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Commissioning PC Stations - Manual and Quick Start
Release 5/2005
C79000-G8976-C156-07
1.2 PC Stations in SIMATIC
Use of PCs in Automation
A “PC station” is a PC with communication modules and software components
within an automation solution with SIMATIC.
The hardware configuration of a PC station can be compared with the configuration
of an S7 controller In SIMATIC:
In the same way, components of
a PC station, for example
modules, are assigned to a
virtual slot per software.
The virtual rack is implemented
on the PC station by software.
In an SIMATIC S7-400,
modules are inserted in the
slots in the rack.
PC Station
Virtual rack in the PC stationVirtual rack in the PC station
Slot
Software - The OPC Server as Central Component
A PC station contains SIMATIC NET communication modules and software
applications. One typical software application with which user programs can
communicate is the SIMATIC NET OPC server.
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