Working With Channel Requests - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Operating Manual

Engineering in PAA
14.11 Software engineering in the Navigator
PAA structure in comparison to plant hierarchy in PCS 7
The plant hierarchy in PCS 7 can include up to 8 levels. A 4-level plant hierarchy is used in this
example:
①
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
See also
Optional: Creating and configuring process tags (Page 135)
14.11.2

Working with channel requests

Requirement
● Hardware engineering has been performed.
See also chapter Editing hardware engineering via engineering tasks (Page 117).
● The DCS structure has been created.
See also chapter Creating the DCS structure (Page 22).
● At least one instance of a control module has been created in the DCS structure.
● The instance of the control module contains a signal.
If you have already created the signals with the "Excel Import" plugin, the signals are already
linked.
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Plant
Part of the plant hierarchy.
Unit
Part of the plant hierarchy.
Subunit
Part of the plant hierarchy.
Folder
COMOS-specific structural element.
Position
Part of the plant hierarchy.
COMOS process tag
Plant Automation Accelerator 3.0
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