Using The Maintenance Station; Application, Version And Configuration - Siemens Simatic PCS7 Function Manual

Using the Maintenance Station

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Application, version and configuration

Application
Maintenance station focuses on "Plant Asset Management" and enables preventive and
predictive diagnostics and maintenance of the plant.
In parallel with process control, the maintenance station makes available consistent
maintenance information and functions for the system components (assets).
While the plant operator receives all process-relevant information and can intervene selectively
in the process via the operator system (OS), the maintenance engineer inspects the
automation system hardware and processes the associated diagnostic messages and
maintenance demands via the maintenance station.
The basis for a maintenance station is always an OS that provides this maintenance
functionality.
The OS that has maintenance functionality and the mode in which the maintenance station
that is operated is determined in the plant hierarchy of the SIMATIC Manager.
You can find basic information on engineering, configuration and process control in the
following documentation:
Process Control System PCS 7; Engineering System
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Process Control System PCS 7; Operator Station
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Online help for WinCC
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Versions
The maintenance station can be used in the following versions:
● Maintenance Station Basic (integrated in the PCS 7 project)
– Is referred to as MS Basic in the document
● Maintenance Station Standard (integrated in the PCS 7 project)
– Is referred to as MS Standard in the document
● SIMATIC PDM Maintenance Station (stand-alone project)
– Referred to as SIMATIC PDM MS in the document
Note
If you are running a maintenance station in the plant, the sign-of-life monitoring with "Lifebeat
Monitoring" must be disabled.
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