Plant configuration
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The maintenance station is disabled during configuration.
Software and licensing
If monitoring of intelligent field devices is required, install the SIMATIC Process Device
Manager (SIMATIC PDM Server) add-on package on the engineering station.
You can find more information on software in the manual
Process Control System PCS 7; PCS
7 PC Configuration
.
For information on the current graduated licenses available for the various components of the
process control system and the correspondingly plant sizes that can be realized, refer to the
installation manual
Process Control System PCS 7; Licenses and Quantity Structures
.
3.4 MS multiple station system
MS multiple-station system in the OS multiple-station system
In distributed systems, the maintenance station is integrated into a client/server architecture.
Using the Maintenance Station
3.4 MS multiple station system
Maintenance Station
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