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SIMATIC Industrial Thin Client
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Vision & Motivation

Requirements
Siemens Answers
Highlights
Summary

Human Machine Interface for PC-Based Automation
Vision & Motivation
Trends / challenges Siemens answers
HMI solutions for central and

Compact as panel PC
distributed PC-based automation
Up to 30 m detachment option
for flat-panel monitors
Industrial thin client for solutions
with unlimited detachment
Common wide-screen
fronts for uniform system /
machine design
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Vision & Motivation

Requirements
Siemens Answers
Highlights
Summary

General Requirements for Industrial HMI Solutions
Easy administration / Ruggedness

rapid commissioning (e.g. shock, vibration, dust)
Flexible detachment
(also via the control station)
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Cost-favorable HMI
Standard IT protocols Rapid communication
multi-station solutions
VNC
RDP

Vision & Motivation

Requirements
Siemens Answers
Highlights
Summary

Distributed Operating Concepts via Ethernet Network
Server Clients
Services and applications Visualization and operation
SIMATIC ITC 1…n
Standard
protocols
…
PROFINET
Industrial Ethernet
Unlimited detachment
No local data protection against data loss
No access to operating system and BIOS (as opposed
to panel PC) minimum administration expenditures
Multiple devices on one server
Flexible, distributed HMI with numerous operator stations

Siemens Answers
Industrial thin client

Common front design
Intuitive configuration
for all HMI devices
Easy central remote administration, Parallel operation

also of multiple devices of multiple machines
Rapid commissioning
Open for standard IT protocols
and easy service
Protection against data loss; Reliable operation also under

data security, data consistency harsch ambient conditions
Powerful – Flexible – User-friendly

Interfaces
Voltage supply
24 V
2 x USB for:
• Local firmware
updates
• Connection of
external keyboard
and mouse
• Optional disabling
(with RDP)
1 x PROFINET / data security
Industrial Ethernet
(1 GBit/s) for rapid
communication
with the server

SIMATIC HMI Industrial Thin Client
Wide-Screen Display
Common look and feel of HMI devices in modern design
Maximum ruggedness thanks to aluminum die-cast fronts
Reading angle of up to 170°(vertical / horizontal)
High resolution and high contrast in wide-screen format
100% infinitely
dimmable Energy savings thanks to dimmable LED backlight
Long service life thanks to LED backlight

Vision & Motivation

Requirements
Siemens Answers
Highlights
Summary

Sm@rtServer Connection
Advantages
Sm@rtServer
Cost-favorable solution for additional WinCC
flexible operator stations Sm@rtServer
ITC n
The same view can be shared and operated
by multiple users ITC 1
Input locking for safe operating concepts
Comfort panel
with Sm@rtServer option
Typical application area:

Machine with multiple operator stations and operators, which requires coordinated operating concepts
VNC Connection
Advantages
Cost-favorable solution for two to nth operator stations
The same view can be shared and operated by multiple
users
No input locking (the last user wins)
ITC 1
Easy integration VNC
Availability of free VNC servers for download or
VNC server,
utilization of existing VNC servers e.g. Nanobox PC
ITC n

Large machine with multiple operator stations, which is also operated by only one operator
RDP Client on Standard Windows Operating System
Advantages
Easy setup e.g. Box PC
SIMATIC IPC627
RDP is already integrated in many Windows RDP
operating systems
Connection option for multiple HMIs, but only
one operator station is active
ITC

Machine with one operator station and large distance between HMI and PC
RDP Client on Windows Server Operating System
Advantages ITC n
ITC 2
No modifications of local PC systems required,
only the Remote Configuration Center has to be
installed
Multiple operator stations on one server
Independent execution of various applications …
on the thin clients ITC 1
Maintenance via the central system RDP

Central user administration
e.g. Rack IPC

(with Windows Server operating system)

Complex configurations with multiple independent operator stations (e.g. WinCC/Web Navigator)
Redundancy with RDP
Technology
In case of a communication interruption, the thin client Server 1
tries to reconnect with the server (auto reconnect) Server 2
If auto reconnect fails, the thin client automatically

connects with the second server
Advantages
High availability of the client-server connection
Additionally increased system and machine availability
Redundant process data
ITCs

Highly available machines and systems
Web Client
Advantages ITC 1
Cost-favorable access to web-based contents
Simple visualization solutions
Examples:
User-defined website of an S7 control
Internet / Intranet Internet / Intranet
Multiple HMIs active ITC n
Diagnostics of Siemens devices on the network

Web
via diagnostics website
e.g. S7-1200

Display of web-based contents in the automation environment
Multi-Session
Technology
Parallel connection with multiple servers
Machine 2
Rapid switchover between applications
on different servers
Machine 1
Applications
ITC
Parallel operation of two machines
with one thin client
WEB connection (1)
Operation of one machine and simultaneous
access to SCADA / production data RDP connection
Rapid and comfortable access to applications executed on different servers

Mirroring
Technology
Additional connection between thin client
and PC
Display of the ITC image in the control
station (mirrored image) RDP
Operation of the ITC via the control station

Applications
VNC
On-site operator support
Commissioning support
Rapid ITC access in fault case
ITC simultaneously serves as VNC server and RDP client
Easy and rapid remote diagnostics and monitoring

Virtualization Applications with SIMATIC WinCC
Tested SIMATIC solutions with: SIMATIC Industrial

Thin Clients
SIMATIC industrial thin clients
as operator stations Industrial Ethernet
SIMATIC IPCs as virtualization WinCC

client
WinCC
client
WinCC
client
WinCC
client
platform for Windows
7
Windows
XP
Windows
7
Windows
7
WinCC
WinCC clients clients ESXi
and / or SIMATIC IPC647C
WinCC server Industrial Ethernet
WinCC server Expansion

Windows Server
WinCC 2003 R2 / 2008
Further servers possible
server ESXi
SIMATIC IPC647C
Industrial Ethernet
Controller
Software for (Remote) Administration
Local Remote Remote

Configuration Center
RCC V2.0
First Setup Assistant Installation on one PC in the network

Touch-optimized user interface Identification of all ITCs in the network
Local loading & saving of the configuration Parallel configuration of multiple clients
Local firmware update via USB IP address assignment and parallel FW updates
RCC V2.0 is included in the scope of supply
Easy and intuitive commissioning Simultaneous administration of multiple thin

of individual thin clients clients with commissioning and maintenance
Vision & Motivation

Requirements
Siemens Answers
Highlights
Summary

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Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit!
Tatjana Schmidt
Marketing Manager
I IA AS S MP 5
Telefon: 0911.895.2305
E-Mail: schmidt.tatjana@siemens.com

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© Siemens AG 2012. All rights reserved.

Vision & Motivation

© Siemens AG 2012. All rights reserved.

Trends / challenges Siemens answers

HMI solutions for central and

© Siemens AG 2012. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Vision & Motivation

© Siemens AG 2012. All rights reserved.

Easy administration / Ruggedness

© Siemens AG 2012. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Vision & Motivation

© Siemens AG 2012. All rights reserved.

SIMATIC ITC 1…n

Flexible, distributed HMI with numerous operator stations

Industrial thin client

Easy central remote administration, Parallel operation

Protection against data loss; Reliable operation also under

Powerful – Flexible – User-friendly

© Siemens AG 2012. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Common look and feel of HMI devices in modern design

Maximum ruggedness thanks to aluminum die-cast fronts

Reading angle of up to 170°(vertical / horizontal)

High resolution and high contrast in wide-screen format

Long service life thanks to LED backlight

© Siemens AG 2012. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Vision & Motivation

© Siemens AG 2012. All rights reserved.

Input locking for safe operating concepts

Typical application area:

Typical application area:

Typical application area:

Maintenance via the central system RDP

e.g. Rack IPC

Typical application area:

If auto reconnect fails, the thin client automatically

Typical application area:

Multiple HMIs active ITC n

Diagnostics of Siemens devices on the network

Typical application area:

Rapid and comfortable access to applications executed on different servers

© Siemens AG 2012. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Operation of the ITC via the control station

Easy and rapid remote diagnostics and monitoring

© Siemens AG 2012. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Tested SIMATIC solutions with: SIMATIC Industrial

SIMATIC IPCs as virtualization WinCC

WinCC server Industrial Ethernet

WinCC server Expansion

Local Remote Remote

First Setup Assistant Installation on one PC in the network

Easy and intuitive commissioning Simultaneous administration of multiple thin

Vision & Motivation

© Siemens AG 2012. All rights reserved.

© Siemens AG 2012. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

© Siemens AG 2012. All rights reserved.

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