What's New; Preparation And - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Configuration Manual

What's new?

The following contains an overview of enhancements made to content and changes made to
the compendium for SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2.
Preparation and administration
In the "Preparation and administration" section, you will find the following new or edited topics:
● Preparatory planning
– New note on the released operating systems
● Installation
– Note on performance improvement when using certificates
– Licensing mode for Windows Server 2012 R2
– Installation of additional software products, e.g., MS Office
● Administration tasks
– SIMATIC Assessment Suite – Data Collector (SAS-DC)
– Expanded diagnostics for PCS 7 plants
– SIMATIC Management Console
– Installation data storage media
– Backups
Creating and managing a PCS 7 project
The contents of the "Creating and managing a PCS 7 project" section were updated in
accordance with the new functionalities and possible operations in PCS 7 V8.2. The underlying
procedure has changed slightly.
● Sharing out configuration work: Note on an application example of a multiproject/multi-user
engineering.
Configuration of the hardware (AS and I/O)
In the "Configuration of the hardware (AS and I/O)" section, you will find the following new or
edited topics:
● General CPU settings (H system and standard AS): Revision of the "Communication
resources" section in the section on "Memory"
● Integration of field devices on the fieldbus: New application examples und information on
extended fieldbus diagnostics (EFD system)
Compendium Part A - Configuration Guidelines (V8.2)
Configuration Manual, 08/2016, A5E38166869-AA
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