Views; Introduction; Views In Simatic Manager; Process Devices Plant View - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Operating Manual

Views

6.1

Introduction

PDM objects are displayed in the following views in SIMATIC Manager:
● Process Device Plant View
● Process Device Network View
● PDM objects can be configured with HW Config. Open the SIMATIC PDM shortcut menu
● The network links to the PDM objects are also listed in NetPro.
Working with SIMATIC PDM
License keys are required to use SIMATIC PDM. You will find information about this in the
pdmbase-readme file.
Recommendation: Before you assign parameters to a field device with SIMATIC PDM, check
whether you can reach the required device.
Additional information
Section "Settings" for the SIMATIC project (Page 71)"
6.2

Views in SIMATIC Manager

6.2.1

Process devices plant view

In SIMATIC Manager, you call the process devices plant view using the menu command View
> Process devices plant view.
The process devices plant view provides an overview of all configured devices in all configured
networks. This view is used to obtain a quick overview of the configured devices. You cannot
configure new networks in this view.
Help for SIMATIC PDM (V8.2)
Operating Manual, 02/2014, A5E33203676-AA
The process device plant view provides an overview of all configured devices in all
configured networks.
The plant topology is reproduced in the process device network view. The depicted objects
are links to the objects in the plant view.
to assign parameters.
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