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10.Select the menu command Insert > Station > SIMATIC PC Station.
A new SIMATIC PC station is inserted in the selected project.
11.Select the SIMATIC PC station, select the menu command Edit > Object Properties and
enter the desired name (in the example: Archive 2).
12.Enter the Windows name of the computer to be used as the Process Historian partner
server in the "Computer name" box.
13.In the component view, select the SIMATIC PC station and double-click the "Configuration"
object in the detail window.
The hardware configuration of the SIMATIC PC station opens.
14.If the hardware catalog is not visible, select the menu command View > Catalog.
The hardware catalog opens.
15.In the hardware catalog under "SIMATIC PC Station > Archive", select the "Process
Historian Appl. (stby)" and insert it in the configuration table by means of drag-and-drop.
16.Select the menu command Station > Save and compile and exit HW Config.
Additional information
● Configuration manual
to Expand a Project with Pre-Configured Stations Using the PCS 7 Wizards"
● Online help for
Fault-tolerant Process Control Systems (V8.1)
Function Manual, 11/2014, A5E34878832-AA
4.8 Archive servers (Process Historian and Information Server)
Process Control System PCS 7; Engineering System ; section "How
STEP 7
Advantages of fault-tolerant components
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