SIMATIC WinCC flexible

Flexibility in every HMI application –

from Micro Panels to PCs

· April 2007
Brochure

simatic hmi
WinCC FLEXIBLE

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible –
Flexibility and security of investment

There are two software families in the range of SIMATIC® The scalable SIMATIC WinCC process visualization system
HMI® operating and monitoring products. is available for more complex PC-based applications in the
fields of plant and mechanical engineering. Version 6 of
SIMATIC WinCC® flexible is the innovative HMI software
WinCC offers complete SCADA functionality under Windows
package under Windows for all applications close to
for all branches of industry ranging from single-user systems
machines and the process in machine-tool, serial ma-
through to distributed multi-user systems with redundant
chine-tool building and plant engineering. The engineering
servers and cross-site solutions using Web clients. With its
software allows you to carry out consistent configuration
integrated process database (Historian), WinCC is the infor-
of all SIMATIC HMI operator panels. In this connection, the
mation exchange for cross-company, vertical integration,
operator units range from Micro Panels, that are designed for
and offers more transparency for production by means of
applications with SIMATIC S7-200 controllers (Micro Automa-
Plant Intelligence.
tion), through to local solutions using SIMATIC Panel PCs and
local control rooms with standard PCs. With WinCC flexible, SIMATIC HMI has made a significant
step in innovating its software landscape. However, this is
WinCC flexible represents the highest levels of configuration
only the first step on the way to realize the ambitious idea
efficiency: libraries with object primitives, reusable face-
of creating one software platform for all HMI tasks
plates, intelligent tools up to automated text translation in
ranging from configuring Micro Panels through to process
the case of multilingual projects.
visualization by means of a multiuser-capable SCADA system.
WinCC flexible Runtime offers a cost-effective solution for
SIMATIC HMI will approach this path on a step-by-step basis
basic operating and monitoring functions, including an
and in an exemplary way will link innovation and continuity
alarm and logging system and expansion via options on an
to guarantee long-term security of investment. Thanks to
as-required basis. The runtime functions that are available on
the ability to apply existing configuration data, this has
SIMATIC HMI operator control and monitoring devices (Pan-
already been implemented for users of SIMATIC ProTool and
els, Micro Panels, Mobile Panels and Multi Panels) depend on
ProTool/Pro.
the device class.
This brochure is based on the SIMATIC WinCC flexible 2007
Concepts containing Sm@rtClients and Sm@rtServers allow
version.
cross-plant access to tags and pictures, distributed operator
stations as well as remote operation and diagnostics across
the Web – in conjunction with SIMATIC Operator Panels too.

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 Contents

Product range ......................................... 4

Highlights .............................................. 7

SIMATIC WinCC flexible – Basic system

Engineering ............................................ 9
Runtime functionality ........................... 14
Technical data ...................................... 17

SIMATIC WinCC flexible – Options

SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Archives ........... 18
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Recipes ............. 19
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Sm@rtAccess .... 20
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/ISm@rtService .. 22
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/OPC-Server ....... 24
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/ProAgent .......... 25
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Audit ................ 26
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/ChangeControl . 27

More information ................................. 28

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible –
Product range

SIMATIC HMI Mobile Panels

With SIMATIC HMI, Siemens Automation and Drives offers
you a complete range for many different tasks in the field
of operation and monitoring – from a single source. From
operator control and monitoring devices and visualization
software for machine-level HMI through scalable SCADA
systems (process visualization) for a wide variety of different
requirements in process visualization: We offer you a finely
graduated range of innovative and economic products and
systems.
SIMATIC HMI operator interfaces
All SIMATIC HMI operator panels are eminently suited to be-
ing deployed close to machines in a harsh industrial environ-
ment – they are extremely vibration-resistant, with safe flash
data memory for operation with no fan fitted, and with IP 65
protection on the front and high levels of EMC compatibility.
You carry out configuration (on Micro Panels and above) on
a user-friendly basis using the appropriate WinCC flexible
engineering software.
Push Button Panels
The bus-compatible alternative to conventional keypad
operator panels. They are preassembled and ready for use.
Configuration software is not required. Adaptations are per-
formed on the device via parameterization without a special
configuration software
Micro Panels
Tailored to applications with the SIMATIC S7-200 Micro PLC
for automation tasks in the lower performance range.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
The portable operator panels facilitate operator control and
monitoring at the actual scene of the event with direct ac-
cess and visual contact to the process. They offer simple and
secure hotswapping and can be used flexibly on machines or
systems − even in wireless applications.
Panels
For the efficient operation and monitoring of machines in
various performance classes – either as Touch Panels (TP)
with touch-sensitive displays or as Operator Panels (OP) with
membrane keyboards.
Multi Panels
These can be used for operator control and monitoring in the
same way as the panels, with operation by means of touch
screens or membrane keyboards. The main differentiation of
Multi Panels (MP) are their high performance, openness and
expandability due to a Windows CE based operating system.
They also allow the integration of several automation tasks
on one platform.
Panel PCs
SIMATIC Panel PCs are suitable for use in standard switching
cabinets, consoles and control boards. SIMATIC HMI offers
three different device categories that are customized in an
optimum way for various industrial requirements: from em-
bedded PCs through to powerful keyboard and touchscreen
devices with high-quality 19“ displays.

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Process visualization

Single-user PC Client/server Internet client WinCC SCADA system

INTERNET
human machine interface

Push Button Panels Micro Panels Mobile Panels Panels Multi Panels Panel PCs HMI software
WinCC flexible
Machine-level

SIMOTION Motion Control SIMATIC controllers Other automation systems

Field level, drives

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible engineering software
The WinCC flexible product range includes innovative engi-
neering tools for consistent configuration of all SIMATIC HMI
operator control and monitoring devices as well as PC-based
systems using WinCC flexible Runtime. You can configure all
the current HMI devices in the SIMATIC HMI product range as
well as local PC single-user solutions using WinCC flexible.
WinCC flexible is available as several variants that are gradu-
ated on a price and performance basis that can extend one
another and are tailor-made for individual classes of operator
control and monitoring devices in an optimum way. In this
context, the larger software package always includes the
configuration options of the smaller packages.
SIMATIC WinCC flexible Micro
Micro Panels: OP 73micro, TP 170/177micro
SIMATIC WinCC flexible runtime software
With SIMATIC HMI operator control and monitoring devices,
the runtime software is on-board and, depending on the
equipment‘s hardware, this gives you different HMI function-
ality and performance profiles. For PC platforms,
WinCC flexible Runtime can be used on a graduated basis
through the use of PowerTags:
128, 512 or 2048 PowerTags
Only those variables with process connection to the control-
ler count as PowerTags. Variables without a process link,
constant limit values of variables as well as (up to 4000)
messages are available with the core product.
Powerpacks

SIMATIC WinCC flexible Compact Powerpacks allow you to increase the number of useable
Same as WinCC flexible Micro plus PowerTags. As your application grows, so does WinCC flex-
70 Series Panels: OP 73, OP 77A, OP 77B ible. Start off with the smallest tag count and then add tags
170 Series Panels: TP/OP 170, Mobile Panel 170/177 via Powerpacks as your requirements increase. Powerpacks
TP 177A, TP/OP 177B also allow you to upgrade your engineering software to
C7 devices: C7-635 (touch & keys) grow from an initial use of Panels and Multi Panels (in WinCC
flexible Standard) to full deployment of PC solutions (WinCC
SIMATIC WinCC flexible Standard
flexible Advanced).
Same as WinCC flexible Compact plus
270 Series Panels: TP/OP 270, TP/OP 277, Options
Mobile Panel 277/277F IWLAN
270/370 Series You can obtain individual functional or vertical market exten-
Multi Panels: MP 270B, MP 277, MP 370, sions to the engineering and runtime software in the form
MP 377 of WinCC flexible options. Some options are already inte-
C7 devices: C7-636 (keys) grated as standard functions in some operator panels; others
are only available from specific device classes onwards.
SIMATIC WinCC flexible Advanced
Same as WinCC flexible Standard plus
SIMATIC, SIMOTION, SINUMERIK Panel PCs and standard
PCs

WinCC flexible Advanced Option Panels PC

WinCC flexible Standard

Archives Integrated (depending on panel) ¥
Engineering
(ES)
Recipes Integrated (depending on panel) ¥
WinCC flexible Compact
Runtime
Sm@rtAccess ¥ for 177 panels and above (color) ¥
(RT)
WinCC flexible Sm@rtService ¥ for 177 panels and above (color) ¥
Micro
OPC-Server ¥ MP 270 and above ¥
ProAgent ¥ for 270 series and above ¥
SIMATIC Micro Panels SIMATIC Panels and SIMATIC Panels and PC-based
Mobile Panels
70/170 Series
Multi Panels
270/370 Series
WinCC flexible
Runtime
Audit ¥ for 270 series and above ¥
ThinClient/MP ¥ MP Touch 10", 12", 15"
Runtime
(RT) ¥ = available as option
Engineering
(ES)
ChangeControl ¥for WinCC flexible
Compact/Standard/Advanced

WinCC flexible – Engineering software and target systems WinCC flexible – Runtime options for Panels, Multi Panels and PCs

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Product range
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Archives
Process value archiving and alarm logging using WinCC
flexible/Archives is for acquiring and processing process
data from an industrial plant/machine. In this context, you
can document the course of the process; check the rate of
utilization or quality of production; or verify repeated error
status conditions.
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Recipes
The WinCC flexible/Recipes option is for managing data
records that contain connected machine or production data.
You can, for example, transfer the contents of a data record
from the operator panel to the controller to switch produc-
tion to another product variant.
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Sm@rtAccess
The WinCC flexible/Sm@rtAccess option makes available
simple client/server mechanisms for Panels and Multi Panels
from OP/TP 177B and above and for PCs with WinCC flexible
Runtime:
Display and enable operator input to screens using the
Sm@rtClient concept
Communication between HMI stations using the SIMATIC
HMI HTTP protocol
Web service (SOAP) for accessing tags from external ap-
plications via VBA macros
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SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Sm@rtService
You can use the WinCC flexible/Sm@rtService option for
remote control, diagnostics and maintenance of operator
stations on-site via the Internet with Panels and Multi Panels
from OP/TP 177B and above as well as PCs using WinCC flex-
ible Runtime.
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/OPC-Server
In conjunction with the SIMATIC WinCC flexible/OPC-Server
option, you can use Windows-based systems like SIMATIC
Panel PCs with WinCC flexible Runtime or SIMATIC Multi
Panels for tasks close to machines and the process while at
the same time communicating with OPC-capable applica-
tions via an Ethernet connection.
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/ProAgent
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/ProAgent – makes possible selective
and rapid process diagnostics with plant and machinery.
Due to its complete integration into the SIMATIC process
diagnostics world, ProAgent offers a consistent solution
based on STEP 7, the Engineering Tools S7-PDIAG, S7-GRAPH
and S7-HiGRAPH and on SIMATIC S7 control systems S7-300/-
400® and WinAC®.
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Audit
In applications that need traceability and simple validation,
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Audit allows you to conveniently
configure GMP-relevant functions, to record operator inputs
in Audit Trails and to easily comply with legal requirements.
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/ChangeControl
WinCC flexible/ChangeControl makes it possible to version
and track changes in projects. To do this, the system con-
sistently manages the configuration data in a database and
carries out version management (with a rollback function).
In the final analysis, this provides unbroken verfication of the
change history for the entire life cycle and makes validation
easier.
Software updates
You can download free of charge on the Internet Hardware
Support Packages, which allow you to configure SIMATIC
HMI Panels that are new on the market, as well as Service
Packs to remove bugs and faults in software. If desired, you
can use our Software Update Service, which automatically
provides you with all the Upgrades and Service Packs that are
released over a period of twelve months at a fixed price per
installed WinCC flexible Engineering System or option.
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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible –
Highlights

Implement on a flexible basis

Highlights
WinCC flexible is ideal for use as the HMI software in all
applications in which operator control and monitoring is Implement on a flexible basis
required on site – whether in production and process auto- Provide operator access close to the process and/or
mation. WinCC flexible is designed for use in all industries machine level
and offers a single software solution for SIMATIC HMI opera- For applications on operator panels and PCs
tor control and monitoring devices from the smallest Mi- (using a single software solution)
cro Panel up to PCs under Windows 2000/XP (engineering Connectivity to a wide variety of automation solutions
software and PC runtime software). You can transfer projects Worldwide deployment (multiple languages available)
to different HMI platforms without needing to convert the
Highest configuration efficiency
projects.
Convenient user interface
Connectivity Libraries, reusable faceplates
to SIMATIC S7 via PPI, MPI, PROFIBUS-DP and PROFINET Intelligent tools
(TCP/IP), Multilingual configurations
Importing tag lists in Excel format
to SIMATIC S5 and SIMATIC 500/505 via serial link and via Text import/export in Excel format (Unicode)
PROFIBUS DP,
Innovative HMI concepts
to SIMOTION and SINUMERIK, Plant-wide access to tags and screens
drivers for controllers made by leading manufacturers Distributed HMI stations
Networking standalone production cells
and via OPC Local control room solutions
ensure that you always have the right connection for Link to the Office world
a wide variety of automation solutions. Web enabled Service and Diagnostics
WinCC flexible supports PROFINET, the innovative standard Automatic e-mail dispatch
for industrial communications from the field level to the Remote control of HMI stations
supervisory level. You can use PROFINET IO to make time- Remote diagnostics and download
critical inputs by means of direct keys or a hand wheel with Traceable and easy to validate
operator panels in real-time. Tracking of manufacturer processes by means of
Audit Trails
Versioning and tracking project changes
Validation support in engineering and at runtime
Part of Totally Integrated Automation
Can be integrated within SIMATIC STEP 7, SIMATIC iMap
and SIMOTION
Leverage prior Siemens investment while imple-
menting new technologies
Use existing ProTool configuration data

Multilingual engineering software that can be switched at

the push of a button; the option of creating projects with up
to 32 languages at the same time – up to 16 of which (de-
vice-depending) you can switch online are excellent reasons
for using WinCC flexible on a worldwide basis. Coupled with
Web-based service concepts, OEMs and large multinational
companies can promote their business globally.

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Highlights

Highest configuration Diagnosing operator stations

efficiency using ready-made diagnostic
functions and screens
The WinCC flexible engineer-
ing software is based on the Service and maintenance
latest software technologies; functions (downloading
it is available in five languages projects, downloading/up-
(plus four Asian ones included loading recipes)
in the ASIA version) and has a
simple user interface that of- Traceability and simple
fers configuring engineers: validation

Libraries with ready-made objects and reusable WinCC flexible‘s Audit und
faceplates ChangeControl options offer
high levels of support to mechanical and plant engineers
Intelligent tools to easily create projects, for graphic con- that must meet strict quality requirements with regard both
figuring of a screen hierarchy and of motion paths, as well to the products to be manufactured and to the manufactur-
as for configuring bulk data ing process
Support for multilingual engineering with automated text User-friendly configuration of GMP-relevant functions
translation and text export and import function (Good Manufacturing Practice)
Innovative HMI and Recording of operator inputs in Audit Trails with an
automation concepts electronic signature and comment for PCs and 270 Series
Using the WinCC flexible/ Panels and above
Sm@rtAccess option, operator
stations have access to each Versioning and change tracking of projects
others‘ tags and screens. This Easy fulfillment of the legal requirements for traceability
yields innovative TCP/IP com- according to EU 178/2002 and 21 CFR Part 11
munication-based concepts for
the HMI and automation tasks Part of Totally Integrated
that you have to solve: Automation (TIA)
Operator stations with plant- TIA, with its unique consis-
wide access to current process values and screens tency, makes it possible to
use WinCC flexible to reduce
Networking standalone production cells
engineering and lifecycle
Distributed operator stations for operating large, physi- costs. TIA is also the basis
cally distributed machines of integrated system and
process diagnostics.
Local control room solutions with options for central
archiving, analysis and further-processing of process data Apart from this, you can
integrate WinCC flexible within the scope of TIA in different
Link to Office applications
engineering worlds (SIMATIC Step 7, SIMATIC iMap and
Web enabled Service and SIMOTION Scout); this means that it supports integrated,
Diagnostics reduced engineering configurations.
The WinCC flexible/
Sm@rtService option gives Leverage prior Siemens investment
you new service concepts: while implementing new technologies

Event-driven sending of Compatible application of complete ProTool projects for Win-

e-mail and text messages to dows-based devices means that you can use all your previous
the service staff engineering effort with WinCC flexible, protecting prior in-
vestments. In a later expansion stage, this is also planned for
Remote control of on-site projects of the SIMATIC WinCC process visualization system.
stations across the Web

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible –
Engineering – Convenient, efficient and flexible

A simple and convenient user interface

The engineering software is based on the latest software
technology (e.g. Microsoft .NET); it is currently available in
the European languages German, English, French, Spanish
and Italian (plus in conjunction with the ASIA variant) in the
Asian languages Chinese (Chinese simplified),Taiwanese
(Chinese traditional), Korean and Japanese. The software
contains a range of editors and tools for different configura-
tion tasks. You carry out configuration using up to 32 screen
layers. For configuring the screens, you have available
convenient functions for zooming in and out, for rotating
and aligning objects.
In WinCC flexible, you can set up a working environment that
exactly matches your needs. During engineering, the system
displays on the configuration computer‘s monitor a working Setting the configuration using the Project Wizard
environment that is oriented toward the task you are carry-
ing out at any one time. Here, you will find everything you You can of course manually change the settings that you
need to do your work on a user-friendly basis: made using the Project Wizard if required.
the project window for representing the project structure Graphic configuration makes it easier to carry out complex
(project tree) and for managing the project, configuration tasks like defining motion paths or creating
the tool box containing different object and access to the screen navigation.
object library, The motion path of a screen object is composed of the start
point and the end point, which you can easily determine
the object window for choosing objects that you have
using the mouse. You assign a variable to this motion path.
already created (including copying into the screen using
At runtime, the variable value then determines the relative
Drag & Drop),
position of the object on the motion path.
the workspace in which
you can create screens WinCC flexible Advanced – Clear due to task-oriented windows
(layout and links),
the property window to
parameterize objects in
the workspace.

Intelligent tools for ef-

ficient configuration
WinCC flexible provides you
with a range of intelligent Workspace Tool box
tools for efficient configura-
tion.
Using the Project Wizard,
for example, you can create Project window
a basic project, including
navigation and system
screens, using just a few
user default settings. The
system uses dialogs to
Property window
navigate and enable you to
choose the desired objects, Object window
and to create the project at
the push of a button.

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Engineering – Convenient, efficient and flexible

Convenient find and replace functions allow you to carry

out a project-wide search for objects, to carry out central
rewiring of tags and to find and replace texts. Apart from
this, the cross reference list gives you direct access to all the
objects in the project.
You can also group configuration data in one project docu-
mentation report and print it with the screens being stored
as separate graphics files.
Handling graphics in different formats is much easier.
Using a graphics browser, you can display supplied graphics
and your own pictures, process them and integrate them in
a project screen using Drag & Drop. If you want to process
the image, the system automatically starts the associated
external editor. When placing graphics using Drag & Drop
in the workspace in the open picture, the system opens a
graphic display or makes possible labelling of a pushbutton
or softkey.

Get there quicker with reusable faceplates

WinCC flexible has a large number of basic and enhanced
objects and graphics that are scalable and can be dynamized;
you can use these objects in your pictures. The Symbol Fac-
Configuring a motion path
tory, for example, contains a large number of general and
Table-based editors make it easier to create and edit ob- vertical market representations with different colour depths.
jects of the same type, e.g. for tags, texts or messages. You Apart from this, you can combine project-specific faceplates
can use the advantages at configuration of a large number from simple picture objects and store them in the library. You
of objects, e.g. when creating and editing tags. If you create can now use tags to interconnect the dynamic properties of
several tags with a process connection that are created one a faceplate‘s picture elements,
after the other in the controller‘s memory, you can have the e.g. the design and visibility.
system automatically increment the address range for each This means that at runtime you
tag. You can, however, also change identical settings for can, for example, hide and dis-
several tags at one time, e.g. the tag type or the connection. play individual components of
the faceplate or of the complete
faceplate in dependence on a
Interconnection dialog for faceplates
tag value. You can carry out
modifications in the entire proj-
ect from one central location
and the system then changes
the module at the same time
in all the screens of the project
where it is used.
You can use faceplates without
needing to invest a lot of time
and effort in wiring, since they
can be linked with structured
data types. Each time you use
the faceplate in a picture, you
only need to configure one
structure variable of the same
data type on the faceplate to
establish the complete link.

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible –
Engineering – Multilingual, expandable and future-enabled

Multilingual – with automatic translation

WinCC flexible also supports you in an optimum way when
creating multilingual configurations in up to 32 languages
(16 of which can be switched online, depending on the
target device) for worldwide deployment. Switchable views
allow operators to enter configuration data on a multilingual
basis. You can manage language-dependent texts and
graphics in a central text library that carries out automatic
translation on the basis of the system- and user-specific
dictionaries.
Using an import and export interface in Excel format,
you can now further-process any texts from the project you
like in Unicode format using external tools, e.g. for service
providers to translate the texts into another language. This is
particularly interesting if you are a machine tool builder with
worldwide operations and you want to translate your WinCC
Extract from the system dictionary (9 languages)
flexible project to Asian pictogram languages (Chinese,
Taiwanese, Korean, and Japanese). you can convert the configuration data for an appropriate
device that WinCC flexible supports (e.g. OP 7 to OP 77B);
Individual extensions using VBScript after this you can carry out customizing and add additional
As standard, WinCC flexible offers a large number of dy- functions if required.
namic options for objects. However, if you want to be even Applying and reusing entire projects from SIMATIC WinCC is
more flexible, in projects with 270 Series Panels and above planned for a later WinCC flexible expansion stage.
you have available VBScript, which is a powerful and easy
to learn script language based on Visual Basic. You can WinCC flexible can import tags from other systems as Excel
immediately leverage your Visual Basic knowledge. The In- files. This is possible for general tag lists. Apart from this,
telliSense function allows you to quickly program accesses
to runtime objects and to simply establish control sequences
within the script. Script debugging is possible during engi-
neering using the Simulator and, if required, at runtime.

Security of investment by taking over

configuration data
WinCC flexible is enabled for the future and offers security
of investment because WinCC flexible is a consistent further-
Taking over configuration data – Compatible or by conversion
development of the ProTool family. You can apply existing
projects on an “as is” basis and use them for a project with there are converters for leading manufacturers‘ program-
WinCC flexible. In the case of Windows CE-based devices ming software (e.g. Rockwell RS Logix 500, Modicon
(170/270/370 Series Panels and Multi Panels) and PCs, this Telemecanique PL7, GE Fanuc VersaPro) that convert the
works without you needing to make any changes at all. With manufacturer-specific formats in the Excel xls format.
other target systems (OP7, OP27/37, TP27/37 RMOS Panels),

Export to Import from

Converter
.csv .xls

Convert to Excel format – Import into WinCC flexible

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible –
Engineering – Integrated in automation systems
Integration in SIMATIC STEP 7
Due to integration in the configuration interface of SIMATIC
STEP 7 (V5.3 and above), it is possible to manage WinCC
flexible projects within STEP 7 and to share the use of com-
munications settings, tags and messages. This results in
considerably fewer errors and in the final analysis much less
time and effort for configuration.
In an integrated application situation, Simatic Manager,
a component of STEP 7, supports project management.
The SIMATIC Manager gives you access to all the objects
of WinCC flexible. In this connection, the system makes it
possible to create/copy/delete HMI devices or even individual
HMI objects like screens or recipes, for example. During con-
figuration, you directly access the STEP 7 symbols and data
blocks, that you specified when you created your controller
program. This means that you no longer have to define tags
within WinCC flexible.
Accessing STEP 7 symbols from WinCC flexible
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Integration in SIMATIC iMap
Component based Automation (CbA) is the response to
the increasing influence of mechatronics in mechanical and
plant engineering. As a new concept of Totally Integrated
Automation (TIA), CbA supports consistent modularization
due to component technology in mechanical and plant
engineering.
This means that at the engineering and commissioning
stages you can achieve exceptional increases in productivity.
Component-based automation is based on the “PROFINET“
standard defined by the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V.
The SIMATIC iMap engineering tool makes possible graphic
combination of distributed applications on a cross-plant basis
and it is an integral component of the SIMATIC software
landscape. Graphic configuration takes the place of time-
consuming and costly programming of communications
relationships between intelligent devices.
WinCC flexible integrated in
the SIMATIC Manager
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 Creating a PROFINET
component in
WinCC flexible
Completed and tested modules for mechanical components,
electronics and software for individual machine functions
speed up the creation of complex machines. This reduces the
number of faults and errors and reduces total costs. Using
WinCC flexible, you create the HMI view of a module,
that consists of one or more faceplates and that you group
into a total module together with the control section. In the
SIMATIC iMap interconnection editor, you connect together
the interfaces of the modules on a graphical basis. You do
not need to program the communications relationships. The
system then uses this interconnection information and the
Integrating WinCC flexible in SIMOTION Scout
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HMI sections in the modules to automatically create the basis
of visualization using WinCC flexible. In this context, you use
a PC in conjunction with the PROFINET OPC Server as the
visualization platform.
In this way, the system supports modular machine con-
cept based on PROFINET CbA.
Integration in SIMOTION SCOUT
Based on an innovative system approach that combines con-
trol tasks (typically logic functions), motion control functions
and technologal functions, SIMOTION is an optimized system
platform for automation solutions of machines focusing on
motion control and technological tasks. The motion control
system consists of the SCOUT engineering system, the
technology packages and a common runtime system for vari-
ous SIMOTION platforms.
Integrating WinCC flexible in SIMOTION SCOUT will provide
the same advantages as integration in SIMATIC STEP 7; apart
from this, it offers complete integration in the SIMOTION
SCOUT user interface as well as automatic generation of
process screens in dependence on configured technological
objects. These can be axis screens for manual operation for a
machine‘s configured axes, for example.
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Runtime functionality

Basic functions and options

The runtime functionality depends on the features of the
target system and you can expand it using options. Some
of the options are only available for operator panels of a
specific class and above, others are integrated to a certain
extent (cf. page 5).
SIMATIC WinCC flexible Runtime offers you all the features
you need for PC based HMI:
User management and access protection (user groups,
passwords, access rights)
Windows-compliant user interface with language support
Process representation using vector graphics, I/O fields,
bar graphs, curve displays, etc.
Message system with free message classes, acknowledge-
ment and archiving WinCC flexible Runtime – Furnace representation

Report and logging system (shift, batch and message logs)

Visual Basic script for user functions
Archiving messages and process values (option)
Recipe management (option)
OPC communication (option)
Service & Diagnostics across the Web (option)
Sm@rtClient/Server concepts (option)
Process diagnostics (option)
Logging and tracking of operator actions (option)
Due to its individually scalable system functionality,
with WinCC flexible you only pay for the functionality that
you need to solve your current HMI task. Coupled with
Powerpacks to increase the number of PowerTags (cf. page
5), this provides low initial costs. You can also flexibly
extend the runtime functionality at any time using Visual
Basic scripts. VBScript is a component of the WinCC flexible
engineering software.
User administration and access protection
If necessary, you can activate access protection. In this
context, it is possible to create user groups that have specific
privileges. To be able to carry out particular operator inputs,
users must log on to the HMI system with their user names
and passwords. Other user management functions include
time for automatic logout, password aging and blocking
users by the administrator. With the integration in a central,
plant-wide user administration with SIMATIC Logo, SIMATIC
WinCC flexible also covers FDA 21 CFR Part 11 requirements.
Using WinCC flexible/Audit, the system records all relevant
changes to tags and any operator actions as Audit Trails and
saves them to a CSV file (cf. page 26). Operator actions of
this type can include, for example, entering process values,
starting recipes or acknowledging messages, as well as mes-
sages from user management like logging a user on and off.
You can provide additional prompts for an electronic signa-
ture and a commentary in the case of operator actions like
entering specified values or saving and loading recipes. This
is of course automatically logged in the Audit Trail.
Language support for multilingual projects
You can configure texts and graphics on a language-depen-
dent basis. In this connection, the project can include up to
16 online languages (including Asian and Cyrillic texts). You
can then switch between these languages at runtime. This
means that different operators can choose the optimum
language setting for their own needs. And if the supplier of
a machine or plant is responsible for servicing and mainte-
nance abroad, the service personnel can, if necessary, switch
on-site from an Asian language to English, for example, if
you have configured this feature.
Operating and representation options
The options that operators of a machine or plant have
depend on how the project was created and the functionality
that the operator panel has that is being used. This function-
ality is provided to operators by means of a number of con-
figured screen objects on the user interface. Depending on
your operator panel, you can operate WinCC flexible Runtime
using a keyboard and mouse or a touchscreen.

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 In WinCC flexible, the system carries out visualization by
means of a Windows-conformant user interface that is
composed of parameterizable screen objects and screens
that you create on a project-specific basis:
Static text and graphics display as well as vector graphics
Graphics displays for different standard graphics formats,
e.g. bmp, .jpg, .wmf
Pushbuttons, switches and sliders for process operation
Date/time fields
Numeric and alphanumeric input/output fields
Symbolic and graphic input/output fields
Fields for status/forcing variables
Dynamizable graphics from the symbol factory
Bar charts and analog displays
Trend graphics with paging and zoom functions and cur-
sor line
Alarm displays, alarm window with operator controls,
alarm indicator
Recipe displays
Sm@rtClient displays and HTML browser for plant-wide
displaying of tags and screens
Technological faceplates created from basic objects
Alarms and messages
Alarms indicate events and states on the HMI device which
have occurred in the system, in the process or on the HMI
device itself. You can either log alarm events on your printer
or save them to the message archive (Archives option) for
further processing and evaluation.
In this connection, WinCC flexible differentiates between
user-defined alarms – that show process status conditions
or acquire process data from the PLC on the operator panel
and log it – and predefined system messages that show
specific system status conditions of the operator panel or the
PLC.
The system generates user-defined alarms in WinCC flexible
in three ways:
Bit alarms,
Analog alarms,
Alarms via alarm procedure Alarm_S with SIMATIC S7.
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WinCC flexible Runtime – cement manufacture
Using freely definable alarm classes, you can determine the
acknowledgement response and the representation of the
alarm events.
Alarms can have the status “active“, “active/acknowledged“,
“activated/deactivated” or “active/deactivated/acknowl-
edged“. In this connection, WinCC flexible differentiates
between different acknowledgement mechanisms, which
means that the operator as well as the PLC can acknowledge
messages.
“Error“, “operation“ and “system“ are predefined alarm
classes with specific properties. This classification is ad-
equate for many applications. Using freely definable alarm
classes, you can determine the acknowledgement response
and the representation of the alarm events on an indidual
basis.
For displaying messages on the screen, you can use con-
figurable alarm displays, which can be one line long or
occupy an automatically displayed alarm window. You can
set configurable message filters which restrict selectively in
ongoing operation the current messages that you want to
display. In this connection, the filter affects the user text in
the message and can comprise a fixed character string of be
set dynamically by means of a variable. The alarm indicator
shows you that a alarm is pending.
Reports
In WinCC flexible, reports are used to document process data
and completed production cycles. You can report messages
and recipe data in order to create shift reports, output batch
data, or to document a manufacturing process for the ac-
ceptance test.
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Runtime functionality

Mixing plant with a displayed message window WinCC flexible Runtime – wood manufacture

You can create separate report files for reporting different
types of data. You can set the triggering of the output
separately for each report file. You can choose to trigger the
output of data at a specific time or in defined intervals, or
by other events. In this way, you can selectively configure
individual logs for different requirements. In this context,
you can design the layout in any way you like.
SIMATIC HMI 177 and 277 series operator panels support
PROFINET IO. This means that it is possible to carry out time-
critical operator inputs, like the ones with DP direct keys
and PROFIBUS, on the basis of Industrial Ethernet too. This
affects the direct keys with OP/TP 177B Operator Panels and
above, with MP 277 Multi Panels as well as the direct keys
and the hand wheel with Mobile Panels 177 and 277.

Process communication
PG IO-Device IO-Controller
WinCC flexible‘s scope of supply includes drivers for various
system links with the Siemens controller families and auto-
mation systems and with other manufacturers‘ controllers
(see Technical Data on page 17). In addition, an OPC client
is available for PCs. Since all controller manufacturers
provide appropriate OPC servers for their hardware, there
are virtually no limits to what you can connect to WinCC
flexible. WinCC flexible Runtime allows you to use the OPC
client channel in-parallell with any controller link you like
(multiprotocol capability).
IO-Device IO-Device IO-Device
It is also possible to connect series 177 and above SIMATIC
Panels (colour variant), Multi Panels and PCs with WinCC Operator Panels as IO devices on the PROFINET
flexible Runtime via PROFINET to the PLC. The SIMATIC HMI
operator panels in question already have a corresponding
Ethernet interface on-board.
PROFINET is based on Industrial Ethernet and uses the
TCP/IP standard for parameterization, configuration and
diagnostics. Real-time communication for transferring the
user/process data is carried out over the same line. Distri-
buted field units (IO devices e.g. signal modules as well as
HMI operator panels) can be integrated either directly or
using IO controllers in the Industrial Ethernet (PROFINET IO).

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible –
Technical data

WinCC flexible Runtime System requirements WinCC flexible

The specifications are maximum values
Operating system Windows 2000 SP4,
Diagrams 500 Windows XP Professional SP1/2
Fields per diagram 400 For multi-language
Variables per diagram 400 configurations Windows 2000 SP4 MUI,
Static text 30,000 Windows XP Professional SP1 MUI
Graphics objects 2000 For WinCC flexible Micro: Windows XP Home
Complex objects per picture
(e.g. bars) 40 Processor
Trend curves 800 Engineering Pentium IV ≥ 1,6 GHz
Graphics lists 500 Runtime Pentium II 233 MHz
Text lists 500 Resolution
Number of entries in symbol lists 3500 Engineering ≥ 1024 x 768
Variables 2048 Runtime ≥ VGA

Messages bit-triggered/analog 4000/500 RAM

Message text (no. of characters) 80 Engineering ≥ 1 GByte (≥ 512 MB using
No. of process values p. message 8 WinCC flexible Micro)
Message buffer size 1024 Runtime ≥ 128 MB
Pending message events 500 Hard disk (free memory)
Archive 100 Engineering ≥ 1 GByte
Archivable data Process values (max. 100), Runtime ≥ 100 MByte
messages Diskette drive 3,5“/1,44 MB
Max. number of entries per DVD-ROM drive For software installation
archive (incl. sequential archive) 500,000
Archive types Short-term archives, sequential
archives (max. 400 p. archive)
Data storage format CSV (Comma Separated Integration
Values) and interfacing to
ODBC database (database not Siemens PLCs
included in scope of supply) SIMATIC S7 PPI
MPI
Recipes 1000 PROFIBUS-DP,
Elements per recipe 2000 TCP/IP (Ethernet), PROFINET
Records per recipe 5000 integr. interface (WinAC)
Password protection SIMATIC S5 AS 511
User privileges 32 PROFIBUS-DP
No. of user groups 10 SIMATIC 500/505 NITP
Visual Basic scripts 200 PROFIBUS-DP
SIMATIC HMI HTTP Protocol HTTP/HTTPS (Ethernet)
Online languages, max. 16
SIMOTION PROFIBUS-DP
Communication SINUMERIK
SIMATIC S7 MPI interface/PROFIBUS DP interface Non-Siemens PLCs
Number of connectable partners, max. WinCC flexible Runtime Allen Bradley DF1,DH485
permits up to 8 connections, depending on the scope of configu- EtherNet/IP
ration (communication) GE Fanuc SNP
SIMATIC S7 PPI interface SNPX
Max. number of connectable partners: LG GLOFA GM
1 for WinCC flexible Runtime Mitsubishi FX
MP4
SIMATIC S5 PROFIBUS DP interface
Modicon Modbus
Max. number of connectable partners:
1 for WinCC flexible Runtime OMRON Link
Multilink
Multi-protocol operation Yes;
OPC (Client + Server) Data Access V2.0 +
OPC client or SIMATIC HMI HTTP protocol are additive, that is, they Data Access V1.1 (COM)
can be used in combination with other controller connections V1.0 (XML) client only

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Archives –
Archiving process values and messages
Process value archiving and alarm logging using WinCC
flexible/Archives is for acquiring and processing process
data from an industrial plant/machine. Evaluating archived
process data then gives you information about the operating
status of the plant/machine in the course of the industrial
process (production, machining, processing, etc.). In this
context, you can document the course of the process; check
the rate of utilization or quality of production; or verify
repeated error status conditions.
In WinCC flexible, you can select from the following log
types:
Circular log
Segmented circular log
Circular log which sends a system alarm message when it
is full
Circular log which executes system functions when it is
full.
Trend displays
To represent and evaluate archived process values, you can
use a configurable trend display in your screens. A cursor line
helps you to read off the values.
Archiving and evaluation
You can export acquired process values and messages
for long-term archiving either manually or on a process-
controlled basis. Depending on the length of the archiving
period, you can save the process data in sequence or cyclic
archives either as CSV files or in ODBC databases (e.g.
Trend representation using a configurable trend display
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Benefits
Early detection of danger and disturbances
Avoidance of down times due to predictive diagnostics
Increased product quality and productivity due to regu-
lar evaluation of archives
Microsoft Access). In this context, the system uses all the
archiving media that Windows supports.
Curve displays can be supplied with different values depend-
ing on the configuration:
Log: For displaying the logged values of a tag
Realtime pulse triggered: For time-triggered display of
values
Realtime bit triggered: For event-triggered display of
values
History bit-triggered: For event-triggered display with
buffered data acquistion
Archiving and evaluation
The values from external and internal tags can be saved in
data logs. You can individually specify the log in which
each tag will be saved. Logging cycles are used to ensure
continuous acquisition and storage of the tag values. In
addition, data logging can also be triggered by events, e.g.
when a value changes. These settings can be made for each
tag individually.
In runtime, the tag values which are to be logged are
captured, processed and stored in an ODBC database (e.g.:
MS Access, only for PC projects) or a file. Depending on the
hardware configuration of the HMI device, the data may be
logged locally (on the hard disk of a PC or on the storage
card of a panel) or, if present, on a network drive. Saved data
can undergo additional processing in other programs, e.g.
for analysis purposes.
Alarm logging
Using WinCC flexible, you can log alarms and document
operating and disturbance status conditions of the industrial
plant. The system saves all the messages of a alarm class in
one message archive; in this connection, you can, in prin-
ciple, assign the same archive to several message classes.
Archiving of messages can be carried out automatically or on
an operator-controlled basis.
An archive can be stored in an ODBC database or in a file.
The complete range of functions of the database is available
for further-processing and evaluating the archive data.
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Recipes – Managing data records in recipes

Benefits
Simple transfer of recipes to the controller
Clear representation in table form of the data elements
Representation in a technological context across several
process screens
Import/export functions of data records for further-pro-
cessing using other tools (e.g. Microsoft Excel)

The WinCC flexible/Recipes option is for managing data

records that contain connected machine or production data.
You can, for example, transfer the contents of a data record
from the operator panel to the controller to switch produc-
tion to another product variant. Recipes are often used for
parameterizing plants/machines in manufacturing industry
but especially in the context of batch-oriented production in
the food or plastics industries.
Pre-assignment of recipes
With WinCC flexible, you can use a separate editor to conve-
niently create recipes and the associated data records and to
pre-assign them with data. The following data entry options
are available:
Data entry during runtime
Data import during runtime (using a csv.* file)
Data entry during configuration
Displaying and managing recipes at runtime
A configurable table object is for displaying and manag-
ing data at runtime. If necessary, you can also represent
Recipes – presetting data records during configuration
the individual data record elements directly as standard in-
put/output fields across several process screens. This means
that the system can present the data to operators in clear
technological views.
Data exchange with the controller,
storage and logging
Data record elements are linked to the process via a direct
tag link with the tags in the controller. It is possible to
transfer the data records in both directions, i.e. specifications
from the operator stations result in production data from the
controller. In this context, powerful interfaces make possible
synchronized data exchange with the controller. You can
store the data records on local data carriers or on a network
drive; if desired, you can also import and export them in
CSV format. To record individual production and process
sequences, it is possible to document the data records in the
form of a batch or shift log.

Recipe picture

Recipe
display

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Sm@rtAccess –
Innovative HMI concepts
Innovative concepts
Distributed operator stations for operating large,
physically distributed machines
Local operator stations with plant-wide access to
variables, e.g. networking standalone production cells
Local control room solutions with options for central
archiving, analysis and further-processing of process
data
Link to the Office world
Simple client/server mechanisms
The WinCC flexible/Sm@rtAccess option makes available
simple client/server mechanisms for Panels and Multi Panels
from OP/TP 177B and above and for PCs with WinCC flexible
Runtime:
Display and enable operator input to screens using the
Sm@rtClient concept
Communication between HMI stations using the SIMATIC
HMI HTTP protocol
Web service (SOAP) for accessing tags from external ap-
plications via VBA macros
Within the scope of the Sm@rtClient concept, a station can
make its screens available to another station. In this context,
the first station functions as a Sm@rtServer and the second
one functions as a Sm@rtClient. The server function can
easily be activated in the device settings by a mouse click.
The system can represent the screen on the Sm@rtClient
using a Sm@rtClient display in View only mode; in the same
way, you can also set up a fully-fledged, coordinated opera-
tor station.
In this context, coordinated operation implies that at any
one time only one station has operator input status, i.e.
either the Sm@rtServer station or the Sm@rtClient station.
Depending on the basic hardware, a Sm@rtServer can supply
up to five clients at the same time with updated process
screens (in the case of PCs; with (Multi) Panels, a maximum
Benefits
Flexible solution for location-independent access to
HMI systems and process data
Simple, fast configuration of communications relation-
ships between the operator panels
Reduction in load on field buses using TCP/IP communi-
cation between the operator panels
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of three clients are possible) with one channel always being
reserved for service purposes (see the Sm@rtService option).
In the case of communication using the SIMATIC HMI-
HTTP protocol (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), HMI stations
have read and write access to each others‘ tags. The station
that makes its tags accessible to another station functions
as an HTTP server, with the other one functioning as an
HTTP client. The server function can also be activated at
configuration at a click of the mouse button. You configure
the connection on the client in the same way as the connec-
tion to a controller. At runtime, Panels or Multi Panels can
manage up to eight HTTP connections; PC systems can even
manage up to 16.
In both cases, operator stations can be servers and clients
at the same time, with both stations needing a separate
license in this case. Communication is carried out using the
TCP/IP protocol, i.e. via Ethernet or Intranet/Internet.
External standard applications like Microsoft Excel can also
have read and write access to tags. This is carried out by
means of the higher level Simple Object Access Protocol
(SOAP) and a VBA script that is embedded in the applica-
tion.
Exchanging data between operator stations and between
operator stations and higher level systems based on Ethernet
Networks reduces the load on the field bus, since process
values that are needed on a multiple basis only need to be
requested once by the controller from an HMI station across
the field bus and can then passed on to several „interested
clients“ across the Ethernet or the Intranet/Internet.
On the whole, this yields innovative concepts for HMI and
automation tasks.
Distributed operator stations
Operating large, physically distributed plant and machinery
is made much easier, since you can use WinCC flexible to
configure distributed operator stations such that opera-
tors can carry out exclusive operating and monitoring from
different locations – and all this with just one configuration.
This means that it is only necessary to make changes to the
configuration once. The operator sees the same screen at
every operator station, with only one station being operator-
accessible at any one time (coordinated operation).
Networking standalone production cells
Plant-wide read and write access to tags makes it possible,
for example, to easily exchange data between what were
originally standalone sections of a production system
(i.e. automation units; c.f. the example application):
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 Example of a large-scale machine with several operator stations

Automatic activation of the filling process as soon as the

cleaning process is finished
Warning message to the cleaning, filling and labeling sta-
tion if the packing station cannot accept any more bottles Sm@rtAccess – Large machine with distributed operator stations
due to a disturbance
Using WinCC flexible/OPC-Server (c.f. page 24) offers further
Local control room solutions options for linking to higher level systems (SCADA systems,
production management systems, ERP applications) for
Plant-wide access to tags and screens even allows you to further-processing.
set up favorably priced, local control room solutions. In
this context, you can display at a higher level head station
(client) important process values from the local operator
stations (servers) and if required, make operator inputs to
them on a central basis. If you use a PC for the head station,
this yields additional options for archiving, analyzing and
further-processing the acquired process data.

Link to the Office world

It is also possible to exchange data using tags between
WinCC flexible and Office applications (e.g. Microsoft Excel)
using an appropriate (Excel) script. In this way, you can use a
standard tool to carry out analysis and statistical calculations
and, if necessary, to derive specifications for optimizing
production.

Sm@rtAccess – Control room solution with switchable view to local Sm@rtAccess – Control room solution with central access to tags
stations (Sm@rtClient display) and screens

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Sm@rtService –
Service and diagnostics via Web

Automatic e-mail dispatch

Service and diagnostics via Web
Selective, event-driven reporting of errors via e-mail
and text messages
Diagnosing operator stations using ready-made diag-
nostic functions
Service and maintenance functions (downloading
projects, downloading/uploading recipes)
Remote control of an on-site station across the Internet
with the help of Microsoft‘s Internet Explorer
WinCC flexible can automatically send e-mails to the main-
tenance personnel via an SMTP server (Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol). Dispatching e-mails of this type can be triggered
by the following events:
The system reporting a specific alarm class
Actions for a parameterizable standard function (e.g.
change in the value of a tag, a script, etc.) or user action
The potential contents of this type of e-mail are:
Reference

You can use the WinCC flexible/Sm@rtService option for An alarm text containing process values
remote control, diagnostics and maintenance of operator (maximum of 256 characters)
stations on-site via the Internet with Panels and Multi Panels Date/clock time
from OP/TP 177B and above as well as PCs using WinCC flex-
ible Runtime. E-mail address for responses

A typical service situation could look like this: the local If you use e-mail/SMS gateways, you have access to standard
station informs the service staff by e-mail or a text mes- networks and, in critical situations, the system can even send
sage and the engineer then contacts the station across the a text message to your cell phone from the local station. For
Internet and diagnoses the situation. There are a number this, you need an external service provider.
of standard diagnostic functions available for this including
remote control. After this, engineers can make the neces-
sary modifications including even downloading a complete
project. Apart from this, they have the option of download-
ing recipes or parameter sets.

SMTP-Server ISDN/DSL
Internet
Modem/Router
Service
Provider

WWW, MES,
Office area

Industrial Ethernet

PROFIBUS

Sequence in a “typical“ service case Sm@rtService – Automatic dispatch of e-mails / text messages

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 Number or IP adress
of the operator panel
Benefits
Global access of the service and maintenance person-
nel to machines/plants
Increasing productivity by quickly eliminating distur-
bances or down times
Avoiding expensive on-site service callouts

additional installation effort) not just the selected screen but

also the layout of the device on-site, including, for example
the membrane panel of a keyboard unit. Using this tool, you
can then make inputs to the operator panel in the same way
as if you were on-site, with the only difference being that
you don‘t actually press the keys, rather you click on them
with your mouse.
Sm@rtService – Remote control
Sm@rtService – Diagnostics and maintenance options
of an on-site station across the
Internet
Diagnostics and maintenance
The local station makes available standard HTML pages for
diagnostics and maintenance, which you can supplement on
an as-required basis. The standard functions below can be
activated from the home page:
Remote controlling the station
Starting and stopping runtime for maintenance purposes
Remote access to recipe data records, passwords and
system-specific information (e.g. system messages)
Accessing the station‘s files using a file browser
Downloading configuration data
Sm@rtService – Remote control of a operator panel
To exclude unauthorized access, it is possible to activate
via Sm@rtClient Viewer
password protection; depending on the functions to be
triggered (e.g. system diagnostics, file browser etc.), you
can configure different passwords. For access to critical tags
in the target system, you can configure additional password
protection.
Within the scope of the maintenance functions, you can
transfer the latest configuration data, recipe data records or
passwords to the operator panel without a service engineer
needing to be present on-site.

Remote control via Internet Explorer

For remote operating and monitoring stations using WinCC
flexible, you only need a standard browser (Microsoft Inter-
net Explorer V6.0 SP1 and above). On the standard remote
control HTML page, you can download the executable
Sm@rtClient Viewer that allows you to view (without any

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible/OPC-Server –
Non-proprietary communication

PCs with WinCC flexible Runtime can also be OPC DA clients

Benefits
Incorporation of automation components from differ-
ent vendors into an automation concept
Saving of development costs through communication
Reduction in load on fieldbuses
and acquire data from other OPC servers, e.g. process values
of any controllers that are connected via OPC to WinCC flex-
ible or process specifications from higher level applications
for controlling production. The OPC client is delivered as
standard with WinCC flexible Runtime.

OPC (Openness, Productivity and Collaboration) designates a

standardized, open and non-proprietary software interface.
OPC is based on COM (Component Object Model), DCOM
(Distributed COM) Windows technologies or on XML (Ex-
tended Markup Language).
Using the SIMATIC WinCC flexible/OPC-Server option,
you can use Windows-based systems like the SIMATIC Panel
PC with WinCC flexible or SIMATIC Multi Panels, for example,
for tasks that are close to machines and the process. At the
same time, they can communicate with any OPC-capable
application across an Ethernet. In this connection, WinCC
flexible Runtime or the SIMATIC Multi Panel as an OPC server
makes available current process data for one or more OPC
clients. From PC platforms, you can make available current
process data in this way via OPC DA (Data Access) or, in the
case of multifunctional platforms via OPC XML, to several
OPC clients.
This means that locally acquired data is available on a plant-
wide basis to provide important information at a central
location or to make possible (central) archiving of process
data. Among other things, linking to SCADA (e.g. SIMATIC
WinCC), MES, ERP or Office applications is possible. You can
choose the relevant tags on the OPC client across the entire
network using the OPC Browser from the OPC server‘s Tag
Management.

OPC communication with higher level systems

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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible/ProAgent –
Higher availability due to process diagnostics
Increases in productivity are being increasingly achieved
by saving costs. Maintenance is becoming of increasing
importance. Of prime importance is the elimination of faults
as fast as possible with as small a personnel overhead as
possible. In the ideal case, the operating personnel should
also handle part of the maintenance tasks. Operating
personnel are on site, are acquainted with the sequences,
and can intervene rapidly. This saves time and costs. This is
where ProAgent supports the operating personnel with fast
fault identification especially in the automobile industry
and machine tool construction sector.
When a process fault occurs, SIMATIC ProAgent provides
information on the location and cause of the fault and
provides support with fault rectification. ProAgent provides
a solution which is tailored to SIMATIC S7-300, S7-400 and
WinAC. It can be used in combination with the S7-PDIAG,
S7-GRAPH and S7-HiGraph engineering tools for STEP 7. The
ProAgent option package contains standard views that are
updated during runtime with process-specific data.
Standard views instead of configuration
ProAgent is available for different equipment and software
platforms from the SIMATIC HMI range: Operator Panels and
Multi Panels, WinCC flexible and WinCC. ProAgent contains
standard views that are geared to the requirements of pro-
cess diagnostics on a plant or a machine. This is based on the
interaction of STEP 7 option packages and ProAgent. During
configuration, the data relevant to process diagnostics, such
as symbols, comments, alarm texts, are stored in a standard-
ized database organization. During runtime, the standard
screens are filled with process-specific data.
The standard views include alarm view, unit overview
diagram, diagnostic detail view, motion view, sequencer
operating view.
Process diagnostics using WinCC flexible/ProAgent and the STEP 7
Engineering Tools
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Benefits
Integral component of Totally Integrated Automation
(TIA): increases productivity, minimizes the engineering
outlay, reduces the lifecycle costs
Provides support in locating and correcting faults,
improves plant availability and reduces downtimes,
There is no additional configuration effort for the
diagnostics functionality due to automatic generation
of the diagnostics-relevant portions for control and HMI
Reduces PLC memory and processor usage
No special user know-how required fort he operator
Unloading the controller with regard to memory
required and program execution times
Function
Context-sensitive activation of the diagnostics based on a
process error message
Output of the operands with symbolic code and comment
Changeover is possible between LAD, STL and the signal
list
Supportive troubleshooting by direct process access when
using the motion view
Output of the incorrect operand directly in the message,
complete with address, symbol and comment1)
Consistency check in RT: icons are used to identify incon-
sistent diagnostics units. Fast error localization is possible
during the start-up phase with regard to the configured
data.
Direct, context-sensitive switching to the diagnostics view
for each unit through the use of ProAgent functions
Context-sensitive switching to STEP 7 (LAD/STL/CSF editor,
S7-GRAPH and HW-CONFIG on system fault messages),
fully automatic support
S7-GRAPH OCX for graphic representation of sequencers
(overview representation)
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 SIMATIC WinCC flexible/Audit –
Traceability and simple validation
Benefits
Conforms to the GMP requirements of the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) for the pharmaceutical
industry
Reduced time and effort for engineering and validation
Available for SIMATIC Panels and Multi Panels of the
270 Series and above as well as for PC-based solutions
Matched in an optimum way for mechanical and plant
engineers who must meet strict quality requirements
(e.g. when supplying machines and plant subsystems
in applications that are subject to compulsory valida-
tion)
WinCC flexible‘s Audit und ChangeControl options offer high
levels of support to mechanical and plant engineers that
must meet strict quality requirements with regard both to
the products to be manufactured and to the manufacturing
process.
Validiation and traceability
“Ready for Validation“ now also applies to machine-level ap-
plications. The WinCC flexible/Audit option covers the main
requirements of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and of
the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for compulsory
validation of applications according to CFR 21 Part 11 in the
pharmaceutical industry, to active ingredient manufacture
in the pharmaceutical industry and to some extent in the
cosmetics industry and in the precision chemical industry if it
is integrated in the pharmaceuticals sector or markets basic
products.
Audit Trail – Displayed using a viewer
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Audit makes it easier to construct machines for these sectors
of industry, since the important functions to meet these
requirements are already offered as-standard, which means
that it is possible in this way to qualify individual machines
or standalone plant sections at the suppliers‘ and not until
integration in the complete plant.
At the same time, Audit Trails are also suitable for tracking
manufacturer processes to increase product quality as
required by guideline EU 178/2002, for example.
Secure access control including electronic signature
Even the basic system guarantees access protection which
means that only authorized personnel have access within
the scope of their responsibility at the operator panel. In this
context, each user is assigned to a user group with defined
function privileges. This prevents unauthorized users, from
changing recipes or starting process steps without permis-
sion, for example. The operator panels can be integrated in a
central, plant-wide user administration with SIMATIC Logon.
Since all activities in the plant must be uniquely assigned to
specific individuals, the login and logout processes must be
logged in the Audit Trail with a time stamp. Apart from this,
you must meet other regulations, e.g. two-component au-
thorization comprising a user ID and password, password
aging (to ensure that passwords are renewed on a regular
basis), blocking users by the administrator and automatic
logout if users are inactive for a relatively long period of
time are additional system functions that ensure high quality
standards in production and make validation easier.
You can provide additional prompts for an electronic signa-
ture and a commentary in the case of operator actions like
entering specified values or saving and loading recipes. This
is of course automatically logged in the Audit Trail.
Parameterizing GMP-relevant tags
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Recording operator actions in Audit Trails
In operation, the system records all relevant changes to
tags and any operator actions in accordance with Good
Manufacturing Practice (GMP) as Audit Trails and saves
them to a CSV file. Operator actions of this type can include,
for example, entering process values, starting recipes or
acknowledging messages, as well as messages from user
management like logging a user on and off.
It is possible to visualize in a user-friendly way the Audit
Trails that are registered in the project using the Audit View-
er. Then you can see exactly who operated what and when
– all this with a minimum of configuration effort! Apart from
this, a checksum is used to ensure that the data in the Audit
Trail has not been tampered with.
Tracking changes in manufacturing processes by means of
Audit Trails is possible from 270 Series Panels onwards.
Two variants of the option package are offered:
WinCC flexible/Audit for Panels
WinCC flexible/Audit for PCs
Archiving and logging
WinCC flexible makes it possible to carry out archiving and
logging in dependence on the requirements, i.e. on a local
basis, or, in distributed systems on a central basis too. In this
context, “local“ means that the CSV files are stored on the
operator panel. On the other hand, „central“ means that the
system uploads these files cyclically, for example, to a PC in
a local control room or to a higher level SCADA system (e.g.
SIMATIC WinCC). For this, there is support for solutions for
long-term archiving and data recovery.
SIMATIC WinCC flexible/
ChangeControl – Versioning
and tracking changes
Benefits
Consistent saving of configuration data
Management in a database
Version management for changes to the project data
(with a rollback function)
Comparison of configuration data
Tracking of changes to configurations
Contiguous verification of the change history for the
entire life cycle
Validation support
Makes validation easier after project changes
Support in retaining the validated status of the plant
Once a machine or plant has been commissioned and
validated, it may be necessary to make changes to the
configuration due to the machine or plant being adapted
or extended. In this connection, you must record all the
changes to a plant from the start of production for the
entire service life and, with software in particular, you
must document reproducible versions. This means that you
must log the changes in configuration, in a similar way to
runtime operation, in the Audit Trail of the configuration:
what is known as the “Change Log“. Using the WinCC fle-
xible/ChangeControl option, it is also possible to carry out
versioning and change tracking of WinCC flexible projects.
This means that, amongst other things, the of FDA Change
Control requirements are complied with.
In general, you can use ChangeControl to secure interim
status conditions in the case of complex innovations or ex-
tensions and to carry out a rollback. OEMs and custom ma-
chinery builders can benefit from this capability that enables
you to manage your projects
with a clear overview, record
delivered customer versions
and later modifications, for
example. In the case of sub
contracting work, tracking
changes via ChangeControl
may provide the basis for cal-
culating the time and effort
needed for modifications.
Versioning and the rollback
function are particularly
required in the automobile
industry.

Management of project versions in ChangeControl

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