Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Service Manual

SIMATIC
Process Control System PCS 7
Service Support and Diagnostics
(V8.2)
Service Manual
Valid for PCS 7 as of V8.2
03/2016
A5E36200111-AA
Security information
1
Preface
2
Ensuring Availability
3
Additional support
4
Configuring diagnostics
conditions
5
Message concept of PCS 7
6
Fault - What should I do?
7
Diagnostics in PCS 7
8
Failure, replacement and
return
9

Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Specifications

General

System Type	DCS (Distributed Control System)
Application	Process automation
Architecture	Client-server, distributed
Programming Languages	CFC (Continuous Function Chart), SFC (Sequential Function Chart), SCL (Structured Control Language), LAD (Ladder Logic), FBD (Function Block Diagram)
Communication Protocols	PROFIBUS, PROFINET, OPC UA
Operating System	Windows Server (typically)
Redundancy	Supported (server, network, I/O)
Visualization	SIMATIC WinCC
Batch Control	SIMATIC BATCH
Industry	Chemical, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, food & beverage, power generation, water & wastewater
Hardware Platform	SIMATIC S7 PLCs, Industrial PCs
Diagnostics	Integrated diagnostics tools, alarm management
Engineering	SIMATIC Manager
Virtualization Support	Supported (VMware, Hyper-V)
Safety Integration	SIMATIC Safety Integrated (SIL 2/3)