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Table of contents
1

Preface.........................................................................................................................................................5

Selecting the correct license keys................................................................................................................7

Licensing of PC stations.............................................................................................................................11

3.1

Software and license keys for configuration with PCS 7.............................................................11

3.2

Software and license keys for a single-station system with configuration...................................13

3.3

Software and license keys for Operator Stations........................................................................15

3.4

Software and license keys for BATCH Stations..........................................................................18

3.5

Software and license keys for Route Control Stations................................................................19

Data volumes..............................................................................................................................................21
4.1

Overview of the quantity structures of PCS 7..............................................................................21

4.2

Quantity structures for automation systems of PCS 7.................................................................22

4.3

Quantity structures for the operator station.................................................................................25

Index...........................................................................................................................................................27

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Preface
Purpose of this documentation
This documentation describes the licensing for the process control system PCS 7.
The following topics are described:

Selecting the correct licenses, referred to as license keys, for different PCS 7 software
products.
PCS 7 software packages and the required license keys.

Options for accessing PCS 7 documentation

Note
PCS 7 Readme
The information given in the PCS 7 Readme on the Internet takes precedence over all the
PCS 7 manuals. Please read this PCS 7 Readme carefully; it contains important information
and amendments on PCS 7.
The PCS 7 Readme on the Process Control System; SIMATIC PCS 7 DVD contains
important information regarding PCS 7 and takes precedence over the PCS 7
documentation supplied.
After installation of PCS 7, you can find documents such as Process Control System PCS
7; PCS 7 Readme and What's New in PCS 7? via the submenu SIMATIC > Product
Information > <Language>.
Basic documents in this documentation
The basic documents in the PCS 7 documentation may be found at the following points:
On the SIMATIC PCS 7 DVD in the "_Manuals" folder.
On the Engineering Station as online help (CHM file) for the SIMATIC Manager application.
On the Engineering Station as a PDF file in the SIMATIC and Documentation submenus
of the Windows Start menu.
Current version of the documentation
As of PCS 7 V8.0, you receive basic PCS 7 system documentation with the Process Control
System; SIMATIC PCS 7 DVD.
The PCS 7 Internet site www.siemens.com/pcs7-documentation (www.siemens.com/pcs7documentation) provides convenient access to the complete PCS 7 documentation. You can
find the following for the latest PCS 7 versions:

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In the section "Hardware manuals for SIMATIC PCS 7 ..."

The manuals for components approved for a PCS 7 version
In the section "Software manuals for SIMATIC PCS 7 ..."
The complete system documentation
The separate setup program for PCS 7 documentation and the PCS 7 help system for
download. After the installation of the setup program, you will find the documentation at
the following locations on the Engineering Station:
- as online help (CHM file) for the SIMATIC Manager application
- as a PDF file in the Windows Start menu with the SIMATIC documentation
The complete documentation for PCS 7 as a Manual Collection

Validity of the documentation

This documentation is valid for the Process Control System; SIMATIC PCS 7 software
package, V8.0 or higher.

Required basic knowledge

General knowledge in the area of automation engineering and basic knowledge of PCS 7 is
required to understand this documentation. It is also assumed that the reader knows how to
use computers or other equipment similar to PCs (such as programming devices) with the
Windows operating system.

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Introduction
The configurable size of a PCS 7 plant is scalable. The software product licenses for
engineering station, operator station, SIMATIC BATCH station, route control station and
SIMATIC PDM are licensed as follows:
Basic license depends on the version and activates the functionality, e.g. redundant OS
server
License for the scalable size; has the "Count Relevant License" type and determines the
quantity structure of this functionality, for example, OS runtime 1000 PO
With licenses of the type "Count Relevant License", you can install several license keys
whose licensed values are then added up.

Process object
The following applies for licensing of the "PO" process objects in SIMATIC PCS 7 V 8.0:
The following are counted as PCS 7 process object:
all SFC
all block instances that meet the following criteria:
they can be operated and monitored.
they generate alarms.
they are not components of the driver library.
These are the objects that are transferred to the OS and require licenses.
A block with operator control and monitoring has the attribute "S7_m_c = true" in the
CFC block properties.
A process object can include the following blocks and objects:
Blocks for operating and monitoring a system
Objects for automation
Objects for signal recording and signal processing
You can find additional information on process objects in the manual Process Control System
PCS 7; Engineering System, for example in the section "Counting and booking of process
object licenses".

Levels of licenses
The following table shows the available system size increments (for each component of the
process control system).

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Component of process
control system

Levels of licenses

Engineering system (ES) Loading of

SIMATIC
stations

PO:

"AS RT PO" license key

100

Required for download to the AS, but not for test

or S7 PLC Simulation.

1000
10000

Operator station (OS)

Archiving with central

archive server and OS
server

Only required once in the case of redundant

systems.

PO:

"OS RT PO" license key

100

Single station system: maximum 5000 PO

1000

OS server: Maximum 8500 PO per OS server

5000

Maximum number of PO = 60000

For 12 servers, however, max. 5000 PO per OS
server.

Archive values:

You can archive a maximum of 1,000 archive

values per second with an OS server/OS singlestation system.

1500
5000
10000
30000

Process Historian

Comment

Archive values:
1500

You can archive a maximum of 12,000 archive

values per second with a central archive server.
Archive values from redundant data sources are
counted as only one tag each.

5000
10000
30000
Information Server

Clients:

A license is required for each active client connection.

A client is any installed plug-in for Microsoft Excel or

Word as well as the client of the web application.

3
10

Client licenses are counted per PC, not per client

application. This means only one license is required
even if more than one report client of a PC is
connected with the information server.

Asset tags
(hardware components):

Number of monitored hardware components within a

PCS 7 project.

Maintenance Station
(MS)

100
1000
PCS 7 OS Web Option

Web clients:

Number of Web clients per Web server

max. 50 Web clients per PCS 7 project

5
10
BATCH stations (batch
processes)

Units:

Number of units within a PCS 7 project.

1
10
50

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Component of process
control system

Levels of licenses

Comment

Route Control Station

(Route Control)

Routes:

Number of activated routes in process mode (material

transports)

10
50

PDM

Number of devices:

Number of configurable devices

10
100
1000

See also
Software and license keys for configuration with PCS 7 (Page 11)
Software and license keys for a single-station system with configuration (Page 13)
Software and license keys for Operator Stations (Page 15)
Software and license keys for BATCH Stations (Page 18)
Software and license keys for Route Control Stations (Page 19)

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Licensing of PC stations
3.1

Software and license keys for configuration with PCS 7

Overview
The following tables show the software packages and the required license keys for the
engineering station of PCS 7:
You can find information on license key levels in section "Selecting the correct license keys
(Page 7)".
Note
The versions for the current program package on the DVD Process Control System; SIMATIC
PCS 7can be found in the Process Control System PCS 7; PCS 7 Readme file.
Engineering station
Designation

License key

AS/OS engineering

AS Engineering

Optional

Comment

OS Engineering
Runtime license AS

AS RT PO

Only required for download

BATCH Engineering

Route Control
Engineering

Route Control Engineering

Maintenance Station
Engineering

Maintenance ES

PDM

PDM Basic

PDM Integration in STEP 7

PDM Routing
PDM Extended
PDM Tags

PDM TAG

S7 PLC simulation

S7-PLCSIM

Version Trail

Version Trail

Version Cross Manager

Version Cross Manager

Import/Export Assistant

IEA

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Designation

License key

Optional

Advanced Engineering
System

AdvancedES

SIMATIC NET

1. BCE

(1. + 2.)
alternative

2. Industrial Ethernet
3. S7-REDCONNECT

(3.) X

Comment

1. Only for a standard

Ethernet interface module
(not required for SIMATIC
NET CP).
2. When using SIMATIC
NET CP, e.g. CP1623.
3. When using SIMATIC
NET CP, e.g. CP1623,
with fault-tolerant
connections.

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3.2 Software and license keys for a single-station system with configuration

3.2

Software and license keys for a single-station system with configuration

Overview
The following tables show the software packages and the required license keys for a singlestation system in PCS 7 with configuration.
The single-station system includes the Engineering Station and the Operator Station (singlestation system) as basic functions.
The following can be installed as optional functions, for example:
BATCH Station (single-station system)
Route Control (single-station system)
Maintenance Station (single-station system)
PDM
You can find information on license key levels in section "Selecting the correct license keys
(Page 7)".
Note
The versions for the current program package on the DVD Process Control System; SIMATIC
PCS 7can be found in the Process Control System PCS 7; PCS 7 Readme file.

Single-station system
Designation

License key

AS/OS engineering

AS Engineering

Optional

Comment

OS Engineering
Runtime license AS

AS RT PO

Only required for download

Count relevant license

OS software single
station

OS Single Station Basic

Runtime License OS

OS RT PO

max. 2000 PO
Count relevant license

OS/PH archive

WinCC Archive

BATCH single-station
package

BATCH Single Station User

BATCH units

BATCH Units

Route Control
Engineering

Route Control Engineering

Route Control server

Route Control Server

restricted to 30 routes;
max. 300 simultaneous
material transfer operations

Route Control Center

Route Control Center

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BATCH Single Station System

Count relevant license

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Designation

License key

Optional

Comment

Route Control routes

Route Control Routes

Count relevant license

Maintenance Station
Engineering

Maintenance ES

Maintenance Station
Runtime Basic Package

Maintenance RT

PDM

PDM Basic

Count relevant license

PDM Integration in STEP 7

PDM Routing
PDM Extended
PDM tags

PDM TAG

S7 PLC simulation

S7-PLCSIM

Version Trail

Version Trail

Import/Export Assistant

IEA

SIMATIC NET

1. BCE

(1. + 2.)
alternative

2. Industrial Ethernet
3. S7-REDCONNECT

(3.) X

Count relevant license

1. Only for a standard

Ethernet interface
module (not required
for SIMATIC NET CP).
2. When using SIMATIC
NET CP, e.g. CP1623.
3. When using SIMATIC
NET CP, e.g. CP1623,
with fault-tolerant
connections.

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3.3

Software and license keys for Operator Stations

Overview
The following tables show the software packages and the required license keys for the following
PC stations of PCS 7:
Operator Station (single-station system / redundant single-station system)
Operation Station server/redundant server
Operator Station Client
You can find information on license key levels in section "Selecting the correct license keys
(Page 7)".
Note
The versions for the current program package on the DVD Process Control System; SIMATIC
PCS 7can be found in the Process Control System PCS 7; PCS 7 Readme file.

OS single-station system/redundant single-station system

Designation

License key

Optional

Comment

OS software single
station

OS Single Station Basic

Not required for non-redundant

OS

OS software single
station redundancy

OS Single Station
Redundancy

In the case of a redundant OS:

Alternative license key to "OS
Single Station Basic" license key

Runtime License OS

OS RT PO

max. 5000 PO

OS/PH archive

WinCC Archive

StoragePlus

OS StoragePlus

OpenPCS 7 for
connecting to the local
OPC server

OpenPCS 7 Station / OS

License key only (without

software installation) required.

Web Server

1. OS Web Server Basic

1. Web server and Web

diagnostics server are used
alternately.

Count relevant license

or

Count relevant license

OpenPCS 7 Station
2. OS Web Server

2. License key for number of

Web clients

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Designation

License key

Optional

Comment

Web diagnostics server

WebDiagnose Server

Web diagnostics client

WebDiagnose Client

Web server and Web

diagnostics server are used
alternately.

SIMATIC NET

1. BCE

(1. + 2.)
alternative

1. Only for a standard Ethernet

interface module (not
required for SIMATIC NET
CP).

2. Industrial Ethernet
3. S7-REDCONNECT

(3.) X

2. When using SIMATIC NET

CP, e.g. CP1623.
3. When using SIMATIC NET
CP, e.g. CP1623, with faulttolerant connections.

OS server / redundant server

Designation

License key

Optional

Comment

OS software server

OS Server

Not required for non-redundant

OS

OS software server
redundancy

OS Server Redundancy

In the case of a redundant OS:

Alternative license key to "OS
Server" license key

Runtime License OS

OS RT PO

max. 8500 PO

OS/PH archive

WinCC Archive

StoragePlus

OS StoragePlus

BATCH server

BATCH Server

BATCH units

BATCH Units

Count relevant license

Route Control server

Route Control Server

restricted to 30 routes; max. 300

simultaneous material transfer
operations

Route Control routes

Route Control Routes

Count relevant license

OpenPCS 7 for
connecting to the local
OPC server

OpenPCS 7 Station / OS

License key only (without

software installation) required.

Maintenance Station
Runtime Basic Package

Maintenance RT

Count relevant license

SIMATIC NET

1. BCE

(1. + 2.)
alternative

1. Only for a standard Ethernet

interface module (not
required for SIMATIC NET
CP).

Count relevant license

Count relevant license

Software installation only

necessary for connecting to all
OS servers.

2. Industrial Ethernet
3. S7-REDCONNECT

(3.) X

2. When using SIMATIC NET

CP, e.g. CP1623.
3. When using SIMATIC NET
CP, e.g. CP1623, with faulttolerant connections.

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OS client
Designation

License key

OS software client

OS Client

Web server

1. OS Web Server Basic

Optional

Comment

1. Web server and Web

diagnostics server are used
alternately.

2. OS Web Server

2. License key for number of

Web clients
Web diagnostics server

WebDiagnose Server

Web diagnostics client

WebDiagnose Client

BATCH client

BATCH Client

Route Control Center

Route Control Center

SFC visualization

SFC Visualization

OpenPCS 7 (OS client)

OpenPCS 7 Station / OS

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Web server and Web

diagnostics server are used
alternately.
The license for RC client is
either located directly on the
client or, alternatively, on the
ES.

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3.4

Software and license keys for BATCH Stations

Overview
The following tables show the software packages and the required license keys for the following
PC stations of PCS 7:
BATCH server/BATCH redundant server
BATCH Client
Additional information on the single-station system for BATCH can be found in the section
"Software and license keys for a single-station system with configuration (Page 13)".
You can find information on license key levels in section "Selecting the correct license keys
(Page 7)".
Note
The versions for the current program package DVD Process Control System; SIMATIC PCS 7
can be found in the Process Control System PCS 7; PCS 7 Readme document.

BATCH server/BATCH redundant server

Designation

License key

BATCH server

BATCH Server

The license key includes a

redundancy option

BATCH units

BATCH Units

Count relevant license

BATCH API

BATCH API

SIMATIC NET

1. BCE

(1. + 2.)
alternative

2. Industrial Ethernet
3. S7-REDCONNECT

Optional

(3.) X

Comment

1. Only for a standard

Ethernet interface module
(not required for SIMATIC
NET CP).
2. When using SIMATIC
NET CP, e.g. CP1623.
3. When using SIMATIC
NET CP, e.g. CP1623,
with fault-tolerant
connections.

BATCH Client

18

Designation

License key

BATCH client

BATCH Client

BATCH recipe system

BATCH Recipe System

Optional

Comment

Only required if recipes will be

created on the BATCH client.

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3.5

Software and license keys for Route Control Stations

Overview
The following tables show the software packages and the required license keys for the PC
stations of PCS 7 Route Control.
Additional information on the single-station system with Route Control can be found in Section
"Software and license keys for a single-station system with configuration (Page 13)".
You can find information on license key levels in section "Selecting the correct license keys
(Page 7)".
Note
The versions for the current program package on the DVD Process Control System; SIMATIC
PCS 7can be found in the Process Control System PCS 7; PCS 7 Readme file.

RC Server
Designation

License key

Route Control server

Route Control Server

restricted to 30 routes; max. 300

simultaneous material transfer
operations

Route Control routes

Route Control Routes

Count relevant license

SIMATIC NET

1. BCE
2. Industrial Ethernet
3. S7-REDCONNECT

Optional

(1. + 2.)
alternative
(3.) X

Comment

1. Only for a standard Ethernet

interface module (not
required for SIMATIC NET
CP).
2. When using SIMATIC NET
CP, e.g. CP1623.
3. When using SIMATIC NET
CP, e.g. CP1623, with faulttolerant connections.

RC Client
Designation

License key

Route Control Center

Route Control Center

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Comment
The license for RC client is
either located directly on the
client or, alternatively, on the
ES.

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Overview of the quantity structures of PCS 7

Introduction
The section describes the following PCS 7-specific quantity structures:
Automation systems
Operator Station

Additional information
Information on the quantity structure of SIMATIC BATCH can be found in the manual
SIMATIC BATCH in the section "Product introduction and installation > Quantity structures".
Information on the quantity structure of SIMATIC Route Control can be found in the manual
SIMATIC Route Control in the section "Appendix > Quantity structures".

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4.2

Quantity structures for automation systems of PCS 7

Quantity structures of AS systems with standard and high availability

The values in the following tables are not AS-specific maximum values for the corresponding
position, but rather represent a typical distribution of the available AS total capacity in mixed
operation of all positions of a related block.

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Quantity frameworks (SIMATIC PCS 7 Advanced Process Library)
The following table shows typical mixed quantity frameworks for SIMATIC PCS 7
automation systems based on the SIMATIC PCS 7 Advanced Process Library.
AS

AS

AS

AS

AS

AS

412H

414-3IE

414H

416-3IE

416H

417H

V6.0

V6.0

V6.0

V6.0

V6.0

V6.0

Analog value measurements

10

100

100

400

400

600

Digital value measurements

20

250

250

800

800

1000

PID controllers

50

50

150

150

200

Motors

75

75

200

200

400

Valves

75

75

200

200

400

SFC

15

15

100

100

200

Steps

150

150

1000

1000

2000

Dosing

25

25

50

Digital inputs (DI)

30

350

300

1200

1200

1800

Digital outputs (DO)

10

100

110

400

400

650

Analog inputs (AI)

15

175

150

600

600

900

Analog outputs (AO)

75

50

200

200

350

Process objects (PO)

30

350

350

1200

1200

2000

AS

AS

AS

AS

AS

AS

414-3

416-2

416-3

417-4

RTX

mEC

V5.3

V5.3

V5.3

V5.3

2010

2010

Analog value measurements

50

200

400

500

300

300

Digital value measurements

160

450

800

1000

600

600

PID controllers

35

75

150

180

200

200

Motors

40

100

200

350

150

150

Valves

40

100

200

350

250

250

SFC

15

40

100

200

100

100

Steps

150

400

1000

2000

800

800

Dosing

15

25

50

50

50

Digital inputs (DI)

200

600

1200

1700

1200

1200

Digital outputs (DO)

60

200

400

550

400

400

Analog inputs (AI)

100

300

600

800

600

600

Analog outputs (AO)

30

100

200

250

200

200

Process objects (PO)

200

600

1200

1800

1200

1200

Quantity frameworks (PCS 7 Standard Library)

The following table shows typical mixed quantity frameworks for SIMATIC PCS 7
automation systems based on the SIMATIC PCS 7 Standard Library.

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AS

AS

AS

AS

AS

AS

412H

414-3IE

414H

416-3IE

416H

417H

V6.0

V6.0

V6.0

V6.0

V6.0

V6.0

Analog value measurements

10

50

150

250

500

700

Digital value measurements

15

150

300

600

1000

1200

PID controllers

50

50

200

200

300

Motors

10

75

100

300

400

450

Valves

10

75

100

300

400

450

SFC

20

20

120

150

200

Steps

200

200

1200

1500

2000

Dosing

30

35

50

Digital inputs (DI)

50

300

300

1500

2000

2000

Digital outputs (DO)

25

150

150

700

1000

1000

Analog inputs (AI)

20

100

100

600

800

800

Analog outputs (AO)

10

50

50

220

400

400

AS

AS

AS

AS

AS

AS

414-3

416-2

416-3

417-4

RTX

mEC

V5.3

V5.3

V5.3

V5.3

2010

2010

Analog value measurements

35

125

200

700

250

600

Digital value measurements

110

350

450

1200

600

200

PID controllers

35

110

150

300

200

300

Motors

50

125

250

450

300

300

Valves

50

125

250

450

300

120

SFC

15

40

100

200

120

1200

Steps

150

400

1000

2000

1200

30

Dosing

15

25

45

30

1500

Digital inputs (DI)

220

800

1200

2000

1500

1500

Digital outputs (DO)

110

300

500

1000

700

700

Analog inputs (AI)

80

250

400

800

600

600

Analog outputs (AO)

40

110

180

400

220

220

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4.3

Quantity structures for the operator station

OS quantity structure (per multiproject)

Information on licensing and process objects "PO" can be found in section "Selecting the
correct license keys (Page 7)".
Parameter

Value

Max. number of OS servers / server pairs

12

Max. number of automation systems per OS server / server pairs

64

Max. number of OS clients in multi-client operation 1) (per multi-station

system)

32

Max. number of monitors per operator station in multi-channel operation

Max. number of OS areas

64

Max. number of windows per monitor

1 up to 16 (adjustable)

Number of trends per trend window

10

OS process picture time-out (100 process symbols)

<2s

Max. number of process objects:

per OS single-station system

5 000 PO

per OS server

8 500 PO

Max. number of configurable alarms per server / single-station

150 000

Number of process tags:

per OS single-station system

approximately 3 000

per OS server

approximately 5 000

per multi-station system

approximately 60 000

Integrated high-performance archive system(cyclic buffer)

Based on Microsoft SQL server for:
Process value archiving (per OS server/single-station system)

approximately 1 000/s

Message archiving (per OS server/single-station system)

Continuous load approximately 10/s

Message burst approximately 3 000 / 4 s

Long-term archiving
Archiving OS data (process values and messages) with StoragePlus
1. Archive values of a server

Archive values of up to 4 single-station

systems, servers or server pairs

2. Archive values of all servers

1. approximately 1000/s

Archiving OS data (process values and messages) with central archive

server (CAS)

Archive values of up to 11 servers or server

pairs

1. Archive values of a server

1. approximately 1000/s

2. Archive values of all servers

2. approximately 10 000/s

Process value archiving with SIMATIC Process Historian

For additional information on the quantity

structure, refer to the SIMATIC Process
Historian documentation.

1)

2. approximately 1600/s

if each OS client has access to all OS servers/server pairs

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OS quantity structure (per multiproject) with use of the Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) on the
redundant terminal bus
The following should be noted for the use of the Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) on the
redundant terminal bus:
Max. number of OS servers/server pairs: 8
Max. number of OS clients in multi-client operation (per multi-station system):12
Max. number of process objects/process tags per OS server: 2000 PO
Max. number of process objects/process tags per multi-station system: 16000 PO
Long term archive tags: 17000
Message traffic: maximum of 2 messages per second and OS server

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Purpose of this documentation, 5

B
BATCH
Licensing single-station system, 13
Server/client licensing, 18

Quantity structure, 21
Automation systems, 22
BATCH, 21
Operating station, 25
Route Control, 21

Documentation
Purpose, 5
Validity, 5

E
Engineering station
Licensing, 11

Required basic knowledge, 5

Route Control
Licensing single-station system, 13
Server/client licensing, 19

S
L
License key
Selecting, 7
Software, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19
Licensing, 7

M
Maintenance Station
Licensing server, 15
Licensing single-station system, 13

Software
BATCH, 18
Engineering station, 11
License key, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19
Maintenance Station, 15
OS, 15
Route Control, 19
Single-station system, 13

V
Validity of the documentation, 5

O
OpenPCS 7, 15
Operator Station
Client, 15
Server, 15
Single-station system, 15

P
PDM, 13
PO, (See process object)
Process object
Counting, 7
Licensing, 7

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