General Configuration Rules - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Configuration Manual

Creating and managing a PCS 7 project

5.1 General configuration rules

5.1 General configuration rules
Introduction
Before you create your own multiproject, you should be familiar with these important rules.
This will help you to avoid carrying out certain tasks twice.
Central configuration
The entire configuration is performed on the ES in PCS 7 before the OS projects are loaded
to the respective PCs.
Note
You can find information about distributing the configuration work across multiple engineering
stations in the "Sharing out configuration work (Page 80)" section.
Archiving
Do not forget to archive the overall project along with the individual projects on a regular basis
via the SIMATIC Manager, especially where it is being worked on by multiple individuals.
Note
From PCS 7 V8.1, the "auto-archiving" function is available when downloading the program
(with the optional package version trail).
Master data library
Use the uniform master data library for the complete multiproject and ensure that all project
engineers use the blocks, the CMT (Control Module Types), and process tag types from this
library.
Multilingual capability
SIMATIC PCS 7 provides a large number of settings for texts and languages. The following
application example provides a detailed description of how these are correctly configured,
adapted, or amended:
● Configuration of Texts and Languages in SIMATIC PCS 7
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