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This manual provides guidance on configuring the OpenPCS 7 station for accessing process values and hardware interrupts in PCS 7 using OPC standards. It is intended for PCS 7 users and requires basic knowledge of automation engineering and familiarity with PCS 7 operations. The document also highlights the importance of the PCS 7 Readme and offers options for accessing additional PCS 7 documentation online.

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ps7opc03

This manual provides guidance on configuring the OpenPCS 7 station for accessing process values and hardware interrupts in PCS 7 using OPC standards. It is intended for PCS 7 users and requires basic knowledge of automation engineering and familiarity with PCS 7 operations. The document also highlights the importance of the PCS 7 Readme and offers options for accessing additional PCS 7 documentation online.

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Preface 1

Purpose of this manual


PCS 7 is an open system that allows access to process values, archived process values and
hardware interrupts by third-party applications. PCS 7 uses the industry standard of the OPC
Foundation, OPC Data Access, OPC Alarm and Events and OPC Historical Data Access for
this purpose. PCS 7 also supports access by third-party applications using the database
mechanism, WinCC OLE DB.
This documentation describes OPC access to one or more PCS 7 OS servers using the
OpenPCS 7 station.
This documentation will familiarize you with the steps required to configure the OpenPCS 7
station in PCS 7 and demonstrate the configuration options.
To familiarize yourself in detail with the topics relating to the OPC interfaces, you will also
require the OPC-documentation from the OPC Foundation. You can download the
documentation from the Internet at www.opcfoundation.org (www.opcfoundation.org).

Required basic knowledge


You require general knowledge of automation engineering to understand this manual. Because
OpenPCS 7 is based on the PCS 7 process control system, you should also be familiar with
the operation of PCS 7.
Basic knowledge of the general use of the PC/programming device and of the use of the
Windows operating system is required. If you want to develop an OPC client application, you
will also need to be able to work with Microsoft Visual Basic or Microsoft Visual C++.

Target Audience of this Documentation


This documentation is intended for PCS 7 users and SIMATIC S7 specialists.

Options for accessing PCS 7 documentation

Note
PCS 7 Readme
The information in the PCS 7 Readme in the Internet takes precedence over all the PCS 7
manuals. Read this PCS 7 Readme carefully; it contains important information and
amendments to PCS 7.
● The PCS 7 Readme on the Process Control System; SIMATIC PCS 7 DVD contains
important information about PCS 7 and takes precedence over the supplied PCS 7
documentation.
● After installation of PCS 7, you will find the document Process Control System PCS 7;
PCS 7 Readme in the submenu SIMATIC > Product information > <Language>.

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Preface

As of PCS 7 V8.0, you receive basic PCS 7 system documentation with the Process Control
System; SIMATIC PCS 7 DVD.
The PCS 7 Internet site www.siemens.de/pcs7-dokumentation (www.siemens.com/pcs7-
documentation) provides convenient access to the complete PCS 7 documentation. You can
find the following for the latest PCS 7 versions:
● In the section "Hardware manuals for SIMATIC PCS 7 ..."
– The manuals for components approved for a PCS 7 version
● In the section "Software manuals for SIMATIC PCS 7 ..."
– The complete system documentation
– The separate setup program for PCS 7 documentation and the PCS 7 help system for
download. After the installation of the setup program, you can find the documentation
at the following locations on the engineering station:
- As online help (CHM file) for the SIMATIC Manager application
- As a PDF file in the Windows Start menu with the SIMATIC documentation
– The complete documentation for PCS 7 as a Manual Collection

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Basics 2
2.1 General

Overview
Higher-level process control systems for production planning, process data evaluation, and
process data management can access SIMATIC PCS 7 process data via the OpenPCS 7
station. The higher-level systems are OPC clients of the OpenPCS 7 station.

OPC-Clients

PCS 7 OS-Clients

OpenPCS 7 Station

Terminal bus

PCS 7 OS-Server

Plant bus

S7-400 S7-400 S7-400

Fieldbus

ET 200 ET 200 ET 200

Depending on the system configuration, the OpenPCS 7 station can provide data from various
OS servers and from the central archive server. The OpenPCS 7 station hides the distribution
of the data in terms of:
● Time period (OS1, OS2, …, CAS / Process Historian)
● Location (OS1, OS2, …, CAS / Process Historian) and
● Redundancy (OS1 master, OS1 standby …)
OpenPCS 7 replaces @PCS 7previously available in the context of SIMATIC PCS 7 and is,
at the same time, the equivalent of the Connectivity Station and the Connectivity Pack of the
WinCC SCADA system. Direct access to SIMATIC BATCH and SIMATIC Route Control data
is not possible with OpenPCS 7.

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