Package installation" check box to install the preselected program
packages.
– ... click "Browse" if you want to set a different destination folder.
– ... "Next"
Installing PC stations
5.4 Installing the PCS 7 software
PCS 7 - PC Configuration (V8.2)
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