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PC components of a PCS 7 system
3.6 Solutions for multiple station systems
Maintenance Station as multiple-station system with client-server architecture
The Maintenance Station as a multiple-station system consists of the following components:
● Maintenance server (MS server for short)
The MS server concentrates the picture information and data required for system
diagnostics on one PC. The MS server needs the following data to display information, such
as project data, alarms, messages on the MS client:
– Server data from the OS servers
– Configuration of the network components
You can achieve high availability for the Maintenance Station by configuring a redundant
MS server.
● Maintenance client (MS client for short)
The MS client uses diagnostic screens to visualize the diagnostic status and provides
required operator control and monitoring functions.
– The engineering station or an OS client can be used as the MS client.
– Up to 4 monitors can be connected to a MS client via a multi-VGA card. You can operate
Example configuration
Notes on installing the Maintenance Station
Note the following points during installation:
● The MS server is an OS server configured for system diagnostics.
● The MS client can be used on the engineering station or an OS client. You can find
configuration instructions in the configuration manual
Maintenance Station .
You can find additional about installation in the section "How to install the PCS 7 software
(Page 77)".
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The online status of the hardware can be determined if the MS client is installed on the
Engineering Station.
the resulting system areas with a single keyboard and mouse.
Process Control System PCS 7;
PCS 7 - PC Configuration (V8.2)
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