Using the Windows Standard Interfaces

ODBC
OCX

OPC
OLE SQL

ActiveX
DDE

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 Objectives

- Open Architecture

- OLE Automation

- ODBC

- DDE

- OCX

- ActiveX

- OPC

- VBS

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 An Overview of the WinCC Open Architecture

Connec- ActiveX(1)*
tivity (4) OPC(1)*

CHN (3) DDE (1)*

OLE (1)*
OLL (3)
COM (1)

API (2) ODBC (1)

Action (2) SQL (1) (1) Windows

OCX (1)* (2) WinCC
(3) WinCC Objects
(4) SYBASE

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 OLE Automation (1/2)
(Access to WinCC Tags through Excel, for Example)

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 OLE Automation (2/2)
(Access to WinCC Tags through Excel, for Example)

WinCC Excel Data Exchange

OLE Test Application

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 ODBC Application with Data from WinCC 1/3

WinCC Database

Evaluation

Valve 1: 3x
Valve 2: 3x
.
.
.

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 ODBC Application with Data from WinCC 2/3

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 ODBC Application with Data from WinCC 3/3

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 Integrating OLE Objects in WinCC with MS WordArt 2.0,
for Example

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 Using OCX and ActiveX, Standard Market Objects 1/3
VB Object Palette with OCX Objects
WinCC OCX

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 Using OCX and ActiveX, Standard Market Objects 2/3

Type O

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 Using OCX and ActiveX, Standard Market Objects 3/3

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 DDE Linking 1/3
(Accessing WinCC Tags through Excel, for Example)

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 Linking using DDE Server 2/3 (Accessing WinCC Tags
through Excel, for Example)

WinCC Excel Data Exchange

DDE Test Application

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 Linking using WinCC DDE Channel 3/3
(Accessing WinCC Tags through Excel, for Example))

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 Linking using OPC according to the COM Model
Computer A
OPC client OPC server

Windows operating system

COM library
Siemens OPC
DAAutomation 2.0

Computer A Computer B

OPC client OPC server

Windows network Windows

COM COM
library library
DCOM

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 Direct Access to the Complete MS Excel Functionality
under WinCC

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 Direct Access to the Complete MS Word Functionality
under WinCC

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