Table of Contents
1System Function................................................................................................................................2 1.1 Main Interface.......................................................................................................................3 1.2 Sub Interfaces........................................................................................................................4 2 Interface Implementation.................................................................................................................7 2.1 Switch between Interfaces....................................................................................................8 2.2 Picture Window...................................................................................................................10 2.3 Exit WinCC Runtime..........................................................................................................12 3 Tag Management............................................................................................................................15 3.1 Add New Driver..................................................................................................................15 3.2 Channel unit PROFIBUS................................................................................................16 3.3 Creating Tags.......................................................................................................................18 3.4 Creating an I/O Field and making it dynamic.....................................................................20 4 Process Value Output in Process Displays.....................................................................................21 5 Archiving Process Values...............................................................................................................24 6 Setting up an alarm system............................................................................................................27 6.1 The "Flashing" Property......................................................................................................27 6.2Alarm Logging.....................................................................................................................28 6.3WinCC Alarm Control.........................................................................................................32 7 Report System................................................................................................................................36 8 Client-Server system......................................................................................................................39 9 Redundant system..........................................................................................................................43
1System Function
The Graphics System
It displays static and operator-controllable picture elements, such as texts, graphics or buttons It updates dynamic picture elements, e.g. modifies the length of a bar graph in relation to a process value It reacts to operator input, e.g. the clicking of a button, or the entry of a text in an input field It writes the process values that have to be archived to the process value archive in runtime It reads the archived process values from the process value archive when needed It outputs the time course of process values in a picture It prints out process values from the archive database as a report It provides the operator with information relating to the operating status and the fault status of the process. It informs the operator of critical situations at a very early stage and help to eliminate idle time.
Archiving System
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2 Interface Implementation
How to start the Graphics Designer is shown as Figure2-1.
Figure2-1 WinCC Graphics Designer The Graphics Designer can only be started for the project currently opened in the WinCC Explorer. Navigation window of the WinCC Explorer, Select the command "Open" in the context-sensitive menu the "Graphics Designer" entry. The Graphics Designer is started and a new picture is opened. The library of the Graphics Designer is versatile tool for saving and managing graphic objects that can be used for creating process pictures. The "Siemens HMI Symbol Library" folder contains a comprehensive symbol library, whose elements can also be inserted in a picture as controls. Shown as Figure 2-2
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Step3: Choose the corresponding Picture Name for the Constant shown in Step 2.
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Step2: Open the "Object Properties" window to change the current values of the desired attributes.
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Step3: Set dynamic value ranges for the Picture Window, an internal variable (Data Type: Boolean) is needed.
Step4: Double-click on the "Picture name" attribute and select a picture of the PDL format that you want to display in the picture window.
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3 Tag Management
A connection between WinCC and the automation system will have to be configured before you can access the current process values of the automation system.
Step2: Select the required channel (SIMATIC S7 PROTOCOL SUITE) in a selection box.
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Step2: Click on the "Properties" button to open the "Connection Parameters PROFIBUS" dialog. And set the connection parameters for PROFIBUS.
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Step2: Create tags in tag groups and set parameters in the tag properties.
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Step2: Configure parameters (Tag, update circleetc) in the dialog box "I/O Field Configuration"
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Step2: Configure parameters in the dialog box Properties of WinCC Online Table Control (or Properties of WinCC Online Trend Control)
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Step2: The Archive Wizard can be accessed via the pop-up menu for the entry "Archive" in the Tag Logging navigation window. The Archive Wizard will guide you through the required steps.
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Process value archiving is controlled by cycles and events. The acquisition and archiving cycles enable continuous acquisition and archiving of process values. Furthermore, process value archiving may also be triggered or ended by events.
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Step2: Configure the "Flashing Text Active" attribute Open the I/O Field properties dialog box. Dynamic the Flashing Text Active attribute with the corresponding flashing flag.
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6.2Alarm Logging
The analog alarm allows you to set any number of limit values for a tag. A message is generated in runtime if one of the limit values is exceeded. Step1: Integration of the analog alarm
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Note: When configuring the limit value monitoring, the automatically generated messages must not be additionally created via the Table Window of the Alarm Logging. After Alarm Logging is restarted, the messages are visible and can be modified in the Table Window.
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Step2: Double click on the control to open the "WinCC Alarm Control Properties" dialog.
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Step3: On the "Message Blocks" tab control, select system block "Time" and both
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Step4: On the "Message Lists" tab control, specify the message blocks and their order
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7 Report System
You can print out process values from the archive database as a log. In this output form, you can choose between tabular form and trends. Both output forms are available to you as ready-prepared layouts in the Report Designer. The following prepared layouts are available for process value output in the log:
@CCTlgRtCurves.RPL: process value output as a trend @CCTlgRtTables.RPL: process value output as a table
Step1: In WinCC Explorer under "Report Designer" select the entry "Layouts" and double-click on the entry "@CCTlgRtTables.RPL". The Report Designer is opened and the selected layout is displayed.
Step2: Double-click on "Tag Logging Runtime. Tag-Table" to open the "Object Properties" dialog. Set the parameters on the Connect tab.
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On the Printer Setup tab select the output medium ("Printer" and/or "File").
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8 Client-Server system
WinCC can be used to configure Client-Server systems, thus enabling the system operation and monitoring features to be distributed to several clients and servers. Step1: Creating a new project, of the "Multi-User Project" type, on the server.
Step2: Including clients which are supposed to configure or be monitored remotely into the computer list at the server.
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Note: Activate the "Configure Remote" authorization and "Activate Remote" for a user who should be assigned full authorizations to the server project. Step4: Activating the automatic package update at the server.
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9 Redundant system
Two server computers are coupled together and operate in parallel. If a server suffers a disturbance, it is automatically switched over. This increases the availability of WinCC and of the plant as a whole.
Step1: Right click on the "Redundancy" editor. In the context menu which appears, click "Open". Configure general settings for the redundancy system.
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Step3: Activate the Redundancy Server. Activate initially the configured Master Server. Next, start its existing clients. Once they are active, activate the second server and its existing clients. The first synchronization will then be performed.
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