Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx Operator's Manual page 19

Purpose of This
Manual
SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx 4.1.2 Operator
The SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx Operator Manual is organized as a
comprehensive reference for the system engineer. It is intended to provide
the engineer with basic system operating information, such as general
definitions, operating procedures, and examples to assist the system
operator.
• Chapter 1, OSx Station Basics, describes the system hardware
components and network architecture, and explains basic system
functions, such as logging on the system, changing system states, and
navigating on the screen.
• Chapter 2, OSx Station Control, describes OSx station commands and
operator response requirements after automatic failover.
• Chapter 3, Tag Detail, describes the various tag types and explains how
to display tag details and how to modify tag detail values.
Chapter 4, Trends, explains how to access the trend directory, display
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trend data, and read disk space information.
• Chapter 5, Alarms, explains how the alarm system works. It explains
how to acknowledge an alarm, silence an alarm, check an alarm group,
view the alarm summary, and display an alarm log.
Chapter 6, Recipes, describes how to define, select, and download a
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recipe, and how to modify recipe values.
• Chapter 7, Action Requests, describes how to respond to an action
request and how to answer the various types of action requests.
• Chapter 8, Batch, explains how to assign a batch, display a list of active
batches, display the active batch tag group, view the operation of an
active batch, assign batch units, release batch units, change batch
state, change batch mode, split a batch, view batch-related tag groups,
end a batch, and view a unit tag detail.
• Chapter 9, Reports, describes how to display the Reports Directory,
copy and delete reports, print a report format, preview a report, set the
report output destination, schedule a report, suspend or activate a
scheduled report, access the Report Output directory, view, print, and
delete a report output.
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