Note to the reader for the "User Groups and users" table
● The "Installation / Group in Setup" column defines the software that must be installed on
the PC station in order for the user groups and users to be created.
● The "Component in setup" column defines the standard component in the PCS 7 setup
which creates the user groups and users.
● The "User group / users" column lists the user groups and users which are automatically
created when a software package is installed. The user groups are marked "bold".
● The "Members" column lists the users that are assigned to a user group in a PCS 7 plant.
User groups and users
Installation /
Group in Setup
Component in the
PCS 7 setup
User group / users Members
Operating system - User
Engineering PCS 7 Engineering SIMATIC HMI OS project engineer
Project administrators
Operator
Operator groups
BATCH Engineer‐
ing
SIMATIC BATCH BATCH project engineer
Route Control Engi‐
neering
RC_ENGINEER
RS_MAINTENANCE
RC_OPERATOR_L1
RC_OPERATOR_L2
RC_OPERATOR_L2
Route Control project engineer
Route Control administrator (with all rights)
Operators
You can find additional information about operator
authorization in the
Process Control System PCS 7;
SIMATIC Route Control
Manual.
Runtime / Server OS server SIMATIC HMI Project administrators
Operator
Operator groups
BATCH server SIMATIC BATCH Operator
Route Control serv‐
er
RS_MAINTENANCE
RC_OPERATOR_L1
RC_OPERATOR_L2
RC_OPERATOR_L2
Operator
Runtime / Single
station
OS single station SIMATIC HMI Project administrators
Operator
Operator groups
BATCH single sta‐
tion
SIMATIC BATCH Operator
Route Control sin‐
gle station
RS_MAINTENANCE
RC_OPERATOR_L1
RC_OPERATOR_L2
RC_OPERATOR_L2
Operator
Installing PC stations
5.4 Installing the PCS 7 software
PCS 7 - PC Configuration (V8.2)
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