Settings For Communication Monitoring And Communication Buffer - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Function Manual

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Settings for communication monitoring and communication buffer

Introduction
Communication monitoring helps the user program respond to a missing connection to batch
control.
The communication buffer saves all BATCH data (for example, status changes).
Communication monitoring
The unit block provides outputs to determine the communication status between PCS 7 OS
and the BATCH Control Server. The outputs are called:
● AS-OS_ERR: Lifebeat monitoring for the communication between AS and the BATCH
● Q_ERR_COM: Communication status monitoring between AS and BATCH Control Server.
Operating principle of output "AS_OS_ERR"
If the lifebeat does not start after an interval you set with BATCH, then the block UNIT_PLC
sets the output AS_OS_ERR = 0. The user program can then respond to the missing
connection to batch control. Output AS_OS_ERR is reset to 1 after the connection is re-
activated (and transmission of the Lifebeat" signal has resumed).
● SP_COUNT = 0: deactivated/VA_COUNT constant 1
● SP_COUNT > 0: VA_COUNT is decremented at intervals of seconds, starting at
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Name Data type Comment
RPE status BYTE
Control Server via PCS 7 OS.
SP_COUNT.
RPE_STATE_UNDEFINED = 0
RPE_STATE_EDITED= 1
RPE_STATE_IDLE= 2
RPE_STATE_STARTING = 3
RPE_STATE_RUNNING = 4
RPE_STATE_READY = 5
RPE_STATE_COMPLETING = 6
RPE_STATE_COMPLETED = 7
RPE_STATE_CONTINUE = 8
RPE_STATE_ABORTED = 9
RPE_STATE_ABORTING = 10
RPE_STATE_STOPPED = 11
RPE_STATE_STOPPING = 12
RPE_STATE_HELD = 13
RPE_STATE_HOLDING = 14
RPE_STATE_RESUMING = 15
RPE_STATE_PAUSED = 16
RPE_STATE_PAUSING = 17
Interface blocks
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