Interface To Mes/Erp - Siemens SIMATIC BATCH Operating Manual

multiple station system (distributed system)
SIMATIC BATCH supports the model of multiple station systems or distributed systems. This
means that you can install the software program package relevant to the application on every
PC of a multiple station system. You can, for example, configure your project in such a way
that all stations involved including the AS can be accessed from an engineering station.
Simple multiple station system (distributed system with a PCS 7 OS as BATCH server and OS
server)
The configuration described up to now applies to a multiple station system or distributed
system. For small projects, there may be only one PCS 7 OS. In this case, the BATCH server
and the OS server are installed on this PCS 7 OS. This PC must have the process connection
to the AS. The ES is installed on a separate PC. This provides a network connection to the
terminal and plant bus and therefore to BATCH clients and the AS.
Configuration on an engineering station
BATCH servers, BATCH clients and OS servers and OS clients are configured in the SIMATIC
Manager of the Engineering Station and downloaded from there to the target stations.
Maximum number of BATCH clients
A maximum of 32 BATCH clients can be connected to one BATCH server.
3.5.4

Interface to MES/ERP

With the
of SIMATIC BATCH to an OEM system or to any MES/ERP application. The API interface
offers a COM connection (data format XML).
To learn about the possible uses and configuring options, please refer to the associated online
help or manual. You will find the online help named "bfapicm_a.chm" in the following path "..
\SIEMENS\BATCH\Api_Example\BFApi\_doc". Double-click on the file to open the online help.
The manual can be opened as a PDF file under Start > All Programs > Siemens Automation
> SIMATIC > Documentation > English > SIMATIC BATCH - COM API.
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SIMATIC BATCH - COM API interface, you can link the online and offline functions
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3.5 Possible configurations
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