The chapter describes how to select, set up, and load a new WinCC project for runtime operation. This involves selecting the project, assigning a computer to run it, configuring screen settings using the Split Screen Wizard, and setting up the message system using the Alarm Logging Wizard. Loading the project activates it for monitoring and control on the runtime system.

1. Important Notes,
Contents
Product Overview 1
Setting up and Loading a
Project 2
User Interface 3
System Operations 4
Message System 5
Trend System 6
Group Display 7
Process Operations,
Graphics Pictures 8
SFC-Visualization 9
Appendix 10
Index
SIMATIC
PCS 7
Runtime
Manual
02/2000
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Edition 02
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Technical data subject to change.
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protect the product and connected equipment. These notices are highlighted in the manual by a warning
triangle and are marked as follows according to the level of danger:
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precautions are not taken.
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precautions are not taken.
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particular part of the documentation.
Qualified Personnel
Only qualified personnel should be allowed to install and work on this equipment. Qualified persons are
defined as persons who are authorized to commission, to ground, and to tag circuits, equipment, and
systems in accordance with established safety practices and standards.
Correct Usage
Note the following:
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Warning
This device and its components may only be used for the applications described in the catalog or the
technical descriptions, and only in connection with devices or components from other manufacturers
which have been approved or recommended by Siemens.
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Important Notes
Purpose
The WinCC User Guide®
describes:
• the structure and function of WinCC and its components
• how to set up system-specific WinCC projects
• how to use WinCC at runtime
The User Guide is for WinCC V5.
Position within the Information Environment
The User Guide is part of the documentation on SIMATIC HMI®
. All the
documentation on WinCC is listed below.
Installation
Basics
Open
Developers
Kit
Channel
Developers
Kit
Development
Support
Options in
Process
Control
Basic Process
Control
Options User Archives
Redundancy
Client Server
Getting Started WinCC Basic
Documentation
Vols. 1 and 2
Configuration
Manual
Communication
Manual
Pro Agent
Process Control
Runtime
Channel
Descriptions
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Documentation Contents
Getting Started Uses a configuration example to show beginners how to
proceed step by step through a project, and introduces
WinCC’s overall functionality.
WinCC V5
Volume 1:
System Overview
Software
Protection
ControlCenter
Server Data
Channels
Report Designer
User
Administrator
Volume 2:
Graphics
Designer
Alarm Logging
Tag Logging
Text Library
Global Scripts
CrossReference
Supplies information
Á on interrelationships in WinCC
Á on how software protection works
Á on the structure, method of operation and use of WinCC
Explorer
Á on variables and variable groups
Á on communication between WinCC and the process
Á on creating and editing layouts for printing in Report
Designer
Á on assigning user rights in User Administrator
Á on generating process maps in Graphics Designer
Á on configuring, processing and archiving messages in
Alarm Logging
Á on configuring, processing and archiving measured values
in Tag Logging
Á on configuring multiple-language texts in Text Library
Á on compiling C functions and actions in Global Script
Á on generating lists of cross-references with Cross
Reference
Configuration
Manual
Volumes 1, 2 and
3
Supplies information
Á on configuring in WinCC, with examples for illustration
Á on special aspects of configuring
Á on the development environment for scripts, C functions
and actions (C course)
Á on the graphics objects in Global Library
Communication
Manual
Volumes 1 and 2
Supplies information
Á on links to SIMATIC via PROFIBUS, Industrial Ethernet
and OPC
Á on communication drivers and how they are configured,
using examples for general links by way of illustration
Á on special aspects of configuring
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Documentation Contents
Channel
descriptions
Supply information for communication drivers
Á on addressing variables in the automation system
Á on parameterizing the communication partners
WinCC Options
User Archives
Client Server
Redundancy
Supplies information on the options
Á User Archives: creating and using user archives
Á Client-Server: structure and use of WinCC in a
client/server system
Á Redundancy: structure and use of redundant systems
ProAgent Supplies information on the ProAgent option (process
diagnosis)
Á How to configure system-specific process diagnosis
Á How to trace process errors and identify their causes
Basic Process
Control
Supplies information on the process-control options of WinCC
Á Storage
Á Picture Tree Manager
Á Split Screen Manager
Á Chipcard
Á Lifebeat Monitoring
Á Video
Á Time Synchronization
Process Control
Runtime
Supplies information on the process-control options of WinCC
Á Operation at runtime
Open Developers
Kit
Explains programmers how to use WinCC’s API functions and
how to access the data
Channel
Developers Kit
Explains how to develop communication drivers for connecting
WinCC to any target system
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Additional Support
Please do not hesitate to contact use if you encounter problems in operation. Call +
49 911 895-7000 if you need assistance in solving problems. Remember to have
the software ID number at hand to streamline the process: this number is on the
software product card.
Lost or defective authorization can be "repaired" on the phone by our Customer
Support. The number to dial is + 49 911 895-7200.
Information about SIMATIC Products
SIMATIC Customer Support offers you wide-ranging additional information on
SIMATIC products by way of its online services:
• You can obtain general up-to-date information
- on the Internet at http://www.ad.siemens.com/wincc
- from the fax polling no. + 49 8765 93 02 77 95 00
• Up-to-date product information and downloads which may be of assistance
during operation:
- on the Internet at http://www.ad.siemens.de/support/html-00/Index.shtml
- from the Bulletin Board System in Nuremberg (SIMATIC Customer Support
Mailbox): the number to dial is + 49 911 895-7100.
To dial into our mailbox, use a modem with a maximum baud rate that does
not exceed 28,800 bps (i.e. up to V.34) and set its parameters to 8, N, 1,
ANSI or dial yourself in via ISDN (x.75, 64 Kbit).
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Table of Contents
1 Product Overview................................................................................. 1-1
1.1 System Structure........................................................................................1-2
2 Setting Up and Loading a Project ....................................................... 2-1
2.1 Selecting a Project .....................................................................................2-2
2.2 Activating a Project for Runtime Operation .................................................2-5
3 User Interface........................................................................................ 3-1
3.1 Overview Window ......................................................................................3-2
3.2 Workspace.................................................................................................3-3
3.3 Button Area................................................................................................3-4
4 System Operations............................................................................... 4-1
4.1 Logging into Runtime .................................................................................4-2
4.2 Mouse Pointer, Button Function, Picture Information ..................................4-3
4.3 Exiting Runtime..........................................................................................4-4
4.4 Acknowledging Signal Transmitters/Alarms ................................................4-5
4.5 Language Switch........................................................................................4-6
4.6 Batch Visualization.....................................................................................4-6
4.7 Display Video Image ..................................................................................4-7
4.8 Displaying the Plant Configuration Picture (Lifebeat Monitoring) .................4-8
4.9 Selecting an Area.....................................................................................4-10
4.9.1 Navigating through the Picture Hierarchy..................................................4-11
4.10 Storing, Loading and Deleting the Screen Composition ............................4-12
4.11 Displaying Logging Jobs...........................................................................4-15
4.12 Selecting User Administrator ....................................................................4-16
5 Message System................................................................................... 5-1
5.1 Messages ..................................................................................................5-2
5.2 Message Window.......................................................................................5-4
6 Trend System........................................................................................ 6-1
6.1 Configuring Trends Online..........................................................................6-1
6.2 Complete Dialog Description ......................................................................6-2
6.3 Description of the Menu..............................................................................6-5
7 Group Display....................................................................................... 7-1
7.1 Overview....................................................................................................7-1
7.2 Displaying the Alarm Source ......................................................................7-2
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8 Process Operation, Graphics Pictures............................................... 8-1
8.1 Graphics Pictures ...................................................................................... 8-1
8.2 Picture Selection by Measurement Point .................................................... 8-4
8.2.1 General Information ................................................................................... 8-4
8.2.2 Procedure.................................................................................................. 8-4
8.2.3 Dialog Description...................................................................................... 8-5
8.3 Picture Selection by Name......................................................................... 8-6
8.3.1 General Information ................................................................................... 8-6
8.3.2 Procedure.................................................................................................. 8-6
8.3.3 Dialog Description...................................................................................... 8-7
8.4 Opening Graphics Pictures Directly............................................................ 8-7
8.5 Operator Activity in Graphics Pictures ........................................................ 8-8
9 SFC-Visualization ................................................................................. 9-1
9.1 SFC Basic Settings.................................................................................... 9-3
9.2 Objects that Open SFC Charts................................................................... 9-4
9.3 Multi-Client................................................................................................. 9-6
9.4 Visualizing and Operating the SFC Chart ................................................... 9-7
9.5 The Properties Dialogs for Steps and Transitions..................................... 9-14
9.6 Properties Dialog for a Step ..................................................................... 9-15
9.7 Properties Dialog for a Transition ............................................................. 9-17
9.8 Messages ................................................................................................ 9-18
10 Appendix............................................................................................. 10-1
10.1 Overview of Runtime System Button Functionality.................................... 10-1
Index .......................................................................................................Index-1
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1 Product Overview
About the Manual
The operating manual provides the operating personnel with a guide for operating and
monitoring a process. It provides information about the system structure and describes
possible operations.
In addition, WinCC allows the user to configure new, user-specific operations. These
operations are not described in this manual.
Due to the large number of options available during picture configuration, the pictures or
picture components used for your installation may be completely different. The operations
described here are examples using the existing Base Data.
All images of user interface elements (menus, windows, boxes) shown in the manual may
differ from the those shown on the screen in content or size etc. This may be due to
differences in screen resolution or due to changes or further development of the runtime
system. They are intended as examples only and neither claim to represent the original nor
do they claim to be complete.
The optional product libraries contains a number of complex control elements of
conventional technology, such as regulators, motors, valves, display- and control elements.
This package has been designed for use with SIMATIC S7 components.
Assumption
The functions described in this user manual assume that you have used the
optional Basic Process Control package to configure your plant. Additional described
functions are based on the use of the optional packages Chipcard, Storage and Video.
Usage
The runtime system is used to monitor and guide automatic processes.
The well-arranged, fully graphical user interface with windows technology gives the
operator a fast overview of the entire plant down to detail level. You are supported in this
task by a function-oriented operation and extensive help functions.
Group indicators for the alarm and warning functions in the various areas of the plant and
the Loop in Alarm function for the messages permit fast reaction and targeted intervention.
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1.1 System Structure
Overview
The WinCC runtime system is an operator system for the centralized operation and
monitoring as a:
• single-user system with a single screen
• single-user system with up to 4 screens.
The following screen arrangements are available for selection:
The screen arrangement for the project is configured using the Split Screen Wizard .
The user manual describes the operation in the resolution ranges 800x600, 1024x768, or
1280x1024..
Project
The complete set of data that have been configured and on which the entire runtime system
is based is called the project.
Resolution range
Rendering of the user interface when a screen resolution of 800x600, 1024x768, or
1280x1024 is used. The operation is primarily conducted via menus.
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Working with a Mouse and a Keyboard
To work with the screens, you require only a keyboard and a mouse.
How to Work with Mouse and Keyboard:
• Put the mouse pointer onto an arbitrary screen and move it out of the screen area.
The direction of the permitted cursor movement depends on the screen arrangement
(left/right, up/down, diagonal).
The mouse pointer reappears on the adjacent screen.
• You can use the mouse to activate all functions on the screen selected in this way, just
as you would on any of the other connected screens. The one keyboard may be used for
all entries on any of the screens.
Example:
This example shows the arrangement of four screens in a row. You can move the mouse
pointer freely from left to right and vice versa.
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2 Setting Up and Loading a Project
What You Should Know About This Chapter
This chapter describes how to select, set up, and, finally, load (activate) a new project for
the runtime system.
If you have already done this for the project you want to activate, you may skip Chapter 2.
Overview
After you have created a project, you may wish to load it into the runtime system. To do
this, perform the following steps.
• Selecting a project.
• Assign a computer to the project.
• Use the Split Screen Wizard (Base Data) to configure and initialize the screen settings.
• Use the Alarm Logging Wizard (Base Data) to set up the message system with fixed
default settings.
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2.1 Selecting a Project
Overview
If you are starting WinCC for the first time, or if you want to load a new project, complete
the following dialog:
1. After the initial startup, the following screen is displayed.
2. Click on Open an existing project followed by OK. A window is displayed in which the
path to the project’s location can be selected.
3. Click on the file <Name>.mcp.
The selected project will be displayed in the WinCC Explorer.
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Selecting a computer
If the computer has not already been entered into the list of computers for the current
project, if must be entered before runtime operation can be activated.
1. Single-User Project
Click on Computer in the WinCC Explorer and right-click to open the pop-up menu.
Select "Properties" to open the properties dialog. Enter the name of your computer here.
2. Multi-User Project
Change a computer that has been configured, or enter your own computer as an
additional workstation.
If you wish to set the properties of the computer on which the project is to be run, the
window for these settings must be opened.
How to Open and Use the Following Windows:
1. Click on Computer in the WinCC Explorer, and double-click the appropriate computer’s
name in the column Name.
The following window is displayed.
Set your computer’s configuration here.
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2. Click on the Startup tab.
The following window is displayed.
The Split Screen Wizard performs the above entries in Additional Tasks/Applications
(this requires the use of the optional package).
Note
In order for the optional Basic Process Control package to function in the runtime system,
the Split Screen Wizard and the Alarm Logging Wizard in the CS must have been run
through Base Data. The Split Screen Wizard automatically activates the startup applications
Text Library Runtime, Alarm Logging Runtime, Global Script Runtime, and Graphics
Runtime in the Startup tab. The application "CCCSigRTServer" is also included.
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2.2 Activating a Project for Runtime Operation
Overview
After all preparations have been completed, you may activate the project.
1. Click on File in the WinCC Explorer.
The following window is displayed:
2. Click on Activate.
This triggers the startup sequence for the runtime system.
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3 User Interface
Overview
This chapter explains the structure of the user interface and basic operations for the runtime
system. This requires the use of the optional package Basic Process Control during
configuration.
The Runtime System
The example chosen is a project from the chemical industry. After the project has been
activated, the following startup screen is displayed:
Screen Subdivision
The display area is divided into three parts (see figure)
• Overview window
• Workspace. The pictures from individual areas of the plant are displayed here.
• Button area
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3.1 Overview Window
The overview window is a continuous display that offers an overview of the entire plant.
Each plant area (max. 16) is represented by an area selection button in the overview
window. Use the button to select the top process picture (area picture) in the picture
hierarchy.
This example overview window includes the following elements:
Functionality Button
Message line:
Always displays the most recent message
Message acknowledge button:
Button for acknowledging the currently displayed
message
Area selection button:
Displays the area picture in the workspace. The button
labels correspond to the container names of the picture
configured in the top level of the Picture Tree Manager.
Loop-in-Alarm (open picture - alarm source):
This button opens the picture containing the source of
the alarm
Group display:
Opens the process window of the Picture Tree
Navigator
Current date and time:
Displays the date and time in digital format
Analog time display:
Displays the computer’s current system time, accurate to
the second
Login:
Displays the name of the current user
Screen dump to printer:
Dumps the contents of the current screen to the
computer’s standard printer.
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Picture Tree Navigator
By clicking on this button, you can open the Picture Tree Navigator’s process window
that shows the hierarchy that was composed in the Picture Tree Manager. The Picture
Tree Navigator allows you to select the individual displays in the hierarchy.
3.2 Workspace
Overview
Displayed in the workspace are the individual pictures of the various areas of a plant. The
process is displayed, controlled and operated here.
The pictures in the workspace are selected via the overview window, via navigation buttons
and the picture hierarchy, via picture selection dialogs, and via direct picture selection
functions that may be configured.
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3.3 Button Area
Overview
Displayed in the button area are buttons which trigger operator activity. The runtime system
defines two sets of buttons.
Button sets:
Button set 1
Button set 2
Colored Button Display
There are two color schemes for the individual buttons:
• No color (gray):
The buttons are not active. These buttons cannot be used.
• Color:
The buttons are active. These buttons may be used. The buttons are only colored if they
trigger a function.
Switching Between the Button Sets
You may switch between the two sets of buttons by using the
buttons opposite.
Set the mouse on a button to display a label next to the button which explains the function
of the button. The respective function is executed by clicking the left mouse button.
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4 System Operations
Overview
The following functions are described in this chapter:
− Logging into Runtime: Logging into the system using a chip card or a password
− Mouse pointer, buttons, picture information: General explanations
− Exiting runtime
− Acknowledging signal transmitters/alarms
− Language switch
− Batch visualization
− Displaying the video image
− Displaying the plant picture (Lifebeat Monitoring)
− Selecting an area
− Screen composition
− Displaying logging jobs
− Selecting User Administrator
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4.1 Logging into Runtime
Overview
There are two ways to log into runtime:
• With a chipcard, if a chipcard reader is connected.
• By entering a login name and the associated password, provided one was generated.
If no password has been generated, runtime may be operated by anyone.
Procedure
How to Enter this Information:
1. Click on this button.
The following input dialog is displayed
2. Enter your LOGIN and the password
Runtime can now be operated.
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4.2 Mouse Pointer, Button Function, Picture Information
Listed in the following table are basic operations:
Function Button Description
Mouse pointer in
runtime
When the mouse pointer has this shape, you can activate
a function (button or input) or enter process
information. Unless the lightning bolt is shown, no
input is possible.
Button
functionality
The button functionality is indicated with a tool tip. If
you move the mouse pointer onto a symbol and let it
rest there briefly, the tool tip for the function will be
displayed.
Picture information Information regarding the currently displayed picture
may be requested. If the full screen changes while the
picture information is pending, the change is reflected
immediately in the picture information.
How to Access This Display:
Click on the displayed button. Information such as that
listed below is displayed:
Note
The displayed picture information always refers to the
picture in the workspace, not to a picture displayed in
the process window.
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4.3 Exiting Runtime
Overview
Runtime must be exited in a defined manner. An exit routine is provided for this purpose.
Procedure
To exit runtime, proceed as follows:
1. Change to this button set unless you have already done so
2. Click on this button.
Before you can exit the runtime system, you must acknowledge with the following
dialog box:
3. Click on Deactivate
Runtime is deactivated.
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4.4 Acknowledging Signal Transmitters/Alarms
This button is used to acknowledge the signal transmitter, e.g. a horn, but not the triggering
alarm.
Use this button to acknowledge the alarms or message which are displayed on the monitor.
Á If the message system is open, all messages visible in the message window are
acknowledged.
Á If the message system is not open, all alarms pending in the workspace are
acknowledged, e.g. in group displays and faceplates.
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4.5 Language Switch
Overview
The current language for the process control as well as for all runtime functions can be
changed from runtime. The switch to the new language takes effect immediately.
Procedure
How to Change the Language Setting:
1. Click on this button (button set 2).
A window is displayed in which the desired language may be set. The languages
available for the given installation are listed here.
4.6 Batch Visualization
Use this dialog to start one of the displayed batch applications. The buttons of the
corresponding components are activated only if the installation has been performed
correctly.
For additional information, refer to the PCS 7 manual "Batch Flexible".
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4.7 Display Video Image
Overview
In runtime, you can display the image recorded by a video camera. In order to do this, the
appropriate video card (WinCC Option) must be installed. If no video connection is present,
an empty window is displayed. The display is only possible on the monitor for which the
video card hardware was configured.
Procedure
How to Switch on the Video Image:
1. Click on this button (button set 2)
The window with the video image is displayed. If no video image can be displayed,
the overlay "Adjust the color settings" is shown instead.
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4.8 Displaying the Plant Configuration Picture (Lifebeat
Monitoring)
Overview
The Lifebeat Monitoring system takes care of the permanent monitoring of the individual
systems (OS and PLC) and generates the automation system message. The horn is triggered
if it was configured as part of the automation system message and a signaling component
has been installed.
The monitoring of the configured components is automatically started following a restart
and is performed cyclically. If a subscriber repeatedly fails to answer, a message is
generated.
Structure of the Plant Picture
All components that are to be monitored are displayed in graphical form in runtime.
Components that are not currently functional (e. g. due to a fault) are crossed out in the
graphic.
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Example of a plant picture:
Displaying the Plant Picture
How to Display a Plant Picture:
1. Click on this button.
The respective current plant picture is displayed (example picture above)
2. You may exit the plant picture by clicking this button.
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4.9 Selecting an Area
Overview
The displays of the individual plant areas are shown in the workspace. They may be
selected from the overview window.
Button Picture
The area selection buttons may be displayed in three different colors.
• No color (gray):
The button is not active. No pictures can be selected. This is the case if the user who is
currently logged in does not have the appropriate authorization (authorization for
area).
• Black font on a gray background:
The buttons are active and may be used to select the area picture.
• Black font on a cyan background:
The picture displayed in the workspace is located within the plant area (within the area
picture in the hierarchy tree) that is represented by the button.
Selecting an Area
Select an area by clicking on the respective button.
Example:
Click on .
The respective associated plant picture is displayed.
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4.9.1 Navigating through the Picture Hierarchy
Selecting a Sub-Area
If the selected area contains further sub-areas, they may be selected. Arrow coloring
indicates whether further sub-areas are available. The buttons displayed above (of button
set 1) are used for this.
Moving Through the Picture Hierarchy
An area with its sub-areas has a structure that is chosen by you. You may move through this
plant hierarchy.
The figure below explains how you may move through the plant hierarchy in runtime using
the plant hierarchy as an example.
Changing from one (sub-)area level to
another (e. g. from sub-area level 1 to
sub-area level 2).
If you move within a sub-area level (i.e.,
you don’t leave it), use these buttons
(e. g. from sub-area 1 display 1 to display 2
and back).
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4.10 Storing, Loading and Deleting the Screen Composition
Overview
The currently displayed plant view for all monitors belonging to the project may be saved
as a screen composition. If the plant view has been stored in this way, it can be redisplayed
during a session or, if required, after runtime has been restarted.
Note:
Every user who has logged on can save a screen composition called "Default". This screen
composition is opened automatically when the user logs on and is what might be called the
user’s personal start picture.
Storing the Screen Composition
How to Store a Screen Composition:
1. Select the function with this button
The following window is displayed
2. Enter a name for the screen composition or select an existing screen composition and
overwrite it.
3. Finish by clicking Store.
All pictures currently displayed on all monitors are stored.
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Loading a Screen Composition
How to Load the Screen Composition (Redisplay):
1. Select the function with this button
The following window is displayed
2. Select one of the displayed screen compositions.
3. Finish with Load.
The pictures that were stored are redisplayed on all monitors.
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Deleting a Screen Composition
How to Delete a Screen Composition:
1. Use this button to select the function.
The following window is displayed
2. Select one of the displayed screen compositions.
3. Finish by clicking Delete.
The selected pictures are deleted on all monitors.
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4.11 Displaying Logging Jobs
Overview
An overview of all logging jobs which belong to the current project is displayed.
Procedure
How to Display Logging Jobs:
1. Click on this button.
The following window is displayed:
2. Exit the display with the standard acknowledgement.
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4.12 Selecting User Administrator
Overview
The User Administrator is used to issue and monitor user access privileges. The main task
of the User Administrator in runtime is the monitoring of user logins and access rights. This
applies both to the configuration level and to the runtime level.
If you do not configure user privileges in your project (i.e. no user has been configured), all
operations are available at any time. However, if you have configured users for the project,
restricted operations are only possible if the user has logged in with the appropriate
privileges.
Privilege
The privilege of accessing the User Administrator is restricted to the user who also has
access to the user administration level.
All changes to the user privileges take immediate effect in runtime after they have been
saved.
Procedure
How to Activate the User Administrator:
Click in this button
The following window is displayed, here with an example featuring the Administrator
Group.
Using the User Administrator
The operation of the User Administrator is described in the manual for the "User
Administrator".
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5 Message System
Overview
This chapter explains the available runtime system features for message handling and
display.
Function of the Message System
The control and monitoring system records the messages from the automation system and
enters them in chronological order into the message log. These messages can be displayed
in various message lists in the message window. The message lists contain a selection of all
messages in the log.
There are four different types of messages:
• Process Messages.
These report process events of the automated process. This includes limit violations of
measurement values and operating messages.
• Automation System Messages.
These are error messages that are caused or detected by components of the SIMATIC
PCS 7. Errors ranging from the failure of a component to the "broken wire" message
for a connected I/O signal are reported in this way.
• Operator Input Message.
These are generated when process variables are changed, e.g. when the operating
mode of a regulator is changed.
• System Messages.
These are generated by WinCC.
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5.1 Messages
Structure of a Message
A message consists of system information and various parameters that are displayed as
columns in a table. If these contain a descriptor ( name ), the associated values and units,
they are called message blocks.
The message blocks may be divided into three categories.
• System Blocks.
These contain system data issued by Alarm Logging. These data include date, time,
report ID, etc.
• Process Value Blocks.
contain the values returned by the process, e.g. critical fill levels, temperatures etc.
• User Text Blocks.
texts that contribute to general information and understanding, e.g. explanations
regarding messages, error location, message source, etc.
Whereas the system blocks are permanently associated with the message, the user may add
process value blocks and user text blocks to a message. Selections in system blocks affect
only their display; their logging is not affected.
When configuring Alarm Logging CS, each individual message is configured in a single
line.
Example of a message line
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Message State
A distinction is made between the state of the message source (process value 0/1) and the
acknowledgement status (not acknowledged / acknowledged).
The message state is a combination of the states of the message source and the
acknowledgement.
Depending on the acknowledgement concept, a message may have up to four states:
− Came in
− Came in, acknowledged
− Came in, went out, not acknowledged
− Came in, went out, acknowledged
The current state of the message is indicated by:
• color/flashing of the elements
• the text in text elements
• the time stamps in the message line
Messages and their Acknowledgement
The following list shows the acknowledgement concept of the available message classes.
Message Class Message Type Acknowledgement
Alarm AH, AL Came in, flashing on
Warning WH, WL Came in, flashing on
Tolerance TH, TL No acknowledgement, no
flashing
AS error
AS field
S,
F
Came in, flashing
Automation system
messages
on
OS-automation system
message
(OS-internal CSM, Batch
Flex-CSM)
S Came in, flashing on,
went out without state
Preventative Maintenance M Came in, flashing on
Process message PM Came in, flashing on
Operating message PM No acknowledgement, no
flashing
Request for Operator Input Operator
Request
No acknowledgement, no
flashing
Operator Input Message Operator
Message
No acknowledgement, no
flashing, went out without state
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5.2 Message Window
Overview
In the runtime system, the messages are displayed in message windows. They contain all
queued messages in a tabular format. A message is no longer displayed once it has been
dequeued (reset). User-definable filters permit the tailoring of the message window to the
respective parts of the process and the plant.
Configurable switches permit you to navigate within the table in the message window and
to trigger actions. For each message, the operator can bring up a picture that has been stored
which displays the message source (Loop-in-Alarm).
The message archive permits the long-term archiving of the message on a suitable storage
medium (e.g. the harddisk).
Selecting Messages
From the runtime system, it is possible to display and process lists of messages. The
messages displayed in the lists refer exclusively to the current project.
Message Selection
The following selections may be displayed:
• New list. All messages that have not yet been acknowledged.
• Old List. All messages that were acknowledged but have not gone out yet.
• Went out list. All messages that have gone out (dequeued).
• Control system list. All automation system messages.
• Operator input list. All operator input messages.
• Log list. All messages.
Whereas the new, old, and went out lists are selections from the message list (current
messages), the log, control system, and operator input lists access the message archive.
Note
If the same message comes in and goes out several times without having been
acknowledged, the older messages will always be removed from the new list. However, the
log list (archive) contains all messages.
The single-line message window in the overview window does not display messages of the
classes "Request for Operator Input", "Tolerance", and "Operating Message", as messages
in these classes cannot be acknowledged. Such a message would eclipse all other messages,
including those with higher priority, until it is reset or a new message is received.
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Procedure
How to Display Message Lists:
• Select the function using this button (button set 1)
The new list is shown first. A new set of buttons is displayed. Use these buttons to
select the individual lists:
Button Message list
New list
Old list
Went out list
Control system list
Operator input list
Log list
Exit the function and return to button set 1
Example:
After you have selected the function, a window such as the following is displayed:
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Content of the message line
The following list explains the significance of the individual columns in a message line:
Term Explanation
Date Date for Incoming, Outgoing, and Acknowledged.
Time Everytime the state of the message changes, the associated
time element (time stamp of the state change) is displayed.
Origin Technological association of the message source: higher-
level designation (HID), consisting of hierarchy, chart
name, block name, entered as a space.
Location designation (LID) for driver components.
Event Contains a configurable message text for technology
components.
In the case of driver components, it contains a message text
accompanied by integrated values indicating line/rack/port
or error descriptor/component number/relative address.
Message
duration
Length of time a message was queued.
Status Acknowledgement status (e. g. K, G, QS, KG)
Type Message class, e.g. alarm high, tolerance high.
Acknowledged
Info If configured, an explanatory text may accompany a given
message.
Comments
Batch Name Contains static text (4 Z), batch name (16 Z), and batch step
no. (5 Z) introduced via accompanying values.
Area Area descriptor
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Operations in the Message Lists
The following table explains how to navigate through message lists and how to edit
individual messages.
Function Icon Explanation
Single
Acknowledgement
Acknowledges a single message.
Group
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement of all visible messages
in the message window that are queued and
require acknowledgement, unless they
require individual acknowledgement.
Auto Scroll
On/Off
Turns the automatic scrolling on or off.
When automatic scrolling is active, the
current message appears at the bottom of
the window. The old messages are pushed
upward. Functions for editing messages are
valid only for messages that are currently
pending. Manual scrolling is turned off.
Selection Definition of Selection Criteria. Messages
that do not satisfy these criteria are not
displayed (they are, however, archived ).
Opens a dialog for selecting messages.
Set Lock Definition of selection criteria. Messages
that satisfy these criteria are not registered (
and thus not archived ).
Opens a dialog for the selection of
messages that are to be locked.
Logging
functions
Function for hardcopy logging.
Start of the List Displays the start of the list. The cursor
moves to the first list element. Auto-
scrolling must be switched off before using
this function.
End of the List Displays the end of the list. The cursor
moves to the last list element. Auto-
scrolling must be switched off before using
this function.
Next Message Cursor moves to the next list element.
Auto-scrolling must be switched off before
using this function.
Previous Message Cursor moves to the previous list element.
Auto-scrolling must be switched off before
using this function.
Info Text Opens a dialog in which you can enter info
texts.
Loop in Alarm Displays a picture related to the selected
message, or triggers a script.
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47. PCS 7 Runtime 6-1
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6 Trend System
6.1 Configuring Trends Online
The runtime module "Recall/Configure Trend Groups" permits the selection of tags from
tag management. The tags can then be displayed as trends in a control element. A
distinction is made between online and archive tags. Online tags are from WinCC’s tag
management where they are created as internal tags. Archive tags are tags from archive
management. They may be generated in the Tag Logging editor in a process value archive.
Note
The dialog "Configure Trends Groups Online" is only available in the runtime system.
Configuration Procedure
1. In runtime, click the button "Configure Trend Group" in button set 1. The
dialog "Configure Trend Groups Online" opens.
2. Select in the "Contents" box whether you want to display "online tags" or "archive
tags" in this group of trends.
This means you also set the tags displayed in the "Select Tag" dialog box so that they
are capable of selection.
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3. Open the "Select Tag" dialog box using the "..." button and select the tag you require.
Click the "Accept" button or double-click to apply the tag to the next vacant tag box
of the Trend Group dialog box.
If you want this tag to appear in a specific box, however, go the Trend Group dialog
box and press the button associated with the box you require to apply the tag.
4. Click the "Display" button to show a window in the workspace and to display the
trends associated with the selected tags. If trend groups have not been saved, the
system asks you beforehand whether you want save them.
6.2 Complete Dialog Description
Functionality Description
Name Specifies the name of the trend group.
Contents Set in the "Contents" drop-down box whether you want to display
online tags or archive tags in this group of trends.
This box is deactivated as soon as one of the tag boxes contains a tag
name.
Template screen The "@TRG_Default.Pdl" template picture is provided by the system by
default. The drop-down box now displays only templates whose name
starts with "@TRG_".
Background
color
Click the "Background Color" icon to open the color palette and select
the color you require.
The button and the tag boxes display the background color you set.
If you press CTRL when the color panel is open, the color which
happens to be under the position of the mouse pointer in palette, is
displayed simultaneously in the tag fields of the "Trends Online" dialog
box.
Common
Value Axis
If this option is activated, a common value axis is used for all selected
trends (Y-axis).
If the tag values to be displayed in a tag window differ greatly (max.
und min. values), the use of a common axis for the trend display is not
recommended. The tag values can be read more easily if different axial
scales are used.
If you want to display multiple trends in a trend window and are
particularly interested in the comparability of the trends, the trend
should be displayed with a common axis.
Setting the
graph color
The trend color in the control may be defined for each selected tag.
Click on the icon to open the color palette. Here, the desired trend
color can be set.
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Functionality Description
Tag boxes These boxes display the tags you selected to have displayed.
You can use this button to apply a tag you selected in the "Select
Tag" Dialog to the box concerned. A previously entered tag can
therefore be overwritten.
You use this button to delete the tag entered in the associated box.
Blank tag boxes between set boxes are possible - in other words, deleted
tags do not have to be replaced with others.
Min Specifies the minimum value to be displayed on the vertical axis.
Values below the minimum value are not displayed or cut off. If you
accept the default value "0", the trend will automatically be scaled to fit
the control window.
Max Specifies the maximum value to be displayed on the vertical axis.
Values above the maximum value are not displayed or cut off. If you
accept the default value "0", the trend will automatically be scaled to fit
the control window.
Unit Enter the unit associated with the measured value here.
"Select Tag"
Dialog
(Button "..." )
Click the "..." button to open the "Select Tag" dialog box. You can
operate the Trend Group dialog box while the selection dialog box is
open.
Click the "Apply" button or double-click to apply the tag you require to
the group of trends of the control.
Display of the tags depends on the entry in the "Contents" box. In
addition, you can limit the display with the filter function. In the Data
Source box you can set the data stock from which the tags should be
displayed.
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Functionality Description
Display Click the button "Display" to display the control. If you have not saved
your current trend group, you will be prompted as to whether you would
like to save it. The control is displayed even if you click "No" in this
dialog.
If you would like to save the current trend group, select "Yes". In this
case, the following dialog appears.
Name your trend group and click on "Save".
If you are displaying online tags as trends, a DM marker (Data
Manager) is displayed in front of the file name; if you are displaying
archive tags, a colored trend symbol appears. The number of trends
configured in the control is specified in the second column.
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6.3 Description of the Menu
The menu contains the following functions:
Function Description Shortcut
New Opens a new trend group dialog CTRL + N
Open Opens a previously saved trend-group dialog CTRL + O
Save Saves a trend group under its name CTRL + S
Save As Saves a trend group under a new name.
Delete Deletes an existing trend group
Exit Exits the trend group
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53. PCS 7 Runtime 7-1
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7 Group Display
7.1 Overview
You may group all displays of the same class into a group display. Group displays may be
controlled by a tag specifying the message state. You may use this tag in the other WinCC
components if you want to display the states of group displays there.
Group Displays for Process and Control Systems
A group message is displayed in the overview area as follows.
They only apply to the area in which they are displayed.
Process alarms
• A Alarm (white on red background) flashing
• W Warning (black on yellow background) flashing
• T Tolerance (black on yellow background) flashing
• P Process alarm, general (white on black background) not flashing
Control system alarms
• S Control system fault (yellow on black background) flashing
• F Fault in the periphery (yellow on black background) flashing
• M Preventative maintenance (yellow on black background) flashing
Operator Displays
• O Request for operator input (white on blue) not flashing
The following applies as a matter of principle:
• The group displays in the area overview are derived via a logical OR from the sum of
all group displays that belong to the pictures associated with the area.
• The association between component-specific error messages and their respective
message classes is fixed and cannot be changed in the runtime system.
• The classes A, W, and S require an acknowledgement. These classes trigger the
signaling devices.
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7.2 Displaying the Alarm Source
Alarm Source
If an alarm occurs, it will be displayed in a field in the group display. The alarm location
can be displayed graphically.
Procedure
How to Call up the Picture with the Alarm Source
Click the button that indicates the alarm whose source you wish to view.
The picture with the alarm source is displayed. If it is not possible to uniquely identify this
picture because the same event is queued by several sources, the first picture in the search
results is displayed.
Note
The buttons of a group display are inactive if they have not been associated with a WinCC
tag during configuration and in case of
- a group display object in a picture, the buttons are displayed in the color “dark gray”
- a group display in the overview window, the buttons are displayed in the color “light
gray” and in the position “pressed”.
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Hierarchy of the Group Displays
The group display usually consists of several individual displays associated with an area or
sub-area. This generates a kind of hierarchy for group displays. When bringing up the alarm
source, the picture shown will always be the one of the lowest level that still permits an
association with a particular alarm.
The figure below shows a possible hierarchy of the grouped messages.
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Explanantion of the shown group display hierarchy
The figure shows how the alarm source for a warning is displayed by clicking on the group
display.
• A warning is shown for Area 8. We inspect the warning for Area 8.1.
• The warning originates in both Areas 8.1.1.1 and 8.1.1.2
• Select the warning in Area 8 (by clicking on it)
The alarm source in Area 8.1.1 is displayed.
Reason: in Area 8.1.1, it is impossible to determine to which of the lower areas the
warning belongs.
• If, for example, there was no warning in Area 8.1.1.2, the picture for Area 8.1.1.1
would be displayed.
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8 Process Operation, Graphics Pictures
Overview
The configured graphics system is used to interact with and monitor process events for
process guidance purposes. The process guidance takes place in the workspace. The
purposes of the graphics system include:
• displaying the plant in a plant overview.
• displaying process pictures in the workspace.
• operating the process and the system.
8.1 Graphics Pictures
Graphics Pictures
Graphics pictures are freely configurable pictures which, in general, depict plants or parts
of plants and permit operator interaction with the process. The graphics pictures are
displayed in the workspace and may be moved within this area. They consist of a static and
a dynamic picture components. Depending on the configuration, both the static and the
dynamic elements may allow user interactions.
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Elements in Graphics Pictures
There are two types of picture component:
• Static component: this includes all picture elements which do not change on display.
• Dynamic component: This includes all picture elements which display process values
or states. These include:
− Numeric values
− Bar graphs
− Input and output texts
− Status displays
Process
values
Description
Numeric
Value
Numeric values from the process are displayed as numbers. In
most cases, a unit is displayed next to the numeric value.
Numeric input is used for setting setpoint values or other
parameters.
Numeric values may be distinguished according to their
display format:
− Integer (whole numbers with between 2 and 9 digits)
− Fixed-point numbers (fixed position of the decimal point,
preceded by between 2 and 9 digits and followed by 0 to 5
digits)
− Floating point numbers (variable position of the decimal
point depending on the value, preceded by 2 to 8 digits and
followed by 1 to 7 digits)
− Exponential number
Changes of background color or patterns may, e.g., indicate
limit value violations.
Example:
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Process
values
Description
Bar Graph Bar graphs display process values in an analog format. The
current value is represented either as a pointer or as an area.
Pointer and area are displayed on a background of a different
color. Bar graphs may be created with either vertical or
horizontal orientation. Color changes may indicate limit value
violations.
Example:
Input Text Input texts are dynamic texts which you enter into a field of
predetermined length (number of characters).
If the field is only partially filled, the remainder will be
padded with filler characters specified during configuration.
Characters configured as impermissible are not displayed on
the screen.
Output text Output texts are dynamic texts which are output in a field of
predetermined length (number of characters). You could, for
example, display process states as plain text or as situation-
dependent requests for operator input.
Multi-line texts may be configured.
Trends Trend displays permit the monitoring of current or archived
process executions in the time domain.
Status display
Status displays are small graphics (icons) which appear in the pictures. They allow process
or plant states to be traced. An example of a status display is a valve symbol whose color
and orientation change depending on the status of the valve.
Status displays may consist of different symbols, or of the same symbol in different
colors/patterns.
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8.2 Picture Selection by Measurement Point
8.2.1 General Information
Apart from being able to switch between pictures, you are able to select graphics pictures
for display based on names and on measurement points. These are two separate functions.
The tags in the list of measurement points may be selected and displayed in the workspace,
a process window, or as part of a group display. The existence of the area authorizations
granted in the User Administrator is verified.
8.2.2 Procedure
In the runtime system, click on "Picture by measurement point" in button set 1. This
opens the dialog "Picture selection by measurement point".
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8.2.3 Dialog Description
Functionality Description
Server selection box This selection box is only active if you are opening the dialog from
within a Multi-Client project. In addition, it is necessary to load the
package onto the Multi-Client from the selected server.
Tag type
selection box
This selection box determines the types of tags that are to be
displayed. By default, "<All>" tags are shown.
Tag filter A filter criterion may be entered in the filter function. Only the tags
that satisfy the search criterion are displayed.
Display mode Three display modes are available in the in the "Show as" area.
Workspace: The selected picture is displayed in the workspace
Process window: The selected picture is displayed in a process
window.
Group: The selected picture is displayed in a group display.
Note
Measurement points that have not been assigned to an area and for which no group
messages have been configured will not be offered by the dialog "Open Picture via
Measurement Points", if area-specific user authorizations have been configured for the
currently logged in user.
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8.3 Picture Selection by Name
8.3.1 General Information
You may select pictures from a list of all graphics pictures that belong to the current project
and are stored in the project directory, and display them in the workspace or as a process
window. The existence of area authorizations granted in the User Administrator is verified.
8.3.2 Procedure
In the runtime system, click on the button "Picture by name" in button set 1. This
opens the dialog "Picture selection by name".
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8.3.3 Dialog Description
Functionality Description
Server
selection box
This selection box is only active if you are opening the dialog from
within a Multi-Client project. In addition, it is necessary to load the
package onto the Multi-Client from the server selected.
Tag filter A filter criterion may be entered in the filter function. Only the tags
that satisfy the search criterion are displayed.
Display mode Two display modes are available in the in the "Show as" box.
Workspace: The selected picture is displayed in the workspace
Process window: The selected picture is displayed in a process
window.
Preview If you activate the checkbox "Display", the picture to be displayed is
shown in the preview window.
(only “local” pictures)
8.4 Opening Graphics Pictures Directly
Selection options
There are several ways in which graphics pictures can be directly opened:
Opening Graphics Pictures
The following table explains how to open graphics pictures directly.
Icon Description
The previously displayed graphics picture is redisplayed. This
button is colored as long as there is a previous picture. You may go
back up to 16 pictures.
The graphics picture currently on display is saved so that it can
be displayed again later.
Display the graphics picture that has been saved. This may be
performed from any plant view.
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8.5 Operator Activity in Graphics Pictures
Overview
As a general rule, operator activity and input are only possible if the mouse pointer has the
following shape.
A distinction is made between:
• System operations, which alter the display in the graphics window and have no
influence on the process. They affect only the OS and permits the handling of pictures
and boxes.
The system operations include
− Opening of additional pictures/dialog boxes
− Moving pictures within their window
• Process operations affect the subordinate control system. They alter values (e. g.
setpoint values, valve positions in the automation system).
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9 SFC-Visualization
The optional package SFC Visualization is a separate order unit and does not ship with the
optional package "WinCC Basic Process Control".
What is SFC?
SFC (Sequential Function Chart) is a sequential control system that is used for process flow
control.
A sequential control system is a state machine controller that, subject to conditions,
switches from one discrete state to the next.
What are the features of the SFC Engineering System?
The engineering system allows you to create SFC charts, compile them, and load them into
the target system. It also allows you to test and commission them.
To be able to use the SFC charts in the runtime system, you must import them into the
runtime system from the engineering system, using the "PLC-OS-Engineering" software
package. It imports the SFC charts together with their OS comments and the messages
configured for the charts. In addition, mechanisms are stored with the messages. These
permit direct access to the SFC chart that a message relates to.
You may also:
- configure the display of SFC charts
- configure access privileges for the SFC
- place objects in the WinCC display that access the SFC chart.
Further information may be found in the manual "SFC Sequential Function Chart", in the
"SIMATIC STEP 7 User’s Manual", and in the respective online help.
What does the Runtime System offer for SFC?
The runtime system allows you to monitor and operate any number of SFC charts
simultaneously.
Note:
- Configuration during runtime operation is not possible.
- For Multi-Client: the server data (packages) that have been imported must not be
deleted.
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Preparing the Visualization
To assign an SFC chart to an object (status display, button, etc.) placed on the graphical
display, the "SFC" tab has to be added to the Dynamic Wizard. For this purpose, the
following steps have to be carried out for each WinCC project:
− Start the Dynamic Wizard Editor in the BIN subdirectory of the WinCC installation
directory (e.g. F:SIEMENSWINCCBINDYNWIZEDIT.EXE).
− Set the current language in the combo box
(e.g. English).
− Select "Load Wizard script" from the menu "Dynamic Wizard". Double click the
following lines in the dialog window to load each script:
- SfcScript.wnf.
- SfcButton.wnf
- SfcStartPackageBrowser.wnf
− Quit the editor (use "Exit" from the "File" menu).
In the window of the Dynamic Wizard within the Graphics Designer, the additional tab
marked "SFC" will appear. On the tab, you will find the scripts:
- Configure SFC control
- Configure SFC button
- Configure SFC browser
If the Split Screen Wizard is used with the option "Overwrite scripts", the scripts do not
have to be loaded. In this case, the SFC scripts are automatically loaded into the project
when the Split Screen Wizard is run.
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9.1 SFC Basic Settings
WinCC Explorer Settings
In the WinCC-Explorer, you can configure general settings for the display of the SFC
charts in the runtime system. These changes may relate to individual charts, or globally to
all charts displayed.
Global Settings
The global settings for the display of the charts concern the chart topology, the colors used,
and the privilege levels. In the WinCC Explorer, open the "SFC Properties" dialog by first
selecting "SFC" and then clicking the right mouse button to select the menu item "Open".
For the chart topology, you may determine the size of the objects and the distance between
them in the detail and overview windows.
You may choose colors to vary the display of states of steps, transitions, and the selected
objects.
You may change the privilege levels for operations if you require levels other than the
default levels ("Monitoring", "Process Operation" und "Advanced Process Operation").
These apply to all the SFC charts of the WinCC project concerned.
To give a user privileges for operations in the SFC visualization, the respective global or
area-specific privilege levels for the user must be set in the User Administrator.
If no users have been configured, all operations are possible without restriction. In this case,
the "Privilege levels" tab is not available.
Chart-specific settings (on Server or Client only, not on Multi-Client)
For each SFC chart, you individually set
− the chart’s update cycle and
− the standard display, i.e., the window which will display the chart (overview or detail
window).
The available charts are displayed in the detail window of the WinCC Explorer when
"SFC" is selected. The dialog for the SFC chart selected is opened via the right mouse
button and the menu command "Properties".
If required, you can delete SFC charts that are no longer needed.
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9.2 Objects that Open SFC Charts
Within a WinCC display, you may place objects that open an SFC chart during runtime
operation. These objects may be "SFC Control" objects, arbitrary graphical objects (e.g.,
rectangles), or Windows objects (e.g., buttons).
Configuring an SFC Control (Status Display)
The states of an SFC chart may be displayed graphically by assigning an SFC status display
to the chart. This status display must be placed inside a graphical display in the WinCC
Graphics Designer and must be configured as described below. An example is shown in the
following figure.
Figure : SFC status display for an SFC chart
1. Placing the SFC Status Display inside the Graphical Display
Open the desired graphics display in the Graphics Designer and select "Control"
from the component palette "Smart Objects". Open a frame for the object you wish to
place in the graphical display by dragging the mouse across the display. After this, the
selection list for all "Controls" is displayed. Choose "SFC Control".
2. Executing the Dynamic Wizard for the SFC Control
Select the SFC status display that you have placed for configuration with the Dynamic
Wizard.
Select the "SFC" tab in the window of the Dynamic Wizard and double-click on the
entry "Configure SFC control". Depending on the settings, you will either be shown
the page "Welcome to the Dynamic Wizard", or you will be taken to the page "Set
Options" straightaway.
To select an SFC chart, click on "Next". The "SFC Browser" window opens and all
charts known in this OS are shown (local SFC charts and SFC charts imported from
servers).
Choose the server in the left window. In the (right) detail window, choose the name of
the SFC chart that is to be assigned to the SFC status display. Click on "Next".
The next page of "Set Options" lets you choose which SFC window is to be opened
during runtime operation: "Overview" or "Section". The setting chosen is shown as a
label on the selection button in the SFC status display.
Finally, complete the configuration of the SFC status display by clicking on "Finish".
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3. You may now set a few more optional object properties for the finished SFC status
display. For this purpose, choose "Properties" from the context menu (right click). The
dialog allows you to modify the object’s foreground and background colors, the font
for the texts and the window that will be shown when the SFC chart is opened.
Configuring the SFC Button
You can also configure an arbitrary graphical object to open an SFC chart. This object
serves as a representative for the SFC chart. Unlike an SFC status display, however, it does
not receive any information on the current status of the chart. Such an object could be, e.g.,
a button.
The procedure is basically the same as for the configuration of the SFC control:
- Select a button object in the "Windows Objects" window and open a frame in the
graphical display by dragging the mouse.
- Enter the other settings (text input for labelling, font, operating privilege etc.) in the
configuration dialog that follows and close it by clicking on "OK".
- In the Dynamic Wizard, double click the entry "Configure SFC button".
- In the next dialog step, choose the mouse action that will start the SFC chart, which is
assigned in the following step.
- The "SFC Browser" opens. In the browser, select the SFC chart that is to be assigned to
the button.
- In a further dialog, "Set Option", choose the display in which the SFC chart should be
called up ("Overview" or "Section").
- Click "Finish" to complete the configuration.
Configuring the SFC Browser Selection
You may place an object in the graphical display that permits the selection of SFC charts
during runtime operation by calling the SFC Browser.
The configuration procedure for the SFC Browser Selection is the same as for the
configuration of the SFC button, except that there is no configuration step that calls the
SFC Browser for SFC chart selection.
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9.3 Multi-Client
What is a Multi-Client Project?
Unlike a client that connects to exactly one server, a Multi-Client can access up to six
servers. A Multi-Client itself has no SFC charts of its own and does not have a process
connection. A Multi-Client can monitor and operate the SFC charts that are present on the
servers, but it cannot modify them.
The data from the server projects are announced to the Multi-Client via reference lists
(packages). The Multi-Client can access the server data only after the packages have been
created and loaded.
Similarly, for the SFC visualization, the actual data are not exported. Only references to the
SFC charts are exported. This means that packages do not have to be re-created or reloaded
after a chart has been changed. Only when charts are deleted, added, or renamed, a new
package has to be created and loaded onto the Multi-Client.
Creating and Loading a Package
Prerequisite: Before a package is created on the WinCC server, the data have to be put into
the WinCC data storage by means of an AS-OS transfer. This transfer includes the process
variables, the messages, and the SFC charts.
You create a package for a server by selecting "Create..." in the context menu in the "Server
data" (window?) of the WinCC-Explorers (not possible in the Multi-Client). The name of
the package created is displayed in the detail window. It contains the project name, and the
name of the server. The extension is ".pck".
To load a package into the Multi-Client, choose "Load..." in the context menu of the
"Server data" (window? menu?).
In the "Open" dialog, enter the computer’s name, then choose the project from the combo
box and within it the computer’s name, followed by the folder "Packages". Then select the
package file (.pck) and click on "Open". The server data will now be copied into the folder
"Packages" and are thus available to the Multi-Client.
Configuring the SFC Visualization
The WinCC Explorer of the Multi-Client permits configuration relating to display and
operations, as described under "SFC Basic Settings".
The basic SFC settings that exist for the individual server projects are of no relevance to the
Multi-Client. If no configuration is carried out, the default settings for the Multi-Client
apply.
Just like the server project, the Multi-Client project permits the placement of objects in
graphical displays, where the objects are assigned to SFC charts which they open (see
"Objects that Open SFC Charts").
Note regarding Configurations in Server Projects
Configurations for the SFC visualization that were carried out in graphic displays (e.g.,
SFC selection buttons, SFC status display) will also work on the Multi-Client.
A server project cannot be configured from a Multi-Client.
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9.4 Visualizing and Operating the SFC Chart
User privileges
If no users have been configured, all operations are possible without restriction.
Otherwise, depending on the privilege levels configured for the SFC visualization, and the
user that has logged on,
- buttons are activated and deactivated, and
- operations are checked prior to execution.
Depending on the outcome of the check, operations are either accepted or discarded.
Visualizing an SFC Chart via the SFC Status Display
By selecting a graphical display that contains a status display configured for the SFC chart
that is to be visualized, you can get an overview of the SFC chart’s status.
Figure: SFC Status Display for an SFC chart
By clicking the "Section" button (as configured in this example), you can switch to the
detailed display of the SFC chart (or vice versa to the overview display, if the "overview"
button was configured).
Alternatively, if you want to visualize and interact with an SFC chart, you may choose to
proceed as follows, provided the respective selection objects have been configured.
Visualizing an SFC Chart via an SFC Button
An SFC chart may be visualized not only via SFC status displays, but also via graphical
objects, e.g., a button, that have been placed onto the WinCC display. This button serves as
a representative of the SFC chart. Unlike an SFC status display, however, it does not
receive any information on the chart’s current status.
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Visualizing the SFC Chart via a Selection Button in the Button Set or via SFC Browser
Selection in the Display
An SFC chart in the runtime system may also be visualized and interacted with in the way
described below.
An SFC chart is visualized and interacted with as follows:
1. Click on this button in the button set, or on an object configured in the display
that selects the SFC Browser.
The SFC Browser is displayed with a list of all SFC charts (and all servers in the case
of Multi-Client).
You may select a chart from the list of SFC charts on offer and visualize it by clicking
the "OK" button.
2. Click on the name of the desired SFC chart.
Depending on the setting in the WinCC-Explorer, the SFC chart selected is displayed
in the overview or in the detail window. In the following example, the display takes
place in the overview window. It will always display the entire chart.
When the overview window is open, the current state of the SFC chart is displayed in
color. The assignment between the colors and the respective states is freely
configurable and is defined globally for all charts in the WinCC-Explorer. An info bar
below the title bar shows the name of the currently active step. If no step is active,
e.g., after the chart has run, this bar will be empty.
3. By clicking on the desired position, you can get a detail view of the SFC chart. The
detail window shows the area surrounding the click position. You may modify this
area by resizing or scrolling the detail window.
The SFC windows are displayed on the operations screen and are always on top.
The title bar of the detail window has the following structure:
<Plant Hierarchy/Chart Name> : <State of Chart> PLC State : <PLC State>.
The individual components of the title bar reflect the respective circumstances.
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Chart Status
Status Meaning
ACTIVE chart running.
OFF the chart is switched off.
HELD the chart has been halted.
OFFLINE the chart is not updated.
AS State
Status Meaning
ERROR the connection to the AS is disrupted.
STOP AS is in the stopped state, the connection works,
the charts are updated.
RUN AS is running, the connection to the AS works,
the charts are updated.
Operations in the Detail Window
The following operations are possible when the detail window is displayed:
• Set operating mode
• Set state of operation
• Set step control mode
• Set chart execution options
• Acknowledge intervention requests and step errors
• Open Properties dialog for a step
• Open Properties dialog for a transition
These operations will now be discussed in detail.
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Set mode of operation
The mode of operation determines how the execution of the SFC chart is to be controlled.
The SFC knows the following modes of operation:
• Auto (process mode) - the execution is controlled automatically.
• Manual (interactive mode) - the execution is controlled by the operator.
The switch from "Manual" to "Auto" is possible following an OK from the enable button
or without this OK.
Switching from "Auto" to "Manual" is possible after an enable at the controller unit, or,
with an appropriate privilege level, without that enable (forced manual switch).
Depending on the operator’s privilege and whether an enable has been issued, the switch
will either be permitted or refused, and different messages will be displayed.
Set state of operation
The commands in the interaction bar allow you to set or modify the SFC chart’s state of
operation.
Button for
command
Meaning
Start: The sequential control system’s state of operation
is changed from OFF to ACTIVE. This means that the SFC
chart is being processed. The start step
automatically becomes the active step, its actions
are processed, and the results of the transitions
following the start step are evaluated.
Exception: If a step was marked as a target step,
"Start" activates this target step rather than the start step.
(this also applies when several target steps were selected).
Continue: The sequential control system’s state of operation
is changed from HELD to ACTIVE. This means that
the SFC chart continues to be executed, transition results
continue to be evaluated and actions continue to be carried out.
Switching follows the step control mode that has been set.
Exception: If a step has been marked as a target step,
"Continue" continues the execution of the halted
SFC chart at the target step, after properly completing the
steps that were interrupted. This means that the
cyclic processing of these steps is carried out at most
one more time, and that the end processing overlaps
with the initialization of the target step (this also applies when
several target steps were selected).
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Button for
command
Meaning
Cancel: The sequential control system’s state of operation
is changed from HELD to OFF. The active steps
are completed, followed by the end step.
This allows you to bring the sequential control system into
a well-defined state.
Halt: The sequential control system’s state of operation
is changed from ACTIVE to HELD. This means that
the SFC chart is halted, that transition results are not evaluated,
that actions are not carried out and that intervention (a command)
is required for further execution.
Restart: The sequential control system’s state of operation
is changed from HELD to ACTIVE. The
active steps are deactivated, the start step is activated
and its actions are processed.
Remark: target steps that have been marked will be ignored.
The chart always starts with the start step.
Setting the Step Control Mode
The step control mode determines the switching behavior of the sequential control system.
The step control mode modifies the behavior of transitions whose conditions have been
prepared or satisfied.
If required, a button is displayed all step control modes other than “T” if there is a current
request for user intervention, provided the user has the appropriate privileges for the
operation.
Changing the step control mode is possible in all states of operation.
In this combo box, you can set the following step control modes:
Step Control
Mode
Meaning
T Step control by transition:
The sequential control system runs under process control
(i.e., automatically). If a transition condition is satisfied,
switching deactivates predecessor steps and activates
successor steps.
C Step control by user interaction:
The sequential control system runs exclusively based on
interaction with the operator. Transition conditions do not
have to be satisfied. A request for user intervention is issued
for all successor transitions of each active step. Switching
takes place after the operator has intervened.
T and C Step control by transition and user interaction:
The control flow of the sequential control system is based
both on the process and on operator feedback. If the
transition condition to a successor of an active step is
satisfied, a request for used intervention is issued. Switching
requires user intervention.
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Step Control
Mode
Meaning
T or C Step control by transition or user interaction:
The control flow of the sequential control system is based
on the process or on user interaction. A request for user
intervention is issued for every successor transition of an
active step. Switching takes place after the intervention. If
the transition condition is met before the user intervention,
the switching happens automatically without intervention.
T / T and C Step specific confirmation by operator: The sequential
control system runs:
under process control at steps without “Confirmation
label”.
If the condition of a transition to a successor of an active
step without a without “Confirmation label” is satisfied, the
transition switches without user intervention if its condition
is satisfied (this corresponds to step control mode “T”).
under user control at steps with a “Confirmation label”.
If the condition of a transition to a successor of an active
step with without “Confirmation label” has been satisfied, a
request for user intervention is issued. Switching takes place
after the intervention has taken place (this corresponds to
step control mode “T and C”).
Note: Minimum execution time:
In the step control modes “C” and “T or C”, the minimum execution time for a step may be
circumvented by operator intervention.
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Setting options for the execution
The options for the execution provide you with further ways of influencing the sequential
control system’s behavior. The individual options may be combined. In the runtime system,
the following options for the execution may be set via the control bar:
- Command output
- Cyclic operation
- Timeout watchdog
Execution option Meaning
Command output Command output on causes the actions of
active steps to be processed.
Command output off leaves the actions of
active steps unprocessed.
Cyclic operation Cyclic operation on causes the
start step of the SFC chart to be activated again
after the end step has been deactivated.
Cyclic operation off causes the
sequential control system to be put into the OFF state
after the end step of the SFC chart has been deactivated,
i.e., there are no active steps left, and no actions or
transitions are processed anymore.
Timeout watchdog Timeout watchdog on causes the active time
of each step under processing to be compared with its
maximum execution time. If the time is exceeded, a step
error is reported back to WinCC. In addition, an
acknowledge button for the step error is displayed in the
SFC chart.
Timeout watchdog off means that no comparison
between active time and maximum execution time takes
place.
Acknowledge
The button (group acknowledgement) allows you to acknowledge current intervention
requests and step errors collectively, without having to resort to individual
acknowledgements.
Operation in the Overview and Detail Windows
In the overview and detail windows, you can access the command "Save position" by right-
clicking to save the position and size of the current window in question. The next time that
the SFC chart is selected, the settings you saved are used for the display of the windows.
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9.5 The Properties Dialogs for Steps and Transitions
The Properties dialog is the detailed display of a step or a transition in an SFC chart. This
dialog shows information specific to the object (step/transition) selected.
The dialogs for steps and transitions may be displayed separately or in a combined display.
In the combined display, the dialog for the step is extended by the properties of the
successor transition. In this case, the title bar also contains the name of the transition.
The combined display is shown when you click the button "Transition >>" in the Properties
dialog for the step. Return to the step-only display by clicking the "Step <<" button.
The information shown is identical in both display variations. The only difference is in the
arrangement of the buttons.
Automatic Trace
By setting the option Update, you can turn on an automatic trace. It automatically displays
the current properties after each switching event, depending on the chart’s execution, i.e.,
the display of the properties follows the respective active step or the respective active
transition.
If the active step or the active transition are located outside the window display during the
execution of the chart, the chart is automatically shifted such that the step or transition
under observation are within the window’s display area. The objects that are currently under
observation are shown on the chart as selected.
The following description of the properties dialogs refers to a separate display of step and
transition.
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9.6 Properties Dialog for a Step
Procedure
Activate the detail window for the SFC chart in which you want to display the Properties
dialog of a step.
Now click on the desired step to open the dialog.
"General" tab
On display (read-only) are the execution times, the option “Confirmation”, the comments
and the state of the step.
The state of the step is displayed as text in the title bar, and by the appropriate symbol in
the dialog.
State Meaning Icon
INACTIVE,
not processed
This step has not been
processed yet
none
(for target step + )
INACTIVE,
has been processed
This step is no longer
being
processed
Tick
(for target step + )
ACTIVE The step is being
processed.
Arrow
HELD The step has been
halted.
Arrow on line
(for target step + )
ERROR The step is in the error
state
(Timeout).
Flash arrow
(for target step + )
Tabs "Initialization", "Processing", "Termination"
For each individual action of the step, the assignments that have been configured are
displayed.
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Operations in the Properties Dialog of the Step
The following operations are possible within the dialog:
• Close dialog with the Close button
• Acknowledge step error with the E button
• Select previous or next step with the ← / →button
• Display properties of transition to successor with the Transition >> button
• Set/reset option: Target step
• Set/reset option: Update
By setting the option Target step, the current step is marked as a target step. This means
that
- the SFC chart, if it is OFF, will start execution at the target step rather than the start step
next time that "Start" is clicked.
- a halted SFC chart continues at the target step after "Continue" has been clicked and
after the interrupted steps have been completed properly.
The target step mark only applies to the next "Start" or "Continue" command, after which it
is reset.
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9.7 Properties Dialog for a Transition
Procedure
Activate the detail window for the SFC chart in which you want to display the Properties
dialog of a transition.
Now click on the desired transition to open the dialog.
A window is displayed that contains the Boolean operators of the transition logic and the
fields with the conditions. The window consists of two pages with a total of 16 lines for
conditions and a three stage transition logic. On the first page, 2 x 5 conditions are joined
by the boolean operators, and a further 2 x 3 conditions on the second page. Next to the last
operator, there is an "arrow" button to let you toggle between the two pages.
The evaluation results of the boolean operators are visualized as colored connecting lines of
varying thickness. A wide green line indicates "satisfied", a thin red linie indicates "not
satisfied", and a thin black line indicates "inactive".
Transition Status
Status Meaning Color
UNDEF The transition is not being processed. gray
FALSE The condition for the transition is not
fulfilled.
dark red
TRUE The condition for the transition is fulfilled. dark green
Operations in the Transition Properties
The following operations are possible within the dialog:
• Close dialog with the Close button
• Acknowledge intervention request with the C button
• Select the previous or following transition with the ← / → button
• Set/reset option: Update
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9.8 Messages
General Information
During the execution of an SFC chart in the AS, messages are generated on intervention
requests for transitions and in the case of step errors.
Generation of the Process Messages
The messages are generated generically by the PLC-OS-Engineering software package. In
addition to the messages, mechanism are deposited that permit a direct selection of the SFC
chart that the message relates to.
When an SFC standard display is integrated into a graphical display, the messages of the
SFC chart concerned are integrated into the hierarchy of the group display.
Process Messages in the Runtime System
The messages regarding intervention requests for transitions and step errors are displayed
and archived by the WinCC reporting system.
From the reporting system, it is possible to call up the overview or detail window of the
SFC chart that an SFC message relates to (Loop In Alarm button), depending on the setting
chosen in the WinCC Explorer.
User Intervention Messages in the Runtime System
Whenever the user interacts with the process of an SFC chart, a user intervention message
is generated and added to the intervention log.
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10.1 Overview of Runtime System Button Functionality
The following table lists all buttons in the runtime system and their functionality:
Functionality Button Description (required authorization
level in parentheses)
Button sets
Button Set 1 Button set 1 is depicted below
Change to button set 2 Button set 2 is displayed
Change to button set 1 Button set 1 is displayed
System Operations
Password Open login window
Exit runtime system The runtime system is exited in a defined
state (system change)
Language Switch Change to another language (monitoring)
CP Video Open video image (Authorization for
Area)
Display the plant picture Lifebeat monitoring (authorization for
area)
Save screen composition The composition of pictures currently
shown on all screens will be saved.
(authorization for area)
Load screen composition A saved screen composition will be
displayed. (authorization for area)
Delete screen composition A screen composition that was saved will
be deleted. (authorization for area)
Reports Overview of all logging jobs
(authorization for area)
Activate BATCH Batch application
User authorization Open User Administrator (user
administration)
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Functionality Button Description (required authorization
level in parentheses)
SFC Visualization Visualize SFC charts and adjust or change
them. (monitoring)
Archives Open configuration dialog for the
archiving function. (archive operation)
Acknowledge horn signal Acknowledges a horn signal
Group Acknowledgement All group events associated with
individual events in the picture are
acknowledged.
Overview window
Area selection button Select area. Displays the area that
corresponds to the button’s label.
Group Display All messages of an area combined by OR.
Select alarm source
(picture selection)
Displays the picture with the alarm source
when an alarm is pending and you click
one of the 4 buttons.
Display of plant overview Open Picture Tree Navigator.
Screen dump Output screen content to the configured
standard printer.
Moving through the picture hierarchy
Detail picture Change from an area or sub-area level to
the next lower level.
Higher level picture Change to the next higher area or sub-area
level.
Left picture Changes to the next sub-area in the
current level
Right picture Changes to the next sub-area in the
current level
Messages / Alarms
Acknowledge message The message displayed in the message
line is acknowledged
Message system
New list
Displays the message system and the
associated button set. The new list is
displayed immediately. (authorization for
area)
Old list Displays the old list (authorization for
area)
Went out list Displays the went out list (authorization
for area)
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Functionality Button Description (required authorization
level in parentheses)
Control system list Displays the control system list
(authorization for area)
Operator input list Displays the operator input list
(authorization for area)
Log list Displays the log list (authorization for
area)
Previous picture Exits the message system (authorization
for area)
Trend System
Recall / configure trend
groups
Configure and recall trend groups online.
(authorization for area)
Pictures
Picture by name Opens a picture by name. (authorization
for area)
Picture by measurement
point
Opens the picture to which a
measurement point belongs.
(authorization for area)
Remember picture Remembers the current picture.
Recall picture Recalls the picture and redisplays it.
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87. PCS 7 Runtime Index-1
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Index
A
Access Privileges 4-16
Acknowledge
Group Acknowledgement 4-5
Signal Transmitter 4-5
Acknowledge Button 3-2
Alarm 7-2
Alarm Source 7-2
Area Selection Buttons 4-10
Automation System Message 5-3
B
Batch Visualization 4-6
Button Area 3-1, 3-4
C
Color
Area Selection Buttons 4-10
Colored Display 3-4
Configuring Trends Online 6-1
Control System Alarm 7-1
Control System List 5-4
D
Date 3-2
Display
Load All 4-13
F
Full Screen 4-3
G
Graphics Pictures 8-7
Group Acknowledgement 4-5
Group Display 3-2, 7-2
L
Language
Switchover 4-6
Log List 5-4
Logging Jobs 4-15
Login 3-2, 4-2
with Chipcard 4-2
with Password 4-2
Long-Term Archiving 5-4
Loop-in-Alarm 3-2
M
Message Archive 5-4
Message Line 3-2
Message Lists 5-4
Monitoring 4-8
Mouse Pointer 4-3
N
New List 5-4
O
Old List 5-4
Opening Pictures via Measurement Points 8-4
Operating Message 5-3
Operator Input List 5-4
Operator Input Message 5-3
Overview Window 3-1, 3-2
P
Picture
Delete 4-14
Opening Directly 8-7
Store All 4-12
Picture Hierarchy 4-11
Picture Information 4-3
Picture Selection by Name 8-6
Picture Tree Navigator 3-2
Plant Hierarchy 4-11
Plant View 4-12
Privileges 4-16
Process Message 5-3
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R
Request for Operator Input 5-3
Runtime
Exiting 4-4
S
Screen
Composition 4-12
Screen Dump 3-2
Screen Dump to Printer 3-2
Screen Subdivision 3-1
Selection Button 3-2
Signal 4-8
Sign-of-Life 4-8
Sub-Area 4-11
T
Time 3-2
Tolerance 5-3
U
User 4-16
User Administration 4-16
User Administrator 4-16
V
Video 4-7
Camera 4-7
W
Warning 5-3
Went Out List 5-4
Workspace 3-1
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