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Get to Know PCS 7 - Features & Benefits
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Did You Know that the PCS 7 OS HMI can reduce Engineering Costs and Con
Pharmaceutical creating Process Graphics automatically from the Controller Configuration?
Food & Beverage
Machine Tools
Metals The PCS 7 OS is unique among DCS systems in its ability to automatically create a Process Graphi
Mining structure for each process area of the plant, and to automatically populate each graphic with pre-en
Oil & Gas direct use of the controller configuration. The symbol templates (called block icons) are pre-linked to
Production Machines
Plastics faceplate and to display device status, process variables and alarm status. These features allow the
Pulp & Paper work smarter and faster and thus reduce the amount of time (and money) required to complete the c
Quality
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Controls The Task:
Drives
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For example…say you are about to configure the control strategy for an area of your plant that contr
Analytics AREA_1). The Project documentation (P&ID) set shows that the following devices are necessary:
Power Distribution
Process Automation
Residential Electrical
Tank Pressure, Temperature Control: PIC100, TIC103
Software Tank Level Indication: LI101
Discrete Shutoff Valves: XV104,XV105, XV106, XV107
Services Communities Tank Level Limit Switch: LAH100
Electronics Manufacturing Circulation Pump: HS108
Engineering &
Maintenance
IT Consulting After “dragging and dropping” the control element templates (CFC charts) from the PCS 7 Library to
plant hierarchy, the corresponding HMI process graphic can be developed.
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From the plant view, right click on the folder AREA_1, which contains the control configuration, and
“Customize”.

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Definition - the Plant View is a hierarchical representation (like Windows

Explorer) of the configuration (control and HMI) from a process control
engineer’s point of view. Each folder can contain control modules,
sequential control functions, process graphics, reports etc.. Additionally
each folder can be designated to represent an S88 Batch element, such
a Unit or a Phase.

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Next select the Option “Base picture hierarchy on the plant hierarchy” to allow the process graphic h
structure to be created automatically based on the organization of the plant’s process.

Next Configure the Process Graphic so that it will be automatically populated with device symbols b
“Derive the block symbols from the technological hierarchy”.

Finally execute the command to automatically populate the graphic screens by selecting “Plant Hier
Icons”.

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To see the results open the WinCC Graphics Designer for the first time and call up the Process Gra

Note that the graphic has been created automatically and it has been populated with the graphic symbo
process element (device) in the process area!

The symbols are not just static representations. They are also fully configured to dynamically repres
picture below illustrates that each symbol automatically calls up its corresponding faceplate without
part of the user.

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