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5.12 What you should know about OS Server and OS Client

5.12 What you should know about OS Server and OS Client
What is an OS Server?
An OS Server is interconnected with the AS. It receives process data, however, it usually does
not provide any operating and monitoring functionality within a multi-user system. The OS
Server contains all of the configuration data, and you can modify these data here.
What is an OS Client?
An OS Client is an operator station (OS) on which you can operate and monitor the process
in runtime. A client neither has its own SFCs, nor any process I/O. The Client lets you operate
and monitor SFCs on the OS Servers, however, it does not allow their editing.
How do I access OS Server data?
Server project data are made known to the client by means of reference lists (packages). The
client can access the server data only after the packages have been generated and
downloaded.
The same applies to SFC Visualization, where only references to the SFCs are exported
instead of the actual data. You therefore do not have to recompile and download the packages
again after having edited an SFC. You only have to generate and download a new package
to the client only if SFCs have been deleted, added or renamed.
Additional information is available in the
Configuring Manual.
Configuring SFC Visualization
You can configure the visualization and operator controls in WinCC Explorer on the client as
described in the "Basic SFC settings" section of this documentation.
The basic SFC settings available for the server projects are not relevant to the client. If not
configured otherwise, the default settings are activated for the client.
In a multi-client project you can place objects for opening SFC charts in graphic displays and
interconnect these with SFC charts similar to the server project. You can find additional
information about this in the section: Configurations for SFC Visualization (Page 13). You must
download the corresponding packages to the client for this.
Note on server project configurations
● Configurations for SFC visualization in graphic displays (for example, SFC selection
buttons, SFC status display) will also work on the client.
● Server projects can be configured at the client. Information about corresponding procedures
is available in the
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