Synchronizing Cm Variants; Creating Control Variables - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Operating Manual

See also
Engineering in PAA (Page 89)
7.6

Synchronizing CM variants

Objective: Import an instance from PCS 7 to PAA for which no suitable variant exists in PAA
● Variant is generated in the PAA library
● Naming: NameMaster#No
● Instance is created in PAA / existing instance is updated
General
If this is a new CM for PAA, it is displayed in green and imported directly without deleting the old
CM.
To open the user interface, open the plugin "Type re-assignment".
You can work by using drag&drop.
Procedure
1. Drag a type from the navigator, "@Template" folder, into the field "Type selection > Types".
2. Drag a PH from the navigator, "DCS Structure" folder, into the "Start object" field.
3. Click "Search".
4. Drag a new type from the navigator, "@Template" folder, into the "New control module type"
column.
5. Click "Execute": Instances gain or lose SubCMs due to their status in comparison to the type
to which they were assigned.
The log window is updated with all the information about the types that have been assigned.
7.7

Creating control variables

Requirements
● You use control variables for configuring parameters and for external interconnections.
● The "Type configurator" plugin is open. See also chapter Opening the Type configurator
plugin (Page 59).
● An equipment module has been created. See also chapter Creating a control module type
(Page 25).
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