What's New In Sfv - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Programming And Operating Manual

What's new in SFV?

Enhancements/changes in V9.0
Version V9.0 contains the following enhancements or changes compared with version V8.2:
● Configuration of technological actions and conditions in SFC types and its instances
Technological actions in steps and technological conditions in transitions/start conditions
of sequencers can be configured in the SFC editor.
The current values of technological actions and conditions can be displayed In SFV.
You can find additional information about this in the sections ""Properties" Dialog Box for
the Step (Page 72)", ""Properties" Dialog Box for the Transition (Page 74)" and ""Properties"
Dialog Box for the Start Condition (Page 71)".
● New views for SFC instances
The allocation status of an equipment module (EM) or equipment phase (EPH) is displayed
in the "Equipment modules" and "Equipment phases" views of an SFC instance.
You can find additional information about this in the sections ""SFC Instance" faceplate,
"Equipment modules" view (Page 46)" and ""SFC Instance" faceplate, "Equipment phases"
view (Page 48)".
● Status displays
– Status displays are available for the allocation status and context of the associated SFC
– A status display for the allocation status is available at the block icon of the SFC type
Enhancements/changes in V8.2
Version V8.2 contains the following enhancements or changes compared with version V8.1:
● Calculations in SFC
Calculations can be configured in steps, transitions or sequencers in the SFC Editor.
The current values of the calculation results and the output tags can be displayed for these
calculations in SFV.
You can find additional information about this in the section ""Calculation for SFC" dialog
box in SFV (Page 76)".
See also
Information and operator input in the detail view (Page 60)
Configuring SFC block icons (Page 15)
SFC Visualization (V9.0)
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in the view of an SFC instance.
You can find additional information on this in the description of view layouts in the section
""SFC Instance" faceplate, "Actual Values" view (Page 37)".
or its instance.
You can find additional information about this in the section "Information on the SFC
block icon (Page 59)".
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