Specifying Basic Settings Of The Plant Hierarchy - Siemens SIMATIC BATCH Operating Manual

Special settings for Batch configuration
The following additional settings must be made or checked for batch configuration:
● Specifying the basic settings for the plant hierarchy (Page 133)
● Assigning the object type "Process cell", "Unit" or "Equipment phase" to hierarchy folders
(Page 138)
● Assigning a unit class to a unit (Page 138)
● Executable functions in a single project (Page 214)
● Executable functions in a multiproject (Page 217)
● Inserting CFC charts with EPHs/EOPs (Page 134)
7.1.3.3

Specifying basic settings of the plant hierarchy

Necessary settings
The following basic settings are necessary for the plant hierarchy of the current project:
● Number of hierarchy levels
● Whether or not the hierarchy folder names of an entire level will be included in the tag
names (in WinCC) (HID = higher-level designation).
Procedure in the SIMATIC Manager
Once you have created the first hierarchy folder, you can make the basic settings.
1. Select any hierarchy folder in the Plant view.
2. Select the menu command Options > Plant hierarchy > Settings.
3. Make the following settings in the "Customize plant hierarchy" dialog box:
– Enter the maximum number of possible hierarchy levels that can occur in the project.
– Using the "Include in designation" check box, you can decide whether the hierarchy
4. Confirm your settings with OK.
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For the BATCH hierarchy, only three hierarchy levels are relevant. If you decide to use
neutral folders, up to eight hierarchy levels are possible.
folder name of any particular level will be included in the higher level designation (HID).
You can decide whether the name of an individual hierarchy folder will be included in
the HID in the operator control and monitoring attributes of each individual hierarchy
folder (menu command Edit > Object Properties > Control and Monitoring Attributes").
Engineering
7.1 Basic engineering for PCS 7
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