Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Configuration Manual page 5

8.2.3 Requirements for configuration in CFC Editor.....................................................................167
8.2.4 Run sequence......................................................................................................................169
8.3 Generation of logical operations..........................................................................................171
8.4 Creating step sequences.....................................................................................................172
8.5 Bulk Engineering..................................................................................................................173
8.5.1 PCS 7 Advanced Engineering..............................................................................................173
8.5.2 Import/Export Assistant (IEA)...............................................................................................176
8.6 Managing process tag types with the process object view..................................................179
8.7 Comparing projects with the Version Cross Manager (VXM)...............................................183
8.8 Archiving/Versioning with Version Trail................................................................................184
9 Compiling and downloading.....................................................................................................................185
9.1 Compiling the user program.................................................................................................185
9.2 Downloading the user program............................................................................................186
9.3 Selective download..............................................................................................................192
9.4 Compile OS..........................................................................................................................195
10 Configuring OS functions..........................................................................................................................199
10.1 Project settings.....................................................................................................................199
10.1.1 Defining the server assignment............................................................................................199
10.1.2 Selecting a preferred server.................................................................................................202
10.1.3 Selecting and configuring a standard server........................................................................204
10.1.4 Working with the OS project editor.......................................................................................207
10.1.5 Language settings................................................................................................................208
10.1.6 Redundancy settings in the server project...........................................................................210
10.1.7 Time synchronization...........................................................................................................211
10.1.8 Graphics Runtime on the OS clients....................................................................................221
10.1.9 Graphics Runtime on the OS servers..................................................................................221
10.1.10 OS resource utilization.........................................................................................................222
10.2 Visualization interface..........................................................................................................224
10.2.1 Structure of the picture hierarchy.........................................................................................224
10.2.2 Design of process pictures...................................................................................................227
10.2.3 Block icons/User objects......................................................................................................230
10.2.4 Custom block icons / user objects........................................................................................233
10.2.5 Faceplates............................................................................................................................234
10.2.6 Creating block icons in the SIMATIC Manager....................................................................235
10.2.7 Wizards................................................................................................................................237
10.3 Message system..................................................................................................................238
10.3.1 Message classes and message types.................................................................................238
10.3.2 Message lists.......................................................................................................................242
10.3.3 Acknowledgment concept....................................................................................................244
10.3.4 Interrupt management..........................................................................................................247
10.3.5 Group display.......................................................................................................................247
10.3.6 Audible interrupt signaling....................................................................................................249
10.3.7 Time stamp..........................................................................................................................249
10.4 Archiving..............................................................................................................................251
Compendium Part A - Configuration Guidelines (V8.2)
Configuration Manual, 08/2016, A5E38166869-AA
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