5

Creating SFC Charts

5.1

Overview of SFC Charts

What is SFC?
SFC (Sequential Function Chart) is a sequential control system partitioned to
ensure step-by-step execution with control passing from one state to the next state
dependent on conditions. With a sequential control system, basic automation
functions, for example CFC charts are controlled based on state changes and can
be selectively processed. You create SFC charts in the SFC Editor.
When you created the "color_gs" project with the wizard, PCS 7 automatically
created an SFC chart. This chart is, of course, still empty and you must edit the
chart with the SFC Editor for the "color_gs" project.

5.2

Working with the SFC Editor

5.2.1

Introduction to the SFC Editor

As soon as you open an SFC chart, the SFC Editor opens. The editor is always
opened in the view in which it was closed the last time you worked with it.
The SFC Editor just like the CFC Editor provides you with a graphic user
interface that allows the convenient creation of sequential control systems.
A sequential control system consists primarily of two basic elements: Steps and
transitions.
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x

The transition is a condition that controls the execution of a step. Transitions

are represented by small rectangles in the SFC chart.
The step is the control instance for processing the assigned actions on the
programmable controller. It is executed until the following transition is satisfied.
Steps are represented by large rectangles in the SFC chart.

When you open a new SFC chart in the SFC Editor, you will first see two steps and
one transition:
x
x
x

Step "START"
Transition 1
Step "END"

A sequential control system will run with the values you assigned to the blocks in a
CFC chart.

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5.2.2

The Main Functions of the SFC Editor

Here, we will introduce you to the main functions of the SFC Editor that you will
require for configuring the SFC charts for your "color_gs" project.
You will use the element bar of the SFC Editor to build up your sequential control
system. The buttons have the following significance:
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x

x

"Activate Selection" button when this button is active, you can select
individual objects of the SFC chart, for example the steps and transitions. A
selected step or a selected transition is displayed in blue.
"Insert Step + Transition" button when this button is active, the mouse
pointer changes to a small cross and a circle with a bar across. Once you
move the cross to a position in the chart at which you can insert a step or a
transition, the circle becomes the icon for "Step with Transition". At the same
time, a green line indicates where the "Step with Transition" will be inserted.
"Insert Alternative Sequence" button when this button is active, you can
insert an alternative sequence. This means that depending on the defined
transition either one or the other sequence is processed.

None of the other buttons are used in the "color_gs" project.

For more detailed information on the SFC Editor refer to the online help Help on
SFC and the manual SIMATIC SFC for S7, Sequential Function Chart.

5.2.3

Properties of Steps and Transitions

To be able to edit the names and values of the steps and transitions, you will work
in the "Properties" dialog box. You do not need to open the dialog box extra for
each step and each transition but can move directly to the next transition or next
step and to transitions and steps of an alternative sequence in this dialog box.
To allow this, the following buttons are available:
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x
x

"Arrow Down" button with this button you change to the next
transition/step
"Arrow Up" button with this button you change to the previous
transition/step
"Arrow Right" button and
"Arrow Left" button with these buttons
you change to the adjacent transition/step

The dialog box has four different tabs. These tabs will be introduced briefly below.

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Tabs in the "Properties" Dialog Box for a Step:

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x
x
x

General here, you make the general settings such as changing the name of
the step.
Initialization the action you define here is processed once only when the step
is activated.
Processing the action you define here is processed cyclically until the next
transition is satisfied.
Termination the action you define here is processed once only when the step
is terminated.

Tabs in the "Properties" Dialog Box for a Transition:

x
x

5.2.4

General here, you make the general settings, such as changing the name of
the transition.
Condition in this tab, you specify the condition that decides when control will
be passed to the next step in the sequential control system.

Overview of the Configuration Steps for SFC Charts

To create SFC charts, you perform the steps listed below:
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x

Configure the SFC Chart

x

Open the SFC chart

x

Define steps

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Configure steps

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Rename the SFC chart

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Specify the technological structure of the sequential control system

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Name transitions

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Configure transitions
Optimizing the Run Sequence

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5.2.4.1

How to Move an SFC Chart

The SFC chart "SFC(1)" created by the "New Project" PCS 7 wizard when you
created the "color_gs" project is stored in the "ADDIT" hierarchy folder. Since the
charts are stored according to their significance in the plant hierarchy, you will need
to move the SFC chart created automatically by the wizard to the relevant
hierarchy folder.

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "color_gs" multiproject is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The plant view activated.

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the folder
"color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/ Plant1/RMT1/ FC111/ ADDIT".
2. Select the "SFC(1)" object in the detailed window.
3. Select the menu command Edit > Cut.
4. Now select the folder
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1".
5. Select the menu command Edit > Paste.
The SFC chart is inserted in the selected folder.

5.2.4.2

How to Rename the SFC Chart

To keep the naming system consistent and clear within your project, you will need
to change the default names.

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "color_gs" multiproject is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The plant view activated.

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the folder
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1".
2. Select the "SFC(1)" object in the detailed window.
3. Select the menu command Edit > Object Properties.
The "Properties SFC Chart" dialog box opens.
4. Overwrite the default name "SFC(1)" with "SFC_RMT1" in the "Name" box.
5. Click the "OK" button to enter your settings.

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5.2.4.3

How to Open the 'SFC_RMT1' SFC Chart

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "color_gs" multiproject is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The plant view activated.

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the folder
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1".
2. Select the "SFC_RMT1" object in the detail window and then select the menu
command Edit > Open Object .
The SFC editor is opened. The "Start" and "End" steps and transition 1 already
exist.

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5.2.5

Technological Structure of the Sequential Control System

The following section provides you with an overview of the technological sequence
of the individual steps and transitions in the sequential control system for the
"color_gs" project.

Name of the Step

Function

START

Defaults:
Changing the dosing controller to manual mode
Switching the dosing controller to external
Setting the units to automatic mode
Stopping dosing
Query:
Should Reactor 1 or Reactor 2 be used for dosing?
Controllers:
Open valves of the relevant branch
Turn on the pump
Switch the dosing controller to an external setpoint
Query:
Is the pump turned on?
Is the controller set to "External Setpoint?
Controllers:
Set the setpoint for the dosing speed
Set the dosing controller to automatic mode
Set the setpoint for dosing volume
Start dosing
Query:
Dosing started ?
Dosing volume (setpoint actual value) < 500 liters?
Controller:
Reduction of the dosing rate shortly before reaching the required dosing
volume
Query:
Dosing ended ?
Controllers:
Close all valves
Turn off the pump
Switch the dosing controller to manual
Set dosing speed to 0
Stop dosing
Query:
Is the pump turned off?
Reset
Switch the dosing controller to internal
Close valves
Turn off motor

DOSE_REA1
DOSE_REA2
INIT_LINE1
INIT_LINE2

INIT_1_OK
INIT_2_OK
INIT_DOSE

INIT_OK

SLOW_DOWN

END_DOSE
CLOSE_LINE

CLOSE_OK
END

The plant operator can start, control, and monitor this chart on the operator station.

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5.2.5.1

How to Create the Sequential Control System in the SFC Chart

When you insert steps and transitions, the SFC Editor assigns continuous
numbers. You then replace these numbers with self-explanatory, plant-specific
names.

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "SFC_RMT1" SFC chart is open in the SFC Editor

The steps "START" and "END" and transition" 1 "are visible

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. If the element bar with the buttons for inserting steps and transitions is not
displayed, Select the menu command View > Element Bar.
This opens the element bar.
2. Click the "Insert Step + Transition" button.

The mouse pointer changes to a small cross and a circle with a bar.
3. Position the mouse pointer below Transition 1 until a green line is displayed
and insert the object by clicking.
Step "3" and transition "2" are inserted in the chart.
4. Click on the "Alternative sequence" button.

5. Position the mouse pointer below the "START" step until a green line is
displayed and insert the object by clicking.
An alternative sequence is inserted directly below the "START" step: The
transitions "3" and "4" are inserted parallel to each other and step "4" below
them.
6. Click the "Insert Step + Transition" button.

7. Position the mouse pointer at the following positions and insert a step +
transition:
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Below transition 3 step 5 and transition 5 are inserted

Below transition 4 step 6 and transition 6 are inserted

Below transition 2 step 7 and transition 7 are inserted

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Your SFC chart should now appear as follows:

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5.2.5.2

How to Rename Steps

Ready to Start?
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x

The "SFC_RMT1" SFC chart is open in the SFC Editor

All steps and transitions are inserted

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Click the "Select" button.

2. Select step "5".

3. Select the menu command Edit > Object Properties.
The "Properties" dialog box opens and the "General" tab is active.
The default entry "5" in the "Name" box is already selected.
4. Change the name "5" in the "Name" box to "INIT_LINE1".

5. Click the "Apply" button.

The new name is stored.
6. Click the "arrow down" button.
You change to step "4".
7. Change the default name "4" in the "Name" box to "INIT_DOSE" and click the
"Apply" button.

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8. Change to the other steps with the arrow buttons and change the names
according to the table below. Each time you enter a name, complete the
change by clicking the "Apply" button.
Default Name

New Name

INIT_LINE1 done

INIT_DOSE done

SLOW_DOWN

CLOSE_LINE

INIT_LINE2

9. Click the "Close" button.

This saves your settings and the "Object Properties" dialog box is closed. The
changed names of the steps are displayed in the SFC chart.

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5.2.5.3

How to Rename Transitions

In just the same way as you renamed the steps, you must also replace the default
names of all transitions with self-explanatory, plant-specific names. The procedure
is exactly the same as for changing the names of the steps.

Ready to Start?
x

The "SFC_RMT1" SFC chart is open in the SFC Editor

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Double-click on transition "3".
The "Object Properties" dialog box opens and the "General" tab is active.
2. Replace the default name in the "Name" box with a plant-specific name.
The plant-specific names are listed in the following table.
3. Each time you enter a name, complete the change by clicking the "Apply"
button.
4. Use the arrow buttons to move from one transition to the next.
Default Name

New Name

DOSE_REA1

INIT_1_OK

INIT_OK

END_DOSE

CLOSE_OK

DOSE_REA2

INIT_2_OK

5. Click the "Close" button.

This saves your settings and the "Object Properties" dialog box is closed. The
changed names of the transitions are displayed in the SFC chart.

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Your SFC chart should now appear as follows:

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5.3

Setting the Parameters

5.3.1

How to Assign Parameter Values to the Steps of the SFC Chart

Starting in SFC, you assign values to the block inputs of the CFC charts. With the
first step "START", you make the settings for the sequence of the dosing process.
Each step for which you have defined and action is displayed in dark gray. This
means that you can see at a glance whether or not a step has had parameters
values assigned to it.

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "SFC_RMT1" SFC chart is open in the SFC Editor

You have adapted the names of the steps and transitions

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Double-click on the "START" step.
The "Properties" dialog box opens and the "General" tab is active.
2. Select the "Initialization" tab.
This tab displays an empty list with statement rows and the mouse pointer is
positioned in the left column of the first row.
3. Click the "Browse" button.
The "Browse" dialog box opens and the "Plant View" tab is active.
In this dialog, the plant hierarchy is displayed in the left section and the
input/outputs of the block you have selected in the plant hierarchy are shown in
the right section.

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4. Select the block "Plant1/ RMT1/ FC111/ CFC_FC111/ CTRL_PID" in the tree.
All the corresponding I/Os of the block are displayed in the right section.

5. Double-click on the "AUT_L" input.

The "Browse" dialog box goes to the background and the selected block I/O
along with its full path is entered as the first address in row 1.
The mouse pointer is automatically positioned in the right column of row 1.

Note
If you cannot read the name of the block I/Os, increase the width of the column.

6. Enter the value "0" in this field.

7. Click the "Apply" button.
The value "0" is automatically replaced by "FALSE". The first assignment in the
"Start" step is now complete.

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The dialog box now appears as shown below:

8. Click on the button with sequential number "2". This button is arranged directly
in front of the statement row.
This positions the mouse pointer in the left column of the second row.
9. Repeat steps 3 through 9 to define the remaining addresses for the "START"
step. You will find the information you require in the following table.

Note
The addresses in the table are specified in the following format:
[chart folder\chart name\block I/O].
The "Plant1\RMT1" part is left out since it is identical for all objects and the table is
therefore easier to read. As soon as you insert a further plant or unit in the
"color_gs" project, you must, of course, include the assignment of the chart to the
plant hierarchy.

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No. Address 1

Address 2

Meaning

FALSE

Controller manual mode

already done:
FC111\CFC_FC111\ CTRL_PID.AUT_L

FC111\CFC_FC111\CTRL_PID.SP_EXT

FC111\ADDIT\CFC_SETP\ Setpoint for flow control

PARA_DOS_RM1_QTY.V

FC111\CFC_FC111\CTRL_PID.LMN_SEL

FALSE

No setpoint correction

FC111\CFC_FC111\DOSE.L_START

FALSE

Dosing stopped

FC111\CFC_FC111\INT_P.TRACK

TRUE

Track integrator

LI111\CFC_LI111\INT_P.TRACK

TRUE

Track integrator

NK111\CFC_NK111\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP Auto

Valve in automatic mode

NK112\CFC_NK112\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP Auto

Valve in automatic mode

NK113\CFC_NK113\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP Auto

Valve in automatic mode

10

NK114\CFC_NK114\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP Auto

Valve in automatic mode

11

NP111\CFC_NP111\MOTOR.AUT_ON_OP Auto

Motor in automatic mode

12

LI111\CFC_LI111\INT_P.HOLD

Hold output value

FALSE

10. Click the "Apply" button.

11. Click on the arrow button to change to the other steps and enter the addresses
according to the tables.

Note
When entering the addresses (operands), check whether you have selected the
required step based on the title bar of the "Properties" dialog box.
If you have accidentally closed the "Properties" dialog box, double-click on the step
you are currently editing to open the dialog box.

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INIT_LINE2

INIT_DOSE

SLOW_DOWN

CLOSE_LINE

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5.3.2

Parameters for the 'INIT_LINE1' Step

The following table shows the parameters for the "INIT_LINE1" step:

No. Address 1

Address 2

Meaning

NK111\CFC_NK111\VALVE.AUTO_OC

TRUE

Open valve

NK112\CFC_NK112\ VALVE.AUTO_OC

TRUE

Open valve

NK113\CFC_NK113\ VALVE.AUTO_OC

TRUE

Open valve

NP111\CFC_NP111\MOTOR.AUTO_ON

TRUE

Turn on motor

5.3.3

Parameters for the 'INIT_LINE2' Step

The following table shows the parameters for the "INIT_LINE2" step:

No. Address 1

Address 2

Meaning

NK111\CFC_NK111\VALVE.AUTO_OC

TRUE

Open valve

NK112\CFC_NK112\ VALVE.AUTO_OC

TRUE

Open valve

NK114\CFC_NK114\VALVE.AUTO_OC

TRUE

Open valve

NP111\CFC_NP111\MOTOR.AUTO_ON

TRUE

Turn on motor

5.3.4

Parameters for the 'INIT_DOSE' Step

The following table shows the parameters for the "INIT_DOSE" step:

No. Address 1

Address 2

Meaning

FC111\CFC_FC111\CTRL_PID.SP_EXT FC111\ADDIT\CFC_SETP\ Active setpoint for flow

PARA_DOS_RM1_QTY.V control

FC111\CFC_FC111\ CTRL_PID.AUT_L

TRUE

FC111\CFC_FC111\DOSE.SP_EXT

FC111\ADDIT\CFC_SETP\ Active setpoint for dosing

PARA_DOS_RM1_VOL.V volume

Controller automatic mode

FC111\CFC_FC111\DOSE.L_START

TRUE

Start dosing

FC111\CFC_FC111\INT_P.TRACK

FALSE

Integrator after setpoint

correction

FC111\CFC_FC111\INPUT_U.SIM_V

50.0

Simulation: Flow 50
liters/min simulated!

FC111\CFC_FC111\INPUT_U.SUBS_V

50.0

Substitute value for the

simulation value SIM_V

LI111\CFC_LI111\INT_P.TRACK

FALSE

No correction for integrator

LI111\CFC_LI111\INPUT_U.SIM_V

FC111\ADDIT\CFC_SETP\ Simulation value for the

PARA_DOS_RM1_VOL.V dosing quantity

10

LI111\CFC_LI111\INPUT_U.SUBS_V

FC111\ADDIT\CFC_SETP\ Substitute value for the

PARA_DOS_RM1_VOL.V simulation value SIM_V

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Setting the Run Time

1. Change to the "General" tab.
2. Enter the value "8s" in the "Minimum" in the box of the "Run times" area.
3. Click the "Apply" button.
PCS 7 automatically changes the value to "T#8s".

5.3.5

Parameters for the 'SLOW_DOWN' Step

The following table shows the parameters for the "SLOW_DOWN" step:

No. Address 1

Address 2

Meaning

FC111\CFC_FC111\CTRL_PID.SP_EXT

10.0

Reduction of the flow

setpoint

FC111\CFC_FC111\INPUT_U.SIM_V

10.0

Simulation: Flow 10
liters/min simulated!

FC111\CFC_FC111\INPUT_U.SUBS_V

10.0

Substitute value for the

simulation value SIM_V

5.3.6

Parameters for the 'CLOSE_LINE' Step

The following table shows the parameters for the "CLOSE_LINE" step:

No. Address 1

Address 2

Meaning

NK111\CFC_NK111\VALVE.AUTO_OC

FALSE

Close valve

NK112\CFC_NK112\ VALVE.AUTO_OC

FALSE

Close valve

NK113\CFC_NK113\ VALVE.AUTO_OC

FALSE

Close valve

NK114\CFC_NK114\VALVE.AUTO_OC

FALSE

Close valve

NP111\CFC_NP111\MOTOR.AUTO_ON

FALSE

Turn off motor

FC111\CFC_FC111\CTRL_PID.LMN_SEL

TRUE

Tracking of manipulated variable 0

(close valve)

FC111\CFC_FC111\CTRL_PID.SP_EXT

0.0

Active setpoint for flow control

FC111\CFC_FC111\ CTRL_PID.AUT_L

FALSE

Controller manual mode

FC111\CFC_FC111\DOSE.L_START

FALSE

Dosing stopped

10

FC111\CFC_FC111\INPUT_U.SIM_V

0.0

Simulation: flow
0 liters / min simulated

11

FC111\CFC_FC111\INPUT_U.SUBS_V

0.0

Substitute value for the simulation

value SIM_V

12

LI111\CFC_LI111\INT_P.HOLD

TRUE

Track integrator

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5.3.7

Parameters for the END Step

The following table shows the parameters for the "END" step:

No. Address 1

Address 2

Meaning

FC111\CFC_FC111\CTRL_PID.AUT_L

FALSE

Reset input

FC111\CFC_FC111\CTRL_PID.LMN_SEL

FALSE

No correction of manipulated variable

NK111\CFC_NK111\VALVE.AUTO_OC

FALSE

Close valve

NK112\CFC_NK112\ VALVE.AUTO_OC

FALSE

Close valve

NK113\CFC_NK113\ VALVE.AUTO_OC

FALSE

Close valve

NK114\CFC_NK114\VALVE.AUTO_OC

FALSE

Close valve

NP111\CFC_NP111\MOTOR.AUTO_ON

FALSE

Turn off motor

5.3.8

How to Assign Parameter Values to the Transitions of the SFC

Chart
A transition contains the conditions according to which a sequential control system
passes control from one step to the next. In principle, you assign parameter values
for the transitions in the same way as for the steps.

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "SFC_RMT1" SFC chart is open in the SFC Editor

You have adapted the default names of the steps and transitions

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Double-click on the "DOSE_REA1" transition.
The "Properties" dialog box opens and the "General" tab is active.
2. Select the "Condition" tab.
This tab displays an empty list with statement rows and the mouse pointer is
positioned in the left column of the first row. The layout of the dialog box is the
same as you saw when the assigning parameter values for the steps.
3. Set all the parameter values for the "DOSE_REA1" transition. You will find the
information you require in the following table. Below you can see an overview
of the steps as a reminder:
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For address 1, open the "Browse" dialog box by clicking the "Browse"
button and selecting the relevant I/O

Enter address 2

Apply your settings

Select a new line

etc.

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4. Select a new transition and enter the addresses.

Note
When entering the addresses (operands), check whether you have selected the
required transition based on the title bar of the "Properties" dialog box.
Just as with the parameters for the steps, the addresses in the table are specified
in the following format:
[chart folder\chart name\block I/O].
The plant hierarchy is omitted.

Parameters for the "DOSE_REA1" Transition

No. Address 1

Operator Address 2 Meaning

FC111\ADDIT\CFC_SETP\
PARA_DOS_RM1_SEL.Q0

FALSE

Dosing in reactor 1?

FC111\ADDIT\CFC_SETP\
PARA_DOS_RM1_VOL.V

>

0.0

Dosing volume higher than 0 ?

Parameters for the "INIT_1_OK" Transition

No. Address 1

Operator Address 2 Meaning

FC111\CFC_NP111\MOTOR.QRUN

TRUE

Motor on?

FC111\CFC_FC111\
CTRL_PID.QSPEXTON

TRUE

Controller set to external

setpoint?

Parameters for the "INIT_OK" Transition

No. Address 1

Operator Address 2 Meaning

FC111\CFC_FC111\DOSE.QSTRTDOS

TRUE

Dosing started ?

FC111\CFC_FC111\DOSE.ER

<

200.0

Dosing quantity:
setpoint actual value < 200
liters?

FC111\CFC_FC111\DOSE.ER

>

0.0

Dosing quantity:
setpoint actual value 0 >
liters?

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Parameters for the "END_DOSE" Transition

No. Address 1

Operator Address 2 Meaning

FC111\CFC_FC111\DOSE.QEND_DOS

TRUE

Dosing ended ?

Parameters for the "CLOSE_OK" Transition

No. Address 1

Operator Address 2 Meaning

NP111\CFC_NP111\MOTOR.QRUN

FALSE

Motor off?

Parameters for the "INIT_2_OK" Transition

No. Address 1

Operator Address 2 Meaning

NP111\CFC_NP111\MOTOR.QRUN

TRUE

Motor on?

FC111\CFC_FC111\
CTRL_PID.QSPEXTON

TRUE

Controller set to external

setpoint?

Parameters for the "DOSE_REA2" Transition

No.

Address 1

Operator Address 2 Meaning

FC111\ADDIT\CFC_SETP\
PARA_DOS_RM1_SEL.Q0

TRUE

Dosing in reactor 2?

FC111\ADDIT\CFC_SETP\
PARA_DOS_RM1_VOL.V

>

0.0

Dosing volume higher than 0 ?

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5.3.9

How to Optimize the Run Sequence

PCS 7 provides you with a function for optimizing the run sequence based on the
data flow. Use this function when you have completed the configuration of the CFC
and SFC charts.

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "color_gs" project is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The plant view activated.

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select any folder in which you have save a CFC chart.
2. Select the a CFC chart in the detail window and then select the menu
command Edit > Open Object.
The chart opens in the CFC Editor.
3. Select the menu command Options > Optimize Run Sequence.
The message dialog "The run sequence of the blocks will be changed ..."
opens.
4. Click the "OK" button.
The run sequence has now been optimized.

5.4

The Current Status of Your Project...

What have you learnt during configuration in SFC?
x

x

x

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You have worked with standard functions such as renaming and opening.
You have created a sequential control system with graphic support.
You have renamed and assigned parameter values to the steps and transitions
of the sequential control system.

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Charts

6.1

Overview of Compiling, Downloading, and Testing

This tutorial explains how you compile the program you have created with CFC and
SFC, download it to the CPU and run it in the test mode. This gives you the
opportunity of checking the correct functionality of the charts. You already got to
know the "Download" function when you downloaded the hardware configuration.
You now have two steps to perform with the charts:
x

x

6.1.1

First you will compile and download the blocks and charts for this task, you
use the "Compile and Download Objects" function.
You will then test the program you can test both in the SFC Editor and in the
CFC Editor.

How to Compile and Download CFC and SFC Charts

You have already created the CFC and SFC charts for your "color_gs" project.
These charts must be compiled into a language so that they can execute on a
CPU. Obviously they must also be downloaded to the CPU so that the CPU can
run the program. The compilation and download are started in a common dialog
box and run one after the other.

Ready to Start?
x
x

Green "RUN" LED on the CP active

x

The "color_gs" project is open in the SIMATIC Manager

x

CPU in STOP

The component view is activated

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Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the folder
"color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/ SIMATIC 400(1)".
2. Select the menu command PLC > Compile and Download Objects.
The "Compile and Download Objects" dialog box opens.
3. Click on "+" to expand the tree structure.
The "color_gs" project is displayed with a structure basically the same as in the
component view of the SIMATIC Manager.
You will see the individual objects and relevant information on the status or
operating state:
Object

Status

Operating state

CPU 417-4

STOP

Blocks

Charts

Undefined

Connections

Undefined

4. For the "Charts" object, check the "Compile" and "Download" check boxes.

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5. Select the "Charts" entry and click on the "Edit..." button under "Settings for
Compilation/Download".
The "Compile program / download to target system" dialog box opens and the
"Compile Charts as Program" tab is active. The "Entire program" check box is
automatically activated since you are starting the compilation and download for
the first time.

Note
If you find errors in your program when you test it, you will have to make changes
to your CFC or SFC charts to eliminate the problem. When you restart compilation
and downloading afterwards, make sure that you activate the "Changes only"
check box. This will save you a considerable amount of time when compiling and
downloading. Selecting this option also means that you can down load the
changes without needing to stop the CPU.

6. Activate the following check boxes:

-

Generate module drivers Use this option to generate the module drivers
for the signal-processing blocks.

Update sampling time With this option, prior to compiling, the system
checks to find out the OB in which the relevant block is installed and
makes the appropriate entry at the "SAMPLE_T" input. "SAMPLE_T"
corresponds to the sampling time of the block in seconds.

Delete empty runtime groups This option deletes or empty runtime

groups that might exist in the S7 program.

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7. Click the "OK" button to enter your settings.

The dialog closes and the message box "Remember that if you download later
(...), the your blocks the CPU will be deleted." opens.
8. Click the "OK" button.
9. Check the settings of the following check boxes in the lower section of the
dialog box:
Check box

Setting

Compile only

deactivated

Do not load if compilation error is detected

activated

10. Click on the "Start" button to start the compilation and download.
The message "Downloading program changes during operation can, in the
case of malfunctions or program errors, cause serious damage to personnel
and equipment!.... Make sure also..." opens,.
11. Click the "OK" button.
In the dialog "If you want to download changes online, please make sure
that.....Do you want to continue?"
12. Click the "yes" button.
The compiling and downloading processes are started.

Note
The progress display indicates exactly what PCS 7 is currently doing, for example:
x
x

"Compiling and downloading object"

"Compiling charts as program"

When this is completed, the log file opens in the text editor to show you whether or
not the compilation and download was completed without error.

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13. Close the text editor.

The status in the "Charts" row is now "downloaded".
14. If warnings or errors are shown in the log following the compiling, select the
"Charts" object in the tree and click on the "Single Object" button.
This opens the "Logs" dialog. There you can view the warnings and error
messages in detail.
15. Click on the "Close" button in the "Compile and Download Objects" dialog box.
The dialog box is closed.
16. Start the CPU.

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6.2

Testing the Program

You can test both in the SFC Editor and in the CFC Editor. In the test mode, you
can watch how the values change during the course of the process. Using the test
mode, you can make sure that your configured sequential control system runs free
of errors.

Test Mode in SFC

The test is made in the SFC Editor that you already got to know when you created
the SFC chart: The "Properties" dialog box that you have already seen also plays a
central role in the test mode.
If you double-click on a step or a transition in the SFC chart, the "Properties" dialog
box opens this is familiar territory. Just as during creation of the SFC charts, you
can use the arrow buttons to change from one step or transition to the next. In the
test mode, the dialog boxes also provide additional information:
x

x

In the properties dialog of a step, you see the actual values on the left beside
address 1 and the setpoints to the right beside address 2.
In the properties dialog of a transition the current values are displayed to the
left of address 1 and to the right of address 2.

Caution
You can modify all values in the white fields. Remember, however, that these
values are written directly into your configuration data and therefore change the
parameters of your SFC chart.
While working through Getting Started, you will not change any values here and
will simply use the "Properties" dialog boxes to monitor the values.

Test Mode in CFC

You start the test mode in CFC in the CFC Editor. You will be able to display
process values at the individual block I/Os and to monitor the changes.

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6.2.1

How to Test the Program in the SFC Editor

After you have compiled and downloaded the program, you can run the program in
the test mode to check whether the sequential control system works properly and
whether the program runs correctly.

Ready to Start?
x
x
x

The "color_gs" project is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The "SFC_RMT1" SFC chart is open in the SFC Editor
CPU in "RUN" mode

Working in the Test Mode

1. Select the menu command Test > Test Mode.
The Test mode is activated.
-

In the title bar of the SFC Editor, the name "SFC_RMT1

color_gs_Prj\Plant1\RMT1 ONLINE" is shown on a colored background.

In the lower part of the SFC editor, you will see the status of the program,
the mode, and the step control mode. As default, the mode is set to
"MANUAL". The current step control mode is displayed in the drop-down
list box and as default is set to "T".

In the lower part of the SFC Editor, there are also buttons for controlling
the SFC chart, for example start, hold, resume.

2. Select the menu command Debug > Step Control Mode >T or C.
In this step control mode, an additional button "C" is displayed beside the
transition while the SFC chart is running:
If the chart

the sequential control system will do the following:

is free of errors

The sequential control system will be executed according to the

configured parameters. You do not need the button.

contains errors

The sequential control system stops when the transition is not

satisfied. You can click the "C" button to pass control to the next
step regardless of whether the transition is satisfied.

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3. Click on the "Start" button to start the program.

The SFC chart is started.
-

Each step that is currently being executed is light green with a small arrow
pointing down next to the step.

Steps that have already been processed are displayed in dark green and
have a small check mark beside them.

Transitions that are active but not yet satisfied are shown on a brown
background.

If you created your configuration correctly, the entire SFC chart will execute to the
end and all steps will turn dark green and have a check mark beside them.
Otherwise, you can click the "C" button to pass control to the next step manually
although the transition is not satisfied.
4. Select the menu command Debug > Test Mode.
This stops the Test mode.

6.2.2

How to Test the Program in the CFC Editor

You can test CFC charts in the CFC Editor in just the same way as SFC charts.

Ready to Start?
x
x
x

The "color_gs" project is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The "SFC_RMT1" SFC chart is open in the SFC Editor and the Test mode is
active
The "CFC_FC111" CFC chart is open in the CFC Editor

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the menu command Test > Test Mode.
The Test mode is activated.
2. Press the "CTRL" key and select the following blocks:
-

CTRL_PID

INPUT_U

DOSE

3. Select the menu command Test > Watch On.

All the block I/Os activated for the test mode in the properties of the block are
then shown on a yellow background.
4. Change to the "SFC_RMT1" SFC chart.
5. Click on the "Start" button in the toolbar.
This starts the program.

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6. Change to the "CFC_FC111" CFC chart.

You can then watch the values change: for example, the current value of the
dosed volume is displayed at the "PV_OUT" output of the "DOSE" block.

Note
Arrange the windows one beside the other to be able to watch the CFC and the
SFC chart at the same time in the Test mode.

7. Select the menu command Debug > Test Mode.

This stops the Test mode.
8. Close the SFC Editor and the CFC Editor.

6.3

Current Status of the Project...

In the meantime, you have completed almost the entire configuration work in the
SIMATIC Manager and in the CFC and SFC Editors. After compiling and
downloading this configuration, you have been able to watch the project execute in
the SFC and CFC Editors.
This allowed you to make sure that your configuration is free of errors up to now. If
you find that your project has errors when it runs in the test mode, it is much easier
to correct at this stage than after the entire project has been completed.

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7.1

The Operator Station in the Process Mode

The plant operator can control and monitor the process on the operator station in
the process mode. The operator station displays process pictures. The PLC
controls the process and the OS reads the process values from the PLC and
represents the values graphically in the process pictures. Warnings and alarms are
also displayed in the process pictures as soon as certain specified limits are
reached or exceeded. This allows the operator to identify the point at which a
problem occurs in the plant.
You will create one process picture for your "color_gs" project that will allow you to
visualize the level of the raw material container, the status of the valves etc.

7.2

Configuring the Operator Station

The Operator Station in the Project

When you create a project with the "Create New Project" wizard, PCS 7
automatically creates an operator station. You have already configured this
operator station in HW Config. You have not, however, created a network
connection for this OS as you did for communication between the programmable
controller and the engineering system so that you could download the data of the
ES to the PLC. This is not necessary for the "color_gs" project because the
engineering system and the operator station are on the same computer and the
operator station uses the same connection to the PLC as the ES.

The Process Pictures in the Project

The wizard also creates the pictures automatically in the plant hierarchy and you
then configure them in the PCS 7 OS. Larger projects do, of course, have several
process pictures for the various plant sections. For the "color_gs" project, you only
need to configure a single picture. You will nevertheless become familiar with all
the basic functions involved in configuration of the PCS 7 OS. Pictures are
identified by the following icon:

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7.3

Working in the SIMATIC Manager

7.3.1

Preparations in the SIMATIC Manager

Before you can start to configure in the PCS 7 OS, there are a few preliminary jobs
to be done in the SIMATIC Manager:
x

x

Adapting picture names and activating the function for creating block icons

x

Creating block icons

x

Deleting unnecessary pictures

Compiling the OS

Editing the Picture Properties

Since the "Create New Project" wizard has already created pictures, these
pictures, just like the CFC chart, have default names. You must first adapt these
default names to suit your project by assigning self-explanatory short names to
them.
You must also activate the function for creating block icons.

Deleting Unnecessary Pictures

When you create a project with the wizard, pictures are automatically inserted in
every hierarchy folder of the plant hierarchy. Since you only require one picture in
your "color_gs" project, you must remove the unnecessary pictures from the PH.

Creating block icons

PCS 7 provides you with an excellent function: "Create block icons": Block icons
are inserted in process pictures and provide the operator with the most important
information on a process tag at a glance. For example, in the block icon for a
controller, the operator sees the process value (PV), the setpoint (SP) and the
manipulated value (OUT). The block icon for a controller is displayed in a process
picture as shown below:

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Compiling the OS
You run the "Compile OS" function once you have completed configuration of all
data in the SIMATIC Manager and before you start to configure the OS data of the
PCS 7 OS. All the data from the SIMATIC Manager, such as variables, messages,
texts and the hardware and connection configuration must be "made known" to the
OS.

Starting the OS
To continue configuration of the PCS 7 OS, you must start the OS so that you can
continue working in the WinCC Explorer.

7.3.2

How to Edit Picture Properties

When you edit the picture properties, you make two settings:
x
x

Change the name of the picture

Activate the option for creating block icons

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "color_gs" multiproject is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The plant view activated.

Change the name of the picture

1. Select the folder
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1".
2. Select the picture "Picture(3)" in the detail window.
3. Select the menu command Edit > Object Properties.
The "Properties WinCC Picture(3)" dialog box opens and the "General" tab is
active.

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4. Change the default name "Picture(3)" to "RMT1" in the "Name" box.

5. Click the "Apply" button to enter your settings.

Activate the option for creating block icons

1. Change to the "Block Icons" tab.
2. Select the "Base block icons on the plant hierarchy" check box.
3. Click the "OK" button to enter your settings.
The dialog box is closed and the new name of the picture is displayed in the
plant hierarchy.

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7.3.3

How to Delete Unnecessary Pictures

The PCS 7 "Create New Project" wizard creates a picture in every hierarchy folder.
In the "color_gs" project, you require only one picture since all the required data
can be represented clearly in one picture.

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "color_gs" multiproject is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The plant view activated.

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the "Plant1" folder in the tree structure.
2. Select the picture "Picture(2)" in the detail window.
3. Press the "Del" key.
The "Delete" dialog box opens.
4. Click the "yes" button.
The picture is deleted.
5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the following folders in the plant hierarchy:
Name of the Folder

7.3.4

Name of the Picture

FC111

Picture(4)

ADDIT

Picture(5)

How to Create Block Icons

Ready to Start?
x
x
x

The "color_gs" multiproject is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The plant view activated.
The option for creating block icons is activated

For more detailed information on these settings, refer to "Configuring the Operator
Station Working in the SIMATIC Manager How to Edit Picture Properties" in
section "Activate the option for creating block icons".

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Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the folder
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1".
2. Select the menu command Options > Plant Hierarchy > Create/Update
Block Icons.
The "Create/Update Block Icons" dialog box opens. The list contains the
pictures for which block icons have been created. In this Getting Started this
the picture, "Plant1\RMT1\RMT1".
3. Check the following settings:

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The value "1" is entered in the "Lower hierarchy levels included" drop-down
list box.

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4. Click the "OK" button.

This starts creation of the block icons.
The message window "To ensure possible ..., you must subsequently compile
the associated operator stations ..., Do you want to see the function log now?"
opens.

5. Click the "No" button.

The message window is closed and creation of the block icons is completed.
At present, you will not see any visible results of this function. When, however, you
open the process picture for the "color_gs" project, you will see the block icons that
were created.

7.3.5

How to Compile the OS

Before you start to configure the data on the PCS 7 OS, you must first compile the
OS. With this function, all the data from the SIMATIC Manager, such as variables,
messages, texts and the hardware and connection configuration is "made known"
to the OS. Do not confuse compiling with downloading: When you compile, the
data remains on the computer in the engineering system it is simply made known
to the PCS 7 OS so that you can access this data during configuration.

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "color_gs" multiproject is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The component view is activated

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. In the tree, select the entry
"color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/ [Name of the SIMATIC PC station]".
2. Select the menu command PLC > Compile and Download Objects.
The "Compile and Download Objects" dialog box opens.
3. Open the tree and activate the "Compile" check box for the object "OS(1)".

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4. Select the "OS(1)" object and click the "Edit..." button.

The dialog box "To which area do you want to assign the operator station
OS(1)?" opens.
You do not need to make any settings because you have only configured one
area and one OS in this project until now.

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5. Click the "Next >" button.

The dialog box "Select the network connections for the S7 programs belonging
to the areas" opens.
In the area "Network connection for OS(1)", you will find the entry "S7
Program(1)" and the subnet "Ethernet(1)": This is the connection via which the
programmable controller and operator station communicate and that you
already created for your CP in HW Config.

6. If no connection is displayed here, click on the "Connection..." button.

Select the S7 connection you have made in NetPro from the "Select network
connection" dialog box and then click "OK".
The selected connection is now applied.
7. Click the "Next" button.
The "Select the data you want to compile and the scope of the compilation"
step opens.

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8. Activate the following check boxes or option fields:

Area

Option fields / Check boxes

"Data"

"Tags and Messages"

"SFC Visualization"
"Picture Tree"

"Scope"

" Entire OS with memory reset"

9. Click the "Apply" button.

The "Settings: Download OS" dialog box opens. (The dialog will not open if
only the "Compile OS" is activated.)
10. Click the "Cancel" button because you are working with a single-station system
in this project and you do not have to download the data to a separate OS.
11. Click on the "Start" button in the "Compile and Download Objects" dialog box.
The dialog "If you want to download changes online, please make sure
that.....Do you want to continue?" opens.
12. Click the "yes" button.
Compilation is started and a progress bar is displayed.
When this is completed, the log file opens in the text editor to show you
whether or not the compilation was completed without error.
13. Close the text editor.
14. Click on the "Close" button in the "Compile and Download Objects" dialog box.

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7.3.6

How to Start the PCS 7 OS

You have now completed all the preparations for configuring the PCS 7 OS in the
SIMATIC Manager and you can now start to configure the PCS 7 OS. You start by
opening the PCS 7 OS.

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "color_gs" project is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The component view is activated

Follow the steps outlined below:

1. In the tree, select the object
"color_gs_MP/ color_gs_- Prj/ SIMATIC PC Station/ WinCC Application/
OS(1)".
2. Select the menu command Edit > Open Object.
The PCS 7 OS WinCC Explorer is opened.

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7.4

Working in the PCS 7 OS

7.4.1

Structure of the PCS 7 OS - WinCC Explorer

The WinCC Explorer provides you with a series of editors that you can use to
configure a PCS 7 OS. But do not worry! to configure the PCS 7 OS, we only
need to use some of these editors.

How is the WinCC Explorer Structured?

In principle, the structure of the WinCC Explorer is very similar to the Windows
Explorer:
x
x

In the left pane, there is a navigation window. Here you find all the editors that
you can use to configure the PCS 7 OS.
In the right pane, there is a detail window in which detailed information on the
entry selected in the navigation window is displayed.

In the "color_gs" project, we will work solely with the Graphics Designer. This is the
tool you use to create process pictures. You do not require any other editors to
configure the PCS 7 OS.

7.4.2

The Function of Process Pictures

Overview
Process pictures represent the plant equipment for the operator. Here, the operator
can enter commands and display plant statuses.
The process picture you will create for the "color_gs" project already exists in the
SIMATIC Manager in the plant hierarchy.
In the "Graphics Designer" editor, you will edit this process picture; in other words,
you will insert the required static and dynamic objects and interconnect them.

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7.5

General Aspects of Working with the

Graphics Designer

7.5.1

Introduction to the Graphics Designer

User Interface
The Graphics Designer is an editor for the PCS 7 OS. The user interface of the
Graphics Designer is structured as follows:
x
x
x

On the left-hand side, you will see a Color Palette with which you can assign
colors to the objects.
In the middle, you have the file window or drawing board on which you insert
the objects for the process picture.
On the right-hand side, you will see the Object Palette. This is the library with
the various standard objects provided by the Graphics Designer. You will also
see a Style Palette on the right-hand side with which you can format the
objects.

Libraries
The libraries of the Graphics Designer contain a wide selection of ready-to-use
graphic elements such as piping and valves. You can modify these elements or
add to them and store them in your own project libraries so that they are available
to you at any time.

Object
The Graphics Designer distinguishes between two different types of objects:
x

x

Static objects these objects are purely drawing objects as you would find in a
drawing program, for example lines, circles, polygons, static text etc.
Dynamic objects these objects are made dynamic due to a connection to a
block I/O or variable; in other words, these objects always show the current
values of a tag in the plant in the process mode. In the "color_gs" project, you
will get to know various dynamic objects.

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7.5.1.1

How to Open a Process Picture

The process picture is edited in PCS 7 OS. The editor used is the "Graphics
Designer".

Ready to Start?
The "color_gs" project is open in the WinCC Explorer

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. In the navigation window, select the "Graphics Designer" entry.
The detail window displays all the pictures belonging to the project. All the
default pictures and template pictures provided by PCS 7 are, of course, also
displayed. These can be identified by the preceding "@" character.
2. Double-click on the picture "RMT1.pdl" in the detail window.
The process picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.
Here, you can see that there are already objects in this process picture,
although you yourself have not yet inserted any objects. These are the block
icons that you created in the process picture with the "Create block icons"
function in the SIMATIC Manager. You can also see that the block icon for the
valve has been inserted aligned both horizontally and vertically. These two
versions are influenced by the setting of the process object view in the "Picture
Objects" tab that you made when assigning parameter values to the CFC
charts.

Note
The sequence of the block icons may differ in your process picture from the one in
the graphic above.

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7.5.1.2

How to Open the Various Toolbars

As default, the most important toolbars and palettes are open and you do not need
to change the settings. If you accidentally close toolbars or palettes, you should
know how to make them visible again.

Ready to Start?
The picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the menu command View > Toolbars.
The "Toolbars" dialog box opens. Here, you see all the toolbars provided by
the Graphics Designer.
2. Make the same settings as shown in the screenshot of the dialog box:

3. Click the "OK" button to enter your settings.

The toolbars and object palettes you have selected will be displayed.
The "Objects" check box is important you use this to open the object palette from
which you take all the static and dynamic objects you require to create the process
picture. The object palette contains to tabs: "Standard" and "Controls". In Getting
Started, will only use the "Standard" tab.

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7.5.2

The Objects in the Graphics Designer

However, before you get started with the actual configuration and work in the
Graphics Designer, it is time for a little theory relating to the various objects that
you will use to create the "RMT1.pdl" process picture. These objects include the
following:
x
x
x

Static objects
Text fields
I/O fields

You also need a certain amount of background information on interconnecting tags

this is the way you create the relationship between the process picture and the
tag.

7.5.3

What Are Static Objects?

To visualize a plant, you require static objects, for example, to represent a pipe or a
tank. These objects do not change during the process mode; in other words, they
are not influenced by the status or by a value of a process tag.

7.5.4

What Are Text Fields?

In a text field, you can enter any information that you want the operator to see in
the process picture. You can, for example, insert a text field to allow you to label
objects and to simplify the assignment of the picture objects to the process for the
operator. You can enter any text in these text fields and can position the text fields
anywhere in the document.
For the "color_gs" project, you will insert text fields for all the tags and label them.

7.5.5

What Are I/O Fields?

Input/output fields are used to input or output values. There are different versions
of I/O fields:
x
x
x

Pure output field

Pure input field
Combined input and output field

I/O fields can process different data formats, such as binary, decimal, string,
hexadecimal.
Just as for all other objects, you can also select different formats and make
different settings for I/O fields.
In the "color_gs" project, you will use an I/O field to control dosing either in reactor
1 or 2.

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7.5.6

How Does Tag Interconnection Work?

The interconnection with tags is a central function when you create process
pictures: Objects are entered in the process picture that represent the process
values of a measuring point (tag) in the process mode. By interconnecting with a
variable, you create the connection between the object and the actual measuring
point. This allows the OS to receive or read out data from the PLC and to display
and update this data in the process picture.

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7.6

Creating the Process Picture

7.6.1

How to Insert Pipes and a Tank for the Process Picture

Ready to Start?
x

x

The "RMT1" picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

The block icons exist
Initially, you will not make any modifications to the block icons. You must first
create a picture of the plant with static objects before you can move the icons
to the positions where they require information.

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the menu command View > Library.
This opens the libraries of PCS 7 OS.
2. Select the object "Global Library/PlantElements/Tanks/Tank4" and drag it to
the drawing board.

Note
Click on the "glasses" button in the toolbar to obtain a preview of the graphic
objects.

3. Then drag the following objects to the drawing board:

Name of the Object

Number

Path in the Library

Pipe horizontal

3x

Global Library/PlantElements/Pipes - Smart Objects/3D Pipe

Horizontal

Pipe vertical

5x

Global Library/PlantElements/Pipes - Smart Objects/3D Pipe

Vertical

Angle

1x

Global Library/PlantElements/Pipes - Smart Objects/3D Pipe

Elbow 1

Angle

1x

Global Library/PlantElements/Pipes - Smart Objects/3D Pipe

Elbow 2

Angle

1x

Global Library/PlantElements/Pipes - Smart Objects/3D Pipe

Elbow 3

Angle

1x

Global Library/PlantElements/Pipes - Smart Objects/3D Pipe

Elbow 4

Control valve

1x

Global Library/Symbols/Valves/30

Tanks representing the

reactors

2x

Global Library/Siemens HMI Symbol Library/Tanks/Tank1

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4. Close the library.

5. Select an object and adapt its size and position to match the following picture:
-

You can move the object by positioning the mouse pointer on the object,
holding down the mouse button and dragging the object to the required
location.

You can increase or decrease the size of the object by positioning the
mouse pointer on the corner handles of the object, holding down the
mouse button, and dragging to make the object larger or smaller.

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7.6.2

Labeling the Parts of the Plant

Labeling the equipment requires three steps:

7.6.2.1

Step

What?

Step 1

Inserting and formatting a text field

Step 2

Making further settings

Step 3

Duplicating a text field

Step 1 - How to Insert a Text Field

Ready to Start?
x

x

The "RMT1.pdl" picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

The static objects have been inserted

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the entry "Standard Objects/Static Text" in the Object Palette.
2. Move the mouse pointer to the drawing board.
The mouse pointer changes to a small text input symbol.
3. Draw a text field next to the left reactor.
A rectangle is inserted and the text in the rectangle is already selected.
4. Change this text to "Reactor 1".
5. Press the Enter key to enter the text.
6. Now format the text field using the Style Palette:

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Click on the "Line Weight/Invisible" entry.

The frame of the text field is then invisible.

Click on the "Fill Pattern/Transparent" entry.

The color of the text field is then transparent.

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7.6.2.2

Step 2 - How to Set the Text Field

Ready to Start?
x

x

The "RMT1.pdl" picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

You have inserted a text field

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the menu command View > Properties.
The "Object Properties" dialog box opens and the "Properties" tab is active.
2. Select the entry "Static Text" in the tree structure in which the properties input
field is located.
In the detail window, you will see the name of the text field and the level.
3. Change to the detailed window and double-click on the "Static Text 1" field in
the "Static" column.
You can now edit the field.
4. Enter the name "Reactor 1" and press the Enter key.
This enters the name which is then displayed in the top box. When you work on
the drawing board, this name will be displayed as a tooltip whenever you move
the mouse pointer over the object.
5. Select the "Static Text/Font" entry in the tree structure.
6. Change to the detailed window and double-click on the "No" field of the "Bold"
attribute.
The value changes from "No" to "Yes" and the text changes to bold print.""
7. Close the "Object Properties" dialog box.
All the changes you have made are displayed.

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7.6.2.3

Step 3 - How to Duplicate the Text Field

Ready to Start?
x

x
x

The "RMT1.pdl" picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

You have inserted a text field
You have made the settings for text fields

Follow the steps outlined below...

To avoid having to repeat all the settings you made for the first text field, you can
duplicate an existing text field and simply overwrite the existing text.
1. If the text field is no longer selected, select it and select the menu command
Edit > Duplicate.
The text field is duplicated.
2. Double-click on the text field and change the text to "Reactor 2".
All other formatting is automatically included because you duplicated the field.
3. Select the menu command View > Properties.
4. Change the object name to "reactor2" in the detail window.
5. Position the text field next to the object.
6.

Repeat steps 1 to 5 to create the following text field:

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Raw material tank

Unit RMT 1

7. Open the properties for the text field "Unit RMT 1" and the entry "Static
Text/Font in the tree.
8. Switch to the detail window and enter the value "16" for the attribute "Font
Size".
9. Close the "Object Properties" dialog box.
10. Position the text fields as follows:
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Raw material tank left next to the raw material tank

Unit RMT 1 in the upper left corner of the process picture

11. Select the menu command File > Save.

This saves the process picture.

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7.6.3

Current Status of the Process Picture...

Now that you have inserted the tank, the pipes, and the labeling, your process
picture should look like the one below:

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7.6.3.1

How to Connect the Raw Material Tank with the Process Value
The tank you inserted in your picture represents the raw material tank. You now
connect this tank with the relevant block to be able to display the current fill level of
the raw material tank in the process mode.

Ready to Start?
x

x

The "RMT1.pdl" picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

The static objects have been inserted

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the object "Tank4" that represents a raw material tank.
The name of the object is shown by the tooltip that appears by placing the
mouse pointer on the object.
2. Select the menu command View > Properties.
The "Object Properties" dialog box opens and the "Properties" tab is active.
"Tank4" is selected in the tree and the attributes "Object name" and "Level" are
displayed in the detail window.
3. Change to the detail window and double-click on the "Tank4" field in the
"Static" column.
You can now edit the field.
4. Enter the name "Raw material tank1" and press the Enter key.

5. Select the entry "Tank4/ Tag Assignment" in the tree structure.

6. Change to the detail window and position mouse pointer on the "light bulb"
symbol of the "Fill Level" attribute and open the context-sensitive menu.

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7. Select the menu command Variables

The tag selection dialog opens.
8. Activate the "ES Variables" check box in the "Data source" area and deactivate
the check box "WinCC Variables".
The ES variables are displayed in the tree structure.
9. In the tree, select the entry
"ES Variables/ Plant1/ RMT1/ LI111/ CFC_LI111/ LIA".
All the variables are then displayed in the detail window.
10. Select the "U" variable in the detail window:

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11. Click the "OK" button.

This applies the variables with their complete path in the "Dynamic" column.

12. Double-click on the value "100" for the attribute "Maximum value" in the "Static"
column.
The "Value Input" dialog box opens.
13. Enter the value "600" in the field "Maximum value" and click the "OK" button.
This value is now entered.
14. Use the default parameter for the minimum value.
15. Close the "Object Properties" dialog box.
16. Select the menu command File > Save.
This saves the process picture.

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7.6.3.2

How to Position the Block Icons

There are already block icons in your process picture that were inserted in the
SIMATIC Manager using the "Create/Update Block Icons" function. PCS 7 has
automatically inserted these block icons sequentially in the upper section of the
process picture. If you take a look at the block icons, you will see that PCS 7 has
automatically generated block icons in the horizontal and vertical directions due to
the settings for the block in the CFC chart.
These block icons must now be positioned to correspond to the plant structure.

Ready to Start?
x

x

The "RMT1.pdl" picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

The block icons exist

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the block icon "..._NK111/VALVE" and drag it with the mouse to the
required position so that the valve shown in the block icon is exactly between
the pipes.
2. Follow the same procedure for all other block icons and position them in
accordance with the following graphic:

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7.6.4

Inserting Input/Output Fields for Operator Control

You will provide two methods of operator control in your process picture:
x
x

Reactor selection
External/internal setpoint

Start with the configuration for selecting the reactor this involves three steps.
Afterwards, you follow practically the same procedure to configure setpoints:

7.6.4.1

Step

What?

Step 1

Inserting an I/O field

Step 2

Formatting an I/O field

Step 3

Enter explanatory text

Step 4

Configure setpoint assignment

Step 1 - How to Insert the I/O Field

Ready to Start?
x

x
x

The "RMT1.pdl" picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

The object palette is visible
The style palette is visible

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the "Smart Objects/I/O Field" in the object palette.
2. Move the mouse pointer to the drawing board.
The mouse pointer changes to a small I/O field symbol.
3. Open a rectangle between the reactors holding down the mouser button. The
size of the rectangle is the size that your I/O field will have.
The "I/O-Field Configuration" dialog opens.
4. Click on the "Tag selection dialog" button beside the "Tag" box".
This opens the "Tags Project" dialog box.
5. Activate the "ES Variables" check box as the "Data source".
The ES variables are displayed in the tree structure.
6. Select the entry "ES Variables/Plant1/RMT1/FC111/ADDIT/CFC_SETP/
PARA_DOS_RM1_SEL" in the tree.
All the variables are then displayed in the detail window.

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7. Select the variable "I0" in the detail window.

8. Click the "OK" button to enter your settings.

This enters the tag in the "Tag" input field.

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9. Make sure that the "I/O field" check box is activated.

10. Click the "OK" button to enter your settings.

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7.6.4.2

Step 2 - How to Format the I/O Field

Ready to Start?
x

x

The "RMT1.pdl" picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

You have inserted the I/O field

Follow the steps outlined below...

In just the same way as you formatted the text fields, you can also format the I/O
fields:
1. Select the I/O field 1.
2. Now format the text field using the Style Palette:
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Click on the "Line Weight/Invisible" entry.

The frame of the text field is then invisible.

Click on the "Fill Pattern/Transparent" entry.

The color of the text field is then transparent.

3. Select the menu command View > Properties.

The "Object Properties" dialog box opens and the "Properties" tab is active.
4. Select the entry "I/O Field" in the tree structure in which the properties input
field is located.
In the detail window, you will see the name of the text field and the level.
5. Change to the detail window and double-click on the "I/OField1" field in the
"Static" column.
You can now edit the field.
6. Enter the name "SEL_REAC" and press the Enter key.
This enters the name which is then displayed in the top box.
7. Select the entry "I/O Field/Font" in the tree structure and change the value of
the "Bold" attribute to "Yes" in the detail window.
8. Select the entry "I/O Field/Output/Input" in the tree structure and change the
value of the "Data Format" attribute to "Binary" in the detail window.
9. Close the "Object Properties" dialog box.
All the changes you have made are displayed.

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7.6.4.3

Step 3 - How to Add Explanatory Text

Ready to Start?
x

x

The "RMT1.pdl" picture is opened in the Graphics Designer.

You have inserted and formatted the I/O field

Follow the steps outlined below...

The operator must, of course, know what can be set with this I/O field. For this
purpose, you can use a text field you have already used text fields when labeling
the equipment.
1. Insert a text field use the "Standard Objects/Static Text" object.
2. Enter the following text: "Select reactor: 0 = Reactor 1, 1 = Reactor 2".
Press "Shift + Enter key" to create a line feed.
3. Now format the text field using the Style Palette:
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Frame invisible setting "Line Weight/Invisible"

Fill transparent setting "Fill Pattern/Transparent"

4. Drag a frame round the I/O field and the explanatory text use the "Standard
Objects/Rectangle" object.
5. Now format the text field using the Style Palette:
-

Thickness of the frame setting "Line Weight/3 Pixel"

Fill transparent setting "Fill Pattern/Transparent"

6. Position the object as shown in the picture below:

7. Drag a frame around all the objects.

8. Select the menu command Edit > Group > Group.
All the objects now belong to a group and can be moved easily.
9. Position the object between the reactors.

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7.6.4.4

Step 4 - How to Insert Setpoint Assignment

Follow exactly the same procedure as for the selection between reactor 1 and
reactor 2. Below, you will find an overview of the individual steps:
1. Insert I/O field with the variable
"Plant1/RMT1/FC111/CFC_FC111/DOSE/SPEXT_ON".
2. Specify the properties for the I/O field in the style palette:
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Frame invisible style palette setting "Line Weight/Invisible"

Fill transparent style palette setting "Fill Pattern/Transparent"

3. Specify the properties for the I/O field in the "Properties" dialog box:
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"I/O Field" property "Object Name" attribute: "SEL_SP"

"Font" property "Bold" attribute: Yes

"Output/Input" property "Data Format" attribute: Binary

4. Insert explanatory text field: "Input setpoint, 0 = internal (operator), 1 = external

(CFC chart)"
5. Format the text field using the Style Palette:
-

Frame invisible setting "Line Weight/Invisible"

Fill transparent setting "Fill Pattern/Transparent"

6. Insert a frame object palette, object "Standard Objects/ Rectangle"

7. Format the frame using the style palette:
-

Thickness of the frame setting "Line Weight/3 Pixel"

Fill transparent setting "Fill Pattern/Transparent"

8. Group the objects with the menu command Edit > Group > Group.
9. Position the object at the lower left.

7.6.4.5

Finishing Touches
1. Insert an arrow between the actuator and the "..._FC111/CTRL_PID" block
icon to indicate the relationship between the measuring point and the block
icon.
2. Insert an arrow between the raw material tank and the block icon
"/CFC_LI111/LIA" to indicate the relationship between the measuring point and
the block icon.
3. Position the setpoint selection above the block icon ".../CFC_FC111/DOSE".
4. Then position all other objects.

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Your process picture should now appear as shown below:

5. Select the menu command File > Save.

Your process picture is then saved with all changes and additions.
6. Close the Graphics Designer.

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7.7

The Current Status of Your Project...

The meantime, your project is completed so that you can activate the process
mode. Which functions have you got to know during the OS configuration?
x

x

Setting the picture properties in the SIMATIC Manager

x

Compiling the operator station

x

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Creating a process picture in the Graphics Designer with a variety of objects,

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8.1

Introduction to the User Interface

8.1.1

The Operator Station in the Process Mode

In the process mode, the "color_gs" project provides various options for controlling
and monitoring the process.
With the block icons, you have the following options:
x

x

x

Monitoring the status of the valves: valve open or closed

Monitoring the status of the pump: pump active or inactive
Changing from a block icon to the relevant faceplate

With I/O fields, you have the following options:

x
x
x

Selecting the reactor

Selecting whether the setpoint is read from the CFC chart or whether the
operator sets the setpoint externally
Assigning the setpoint for the dosing volume in the faceplate

You can, of course, also monitor the CFC and SFC charts at the same time. You
have already got to know this function when testing the charts.

8.1.2

User Interface in the Process Mode

To allow you to monitor and operate the process yourself, we will briefly introduce
the user interface of PCS 7 in the process mode.
The user interface in the process mode is divided into four areas:
x
x

x

Message line the latest message with the highest priority is displayed here
Overview area with various buttons, you can select the various areas of a
plant and display them. In your "color_gs" project, you have only one button,
namely "RMT1" because your plant consists of only one plant section. Beside
each button, there are four further small buttons with which alarms and
warnings from hierarchically lower levels can be displayed. If you click in this
area, you automatically change to the process picture in which the alarm or
warning originated. With the arrow button on the extreme right, you can open a
tree structure in which you can select a lower area in the hierarchy.
Process picture depending on the area you selected in the overview area,
you will find the relevant process picture here. In your "color_gs" project, the
plant picture you created in the Graphics Designer is displayed.

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x

Button set using the button set, you can invoke various functions that you
can select in the process mode. In the "color_gs" project, you will, of course,
only get to know the buttons that are important for this project.
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8.2

How to Control and Monitor in the Process Mode

8.2.1

How to Activate the Process Mode

Ready to Start?
x
x

WinCC Explorer is open

The "color_gs" project is open

Activating the Process Mode

1. Select the menu command File > Activate.
The progress bar opens and the standard startup picture opens.

2. Click on the "RMT1" button in the overview area.

This displays the process picture that you created in the Graphics Designer.

8.2.2

How to Start the Process

You must, of course, start the dosing before you can control and monitor all the
functions you have configured.
Dosing is started using the SFC chart. You do not return to the SIMATIC Manager
now, but will start the SFC chart directly in the process mode.
There are two ways to start the process:
x
x

Using the block icon "..../RMT1/SFC_RMT1"

Using a button in the button set

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Starting using the block icon

1. Click on the "..../RMT1/SFC_RMT1" block icon.

The corresponding faceplate opens.

2. Click on the "Start" button.
The "SFC Control" dialog box opens.
3. Click the "OK" button.
The sequential control system starts and you can follow the process in your
process picture.
4. Click on the "Section" button.
This opens the detailed display of the SFC chart. This display corresponds to
the display of the SFC chart in the SFC Editor.
5. Double-click on a step in the SFC chart to view additional details about the
current status of the SFC chart.

Starting using the button set

1. Click the "Change Keyset" button:
The second button set is displayed.
2. Click on the "SFC Visualization" button:
The "Open SFC" dialog box opens. Since you only have one OS and one SFC
chart in your project, only this one OS is displayed in the tree structure and
only the SFC chart in the detailed window.

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3. Select the chart "RMT1/FC111/SFC_RMT1" in the detailed window and click

the "OK" button.
A greatly reduced overview of the SFC chart is opened.

4. Click on this overview.

The detailed display of the SFC chart appears. This detailed display is
compatible with the display with which you worked when testing the SFC chart
in the SFC Editor.

5. Position this detailed display so that you can see your entire process picture.
6. Click on the "Start" button.
The "SFC Control" dialog box opens.
7. Click the "OK" button.
The sequential control system starts: You can monitor the process both in your
process picture and in the detailed display of the SFC chart. The
representation in the SFC chart is no different from the representation you
know from the test mode.

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8.2.3

How to Stop the Process

If you do not want the process to run through completely, you can stop it manually:
1. Click on the "Stop" button in the detailed display of the SFC chart.
The "SFC Control" dialog box opens.
2. Click the "OK" button.
The process is then stopped.
3. Afterwards, click on the "Reset" button and the "OK" button in the "SFC
Control" dialog box.
All values are then reset to the initial values.

8.2.4

How to Control the Process from the Process Picture

There are several ways of influencing the process in the process mode using the
process picture:
x
x
x

8.2.5

Selecting the reactor

Opening the faceplates
Specifying the setpoint

How to Specify the Reactor

1. Position the mouse pointer on the I/O field in the "Select reactor" area.
The mouse pointer changes to a text selection symbol.
2. Click on the I/O field.
The I/O field is displayed on a gray background.
3. Enter the required number to select the reactor.
If you

enter the following number:

want to dose in reactor 1

want to dose in reactor 2

4. Press the enter key

The new value is entered after a brief delay and displayed in this area.

5. Restart the process and watch the result.

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8.2.6

How to Open Faceplates

1. Start the process
2. Click on the "..._FC111/CTRL_PID" block icon.
The relevant faceplate is opened and the "Standard" tab is active.
3. Select other tabs using the drop-down list box. For your "color_gs" project, the
following views are of interest:
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Standard here, you can see, for example, the setpoint and actual value
of the controller as concrete values and in graphic form.

Parameters here, you can, for example, modify certain values. Using the
input fields "Bar HL" and "Bar LL", you can modify the graphic display for
the "Standard" tab.

Limits here, you can see, for example, the alarm limits that you defined
in the CFC chart for this block.

4. Close the faceplate.

8.2.7

How to Change the Setpoint

To change the setpoint assignment requires two steps:
x
x

First you define whether or not the process uses the external or internal
setpoint.
Finally, you enter the concrete setpoint.

Step 1 Specifying the Setpoint Assignment

1. Position the mouse pointer on the I/O field in the "Input setpoint" area. You
created this area yourself in the process image.
The mouse pointer changes to a text selection symbol.
2. Click on the I/O field and enter the required number of the type of setpoint
assignment.
If the setpoint

enter the following number:

will be read from the CFC chart

will be entered manually

3. Press the enter key

The new value is entered after a brief delay and displayed in this area.

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Step 2 Entering the Setpoint

1. Click on the ".../CFC_FC111/DOSE" block icon.
The faceplate is opened and the "Standard" tab is active.

2. Open the "Setpoint" drop-down list box.

The "SP" dialog box opens.
3. Activate the "Internal" check box.

4. Click the "Run" button.

The "Setpoint" input field is activated.
5. Click on the "Setpoint" input field.
The "Setpoint" dialog box opens.
6. Click in the input field and enter the required value.

7. Click the "Run" button.

The value is entered in the input field.

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8. Close the faceplate.

The changed value is displayed in the block icon.
9. Restart the process and watch the result.

8.2.8

How to Work with Messages

Messages are displayed both in the message line and in a separate message list.

Message Line
While the process is active, warnings and alarms with messages are displayed in
the message line of your screen. The message line contains the latest message
with the highest priority.
Click the button to the right of the message line to acknowledge the messages.

Message list
You can also view all the messages and alarms in a list.
1. Click the "Change Keyset" button.

2. Click on the "Message system" button.

The message list is displayed.

3. Acknowledge the messages:
If you

then

want to acknowledge a single message

click on the "Acknowledge single messages"

button.
This acknowledges the message that is
labeled at the end of the line with a triangle.

acknowledge all messages

click the "Acknowledge all visible messages"

button.

4. Click on the buttons in the button area to change to the various message and
alarm lists.
5. Click on the "Previous Graphic" button in the button area:

This returns you to the "RMT1" process picture.

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8.2.9

How to Exit the Process Mode

1. Click on the "Change Button Set" button in the button area.

2. Click on the "Exit Runtime" button:

The "Exit Runtime" dialog box opens.

3. Click the "Deactivate" button.

This stops the process mode.
4. Close the WinCC Explorer.

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9.1

Introducing the Additional Task

In the "color_gs" project, two identical raw material tanks are required. The
additional task is to configure the second raw material tank "RMT2". But do not
worry: You do not need to work through all steps again but will use the automatic
functions of PCS 7. You will find that the PCS 7 copy function saves many steps
that are handled automatically for you in the background.
When you create the second raw material tank, you will work largely on your own.
You have already got to know many of the dialog fields you require during
configuration of the first raw material tank. In this section, we will not provide you
with details step-by-step instructions but will simply without the order in which you
configure so that you have guidelines to the general principles of the procedure.

9.1.1

How to Copy the Existing 'RMT1' Part of Plant

Ready to Start?
x
x
x

The "color_gs" project is open in the SIMATIC Manager

Plant view activated
You have configured RMT1 completely and it is free of errors

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Using the "Copy/Paste" Windows function, copy the entire "RMT1" hierarchy
folder to the "Plant1" hierarchy folder.
2. The SIMATIC Manager makes a copy of the "RMT1" hierarchy folder in the
"Plant1" hierarchy folder and calls it "RMT1(1)". The names of the various
objects, for example CFC and SFC charts also have a continuous number
added to their existing names.
When you copy/move hierarchy folders with CFC charts and process pictures,
the references of the dynamic objects from the OS pictures to a CFC blocks
are automatically updated in the destination hierarchy folder.

Caution
If you copy or move charts and pictures individually; in other words, copy or move
not within the hierarchy folder, the references of the dynamic objects are lost and
they must be linked to the blocks again in the pictures.

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3. Change the names of the hierarchy folder and the objects in the individual
hierarchy folders according to the table below:
Hierarchy folder

New name

Object contained old

name

New name

RMT1(1)

RMT2

Process picture "RMT1(1)" RMT2

SFC_RMT1(1)

SFC_RMT2

FC111

FC112

CFC_FC111(1)

CFC_FC112

ADDIT

ADDIT2

CFC_SETP(1)

CFC_SETP2

LI 111

LI112

CFC_LI111(1)

CFC_LI112

NK 111

NK115

CFC_NK111(1)

CFC_NK115

NK 112

NK116

CFC_NK112(1)

CFC_NK116

NK 113

NK117

CFC_NK113(1)

CFC_NK117

NK 114

NK118

CFC_NK114(1)

CFC_NK118

NP 111

NP112

CFC_NP111(1)

CFC_NP112

Your plant hierarchy should now appear as follows:

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9.2

Preparing for the Process Mode

New charts and a new process picture is created by copying the RMT1 to RMT2.
This new information must now be downloaded to the PLC and made "known" to
the OS.
Use the central command "Compile and Download Objects" to do this. In this
situation, PCS 7 "provides you with the option of compiling and downloading only
changed information." This reduces the time required to compile and download. In
your "color_gs" project, this is not yet a problem since you only have a small
project. When configuring large systems, this function is, of course, extremely
important.
Once the compiling and downloading is completed, you now have to adapt RMT2
in the process picture.
Then you can activate the process mode and test the functions.

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9.2.1

How to Compile and Download the Changes

Ready to Start?
x
x

The "color_gs" project is open in the SIMATIC Manager

CPU in "RUN-P" mode

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the "color_gs_Prj" object in the tree structure.
2. Select the menu command PLC > Compile and Download Objects.
The status of the "Charts" object is "modified".
3. Activate the following check boxes:
Object

Compiling

color_gs_Prj/[name of the PC station]/Configuration

color_gs_Prj/[name of the PC station]/WinCC Application/OS(1) X

Download

color_gs_Prj/SIMATIC 400(1)/Hardware

color_gs_Prj/SIMATIC 400(1)/[Name of the CPU]/Charts

Note
If you see the status "undefined" for all object in the "Compile and Download
Objects" dialog, click on the "Status" button in the "Update" area.
This updates the status.

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4. Select the "Charts" object and click the "Edit" button.

The "Compile/Download Program to PLC" program opens.
5. Make the following settings:
-

Activate the "Changes" check box in the "Scope" area You only need to
download the additional charts from the "RMT2" part of plant, you have
already downloaded all the other charts belonging to the unit "RMT1".

Caution
The CPU remains in process mode only if you select this option.

Check box "Generate module drivers" is activated.

Check box "Update sampling time" is activated.

Check box "Delete empty runtime groups" is activated.

6. Click the "OK" button.

The settings are applied and the "Download S7" tab is displayed.
7. Activate the "Changes" option and click the "OK" button.
The settings are now applied.

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8. Select the "OS(1)" object and click the "Edit" button.

The dialog box "Which areas do you want to assign to operator station OS(1)?"
opens and in the list you can see the existing "RMT1" unit and the new "RMT2"
unit that are both automatically assigned to OS (1).

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9. Click the "Next >" button.

The dialog box "Select the network connections for the S7 programs belonging
to the areas" opens. Both OS areas are shown in the left section of the window
and in the right section you can see the network connection that you have
created in NetPro.

10. Click the "Next >" button.

The "Select the data you want to compile and the scope of the compilation"
dialog box opens.
11. Activate the following check boxes or option fields:
Area

Option fields / Check boxes

"Data"

"Tags and Messages"

"SFC Visualization"
"Picture Tree"

"Further Options"

"Create/update block icons"

"Scope"

"Changes"

12. Click the "Apply" button.

The "Settings: Download OS" dialog box opens. The "Settings: Download OS"
dialog box opens. (The dialog will not open if only the "Compile OS" is
activated.)
13. Click the "Cancel" button.
The dialog is closed.
14. Click on the "Start" button.
The compile and download process is started and the message dialog
"Downloading program changes during operation....." opens.
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15. Click the "OK" button.

The dialog "If you want to download changes online, please make sure
that.....Do you want to continue?" opens.
16. Click the "yes" button.
When the compiling and downloading process is completed, the log file is
opened in the text editor.
17. Close the text editor.
18. Click on the "Close" button in the "Compile and Download Objects" dialog box.

9.2.2

How to Adapt the OS Configuration

Ready to Start?
The "color_gs" project is open in the WinCC Explorer

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Open the process picture "RMT2" in the Graphics Designer.
2. Change the header text to "RMT2 part of plant ".
3. Save the process picture.
4. Close the Graphics Designer.
Additional changes are not necessary because all the block icons in the process
picture with the corresponding interconnection were updated by the copy process
and the subsequent compiling.

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9.2.3

How to Start the Process Mode

Ready to Start?
x
x
x

You have compiled the OS

PCS 7 OS "color_gs" is open
You have completed the changes in the ""RMT2 process picture

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the menu command File > Activate in the WinCC Explorer.
You then change to the process mode.
You will now see an additional button in the overview with the label "RMT2". By
clicking on the "RMT1" and "RMT2" buttons, you can monitor one plant section
of the other.
The button of the plant section currently displayed is highlighted in color.
2. Click on the "RMT2" button in the overview area.
3. Change the button set and click on the "SFC Visualization- " button.
The "Open SFC" dialog box opens.
In the detailed window, you will now see to SFC charts: the SFC chart of
"RMT1" and the SFC chart of "RMT2".
4. Select the "../RMT2" SFC chart and start the sequential control system.

Note
For more detailed information, refer to "Working in the Process Mode Operator
Control and Monitoring in the Process Mode".

5. Working in the process mode:

-

Change between the plant sections

Change the setpoint assignment

Select the reactor

You will find more detailed information in "Working in the Process Mode".

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Starting and Adapting the Example Project

10.1

The Supplied Example Project 'color_gs'

With Getting Started, you also receive the PCS 7 project "color_gs" that has
already been fully configured. You can open this project and start it on your
computer. Since we assumed a specific hardware configuration when creating the
project, you will need to adapt the hardware configuration if you use different
hardware components.
The following sections provide you with an overview of opening the sample project
and the work involved in adapting it.
x
x
x

10.1.1

Opening the example project

Adapting the hardware for the example project
Compiling and downloading the example project

How to Open the Example Project

Ready to Start?
The SIMATIC Manager is open

Note
You receive the example project as a zip file that you can extract using a PCS 7
function.

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Open the SIMATIC Manager and select the menu command File > Retrieve...
The "Retrieve - Select Archive" dialog box opens.
2. Open the folder "SIEMENS/ STEP7/ Examples_MP"

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3. Select the file "color_gs.zip" and click on the "Open" button.

The "Select destination directory" dialog box opens and the "S7proj" folder is
selected this is the default storage location for all PCS 7 projects.
If you

then

want to accept the default folder,

Click the "OK" button.

have created a separate folder for the

example project

navigate to this folder and then click the "OK"

button.

Retrieval is then started. On completion of the retrieval, the "Retrieving" message

window opens.
4. Click the "OK" button.
A further message window is then opened: "The multiproject 'color_gs' has
been removed from the archive Do you want to open it now?".
5. Click the "yes" button.
The example project opens.

10.1.2

How to Adapt the Hardware for the Example Project

Ready to Start?
x
x

The example project is open in the SIMATIC Manager

The component view is activated

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Activate the required network adapter in the Configuration Console.
For more detailed information, refer to "First Steps in the Project Preliminary
Settings for the Network How to Make the Settings in the Configuration
Console.".
2. Select the network adapter (communication module) you wish to use for the
communication to the engineering station.
For more detailed information, refer to "How to Select the Communication Module
in SIMATIC Shell".
3. Configure the PLC.
-

Select your components from the hardware catalog and drag them to the
slot in which our component is inserted.& This overwrites component that
we use with your component.

Make the settings for the CP and network connection.

For more detailed information, refer to "First Steps in the Project Configuring the
Stations How to Configure the PLC".

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4. Rename the PC station

For more detailed information, refer to "First Steps in the Project Configuring the
Stations How to Rename the PC Station".
5. Configure the OS.
-

Make the settings for the network adapter and network connections.

For more detailed information, refer to "First Steps in the Project Configuring the
Stations How to Configure the OS".
6. Configure the network connection in NetPro and download it to the PC station.
For more detailed information, refer to "First Steps in the Project Configuring the
Stations How to Make Settings in NetPro".

10.1.3

How to Compile and Download the Example Project

Ready to Start?
x
x
x

The "color_gs" project is open in the SIMATIC Manager

CPU in "STOP" mode
Hardware adapted

Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Select the "color_gs_Prj" object in the tree structure.
2. Select the menu command PLC > Compile and Download Objects.
3. Activate the following check boxes in the "Compile and Download Objects"
dialog box:
Object

Compiling

color_gs_Prj/[name of the PC station]/Configuration

Download

color_gs_Prj/[name of the PC station]/WinCC Application/OS(1) X

color_gs_Prj/SIMATIC 400(1)/Hardware

color_gs_Prj/SIMATIC 400(1)/[Name of the CPU]/Charts

4. Select the "Charts" object and click the "Edit" button.

5. Activate the following options and check boxes in the "Compile/Download
Program to PLC" dialog box:
Area

Option fields / Check boxes

"Scope"

"Entire program"

Further settings

"Generate module drivers"

"Update sampling time"
"Delete empty runtime groups"

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6. Click the "OK" button.

7. Select the "OS(1)" object and click the "Edit" button.
-

In the dialog box "Which areas do you want to assign to operator station
OS(1)?" the "RMT1" and "RMT2" units to OS (1).

Select the S7 connection in the dialog box "Select the network connections
for the S7 programs belonging to the areas".

In the dialog box "Select the data you want to compile and the scope of the
compilation", activate the following check boxes:

Area

Check box

"Data"

"Tags and Messages"

"SFC Visualization"
"Picture Tree"

"Further Options"

"Create/update block icons"

"Scope"

"Entire OS with memory reset"

8. Click the "Apply" button.

9. In the "Settings: Download OS" dialog, click the "Cancel" button.
10. Click on the "Start" button.
The compiling and downloading processes are started.
11. The message "Downloading program changes during operation can, in the
case of malfunctions or program errors, cause serious damage to personnel
and equipment!.... Make sure also..." opens,.
12. Click the "OK" button.
In the dialog "If you want to download changes online, please make sure
that.....Do you want to continue?"
13. Click the "yes" button.
When this is completed, the log file opens in the text editor to show you
whether or not the compilation and download was completed without error.
14. Close the text editor.

Working in the PCS 7 OS

1. Switch to the Component view of the SIMATIC Manager.
2. Open the PCS 7 OS.
For more detailed information, refer to "Configuring the Operator Station Working
in the SIMATIC Manager How to Start the PCS 7 OS".
3. Select the OS(1)/Computer entry in the navigation window.
4. Select the computer in the detailed window and then select the menu
command View > Properties.

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5. Enter the name of the computer on which you open the project in the
"Computer name" input field. This name corresponds to the name used for the
computer in the network.
You can find this name as follows: "Start > Settings > Control Panel > System
> "Network Identification" tab > "Computer name" field.
6. Open the context menu of the "OS Project Editor" and select the menu
command "Open".
7. Accept all the default settings.
8. Click the "OK" button.
The progress bar opens and the configuration of the project is performed.
9. Activate the process mode.
For more detailed information, refer to "Working in the Process Mode Operator
Control and Monitoring in the Process Mode".

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A
Adapting the example project 10-2
Additional task 9-1
Applications 2-1

B
Block catalog 4-19
Block comment 4-39
Block icon 4-43
specifying the type 4-42
block icons
"View_Tag" attribute 7-27
Block icons 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-27
activating creation of 7-3
adapting 7-27
creating 7-5
Blocks 4-4, 4-6, 4-7, 4-22, 4-32
I/Os 4-22
inserting in library 4-6
interconnection 4-32
master data library 4-4
Brief overview 2-1

C
Catalog 4-20
CFC chart 6-6
test mode 6-6
CFC charts 4-1, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, 4-15,
4-17, 4-21, 4-22, 4-32, 6-1, 9-1
assigning parameter values to blocks
4-22
color_gs project 4-13
compiling 6-1
downloading 6-1
inserting 4-17
interconnecting 4-32
object properties 4-15
opening 4-21
plant hierarchy 4-12
renaming 4-15, 9-1
significance of CFC_FC111 4-14
significance of CFC_LI111 4-14
significance of CFC_NK11x 4-15
significance of CFC_NP111 4-14
significance of CFC_SETP 4-13

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CFC Editor 4-19, 4-20, 6-8, 6-9
catalog 4-20
monitoring 6-8
overview 4-19
sheet view 4-19
test mode 6-8
testing a chart 6-8
CFC_FC111 4-14, 4-26, 4-27, 4-32
assigning parameter values 4-27
inserting blocks 4-26
interconnecting 4-32
CFC_LI111 4-14, 4-29, 4-30, 4-34
assigning parameter values 4-30
inserting blocks 4-29
interconnecting 4-34
CFC_NK111x 4-39
assigning parameter values 4-39
CFC_NK11x 4-15
CFC_NP111 4-14, 4-31
assigning parameter values 4-31
CFC_SETP 4-13, 4-22, 4-24
assigning parameters 4-24
inserting blocks 4-22
Changes 9-7, 9-8
downloading 9-8
Clear/Reset 7-7
CLOSE_LINE 5-18
Compile 6-2, 6-4, 7-7, 7-9
operator station 7-8, 7-9
SFC/CFC charts 6-1
Component view 2-2, 7-1
Operator station 7-1
Configuration 3-17
hardware 3-17
Configuration Console 3-5, 3-7
Configuration mode 3-5
Configuration OS 3-21
Connection partner 3-26
Copy 9-1
Creating a project 3-10

D
Detail window 2-2
SIMATIC Manager 2-2
Download 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5
Drawing board 7-13
Duplicating 7-22

Index-1

Index

E
END 5-19
Entering setpoints 7-29
Example project 10-1, 10-2, 10-3
compiling 10-4
downloading 10-4
opening 10-1

F
Faceplates 8-7
Filter 4-36
Function 3-32

G
Graphics Designer 7-13, 7-15, 7-16
libraries 7-13
object palettes 7-15
objects 7-13, 7-16
toolbars 7-15

H
Hardware 3-18
catalog 3-18
PLC configuration 3-18
Hardware configuration 3-17, 3-18, 3-28
downloading 3-28
PLC 3-18
Hardware settings 3-5
Hierarchy folder 3-35, 9-1, 9-2
inserting 3-35
renaming 9-1
How to Select the Communication Module
in Simatic Shell 3-7

I
I/O field 7-29, 7-32
formatting 7-32
inserting 7-29
I/O fields 7-16
I/Os 4-22
invisible 4-22
INIT_DOSE 5-17
INIT_LINE1 5-17
INIT_LINE2 5-17
Initialization 5-13
input/output fields 7-29
Input/output fields
inserting 7-29
interconnection 4-32
Interconnection
CFC charts 4-32
Interconnection to addresses 4-43
deleting 4-43

Index-2

IP protocol 3-21

K
Keyset 8-1

L
Libraries 4-5, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-19, 7-13
Graphics Designer 7-13
hiding 4-9, 4-10
opening 4-5
local PC station 3-17

M
MAC address 3-5, 3-21
Master data library 3-9, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-6,
4-7, 4-8, 4-9
Advantages 4-2
blocks 4-4
inserting blocks 4-6
inserting process tag types 4-8
process tag types 4-3, 4-4
storage of objects 4-3
Message line 8-1
Message system 8-9
Messages 8-9
acknowledging 8-9
MODE 4-27
monitoring on/off 6-8
Multiproject 3-9

N
Navigation window 7-12
NetPro 3-24
Network adapters 3-7
New Project 3-8
New Project wizard 3-9
background information 3-9

O
Object 2-1
project 2-1
Object palettes 7-15
Objects 6-2, 7-13, 7-16
compiling 6-1
downloading 6-3, 6-4
dynamic 7-13
I/O fields 7-16
static 7-13, 7-16
text fields 7-16
Operating mode 3-5

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Operator station 7-7, 7-11

compiling 7-7
network connection 7-7
starting 7-11
OS configuration 7-2
block icons 7-2
compilation 7-2
picture properties 7-2
OS project editor 10-3
Overview 4-19, 4-20
Overview area 8-1

P
PC station 3-17, 3-21
renaming 3-21
PCS 7 Library V61 4-6, 4-8
PCS 7 OS 7-1, 7-12
configuring 7-1
structure 7-12
PG mode 3-5
Picture hierarchy 3-29
Picture properties 7-3
changing a picture name 7-3
editing 7-3
Picture Tree 7-7
Pictures 7-5
deleting 7-5
Piping and instrumentation
flow diagram 3-2
Plant 3-32
Plant designation 3-29
Plant hierarchy 3-29, 3-30, 3-32, 3-33,
3-35, 4-12, 4-17, 7-6
adapting names 3-33
CFC charts 4-12
creating block icons 7-5
hierarchy folder 3-35
hierarchy levels 3-30
inserting CFC charts 4-17
making settings 3-30
naming 3-32
Picture hierarchy 3-29
plant designation 3-29
plant sections 3-32
Plant sections 9-1
copying 9-1
naming 3-32
Plant view 2-2, 3-32
function 3-32
plant 3-32
position 3-32
structuring 3-32
unit 3-32
PLC 3-18, 6-2
configuration 3-18

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PLC-OS assignment 3-36

PLC-OS communication 3-36
Position 3-32
Prerequisites 1-1
Process 8-3, 8-4, 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, 8-9
changing the setpoint assignment 8-7
controlling 8-6
messages 8-9
opening faceplates 8-7
selecting the reactor 8-6
starting 8-3
stopping 8-6
Process mode 7-1, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 8-10, 9-9
exiting 8-10
starting 8-3, 9-9
user interface 8-1
Process object view 2-2, 4-35, 4-36, 4-39,
4-40
adapting the view 4-39
block comment 4-39
Filter 4-36
specifying I/Os 4-36
Process picture 7-14, 7-18, 7-20
inserting a tank 7-18
inserting pipes 7-18
labeling plant equipment 7-20
opening 7-14
Process pictures 7-1, 7-12
Process tag types 4-3, 4-4, 4-9, 4-18, 4-38
inserting 4-18, 4-38
inserting in library 4-8
master data library 4-3, 4-4
templates 4-18
Project 2-1, 3-1, 3-8, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12,
3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 9-1
"color_gs" 3-1
additional task 9-1
closing 3-15
opening 3-15
wizard 3-8
Project editor 10-3

R
Reactor selection 7-29
Renaming 9-1
Requirements 1-1, 1-2
hardware 1-1
software 1-2
Run sequence 5-22
optimizing 5-22
run time 5-17
Runtime group 6-1

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S
S7 connection 3-24, 7-9
Scan time 6-1
Sequential control system 5-6
Sequential control systems 5-1, 5-7
creating 5-7
Setpoint assignment 7-34
inserting 7-34
SFC chart 5-4, 6-6
moving 5-4
test mode 6-6
SFC charts 5-1, 5-4, 5-5, 5-13, 6-1, 6-3,
9-1
assigning parameter values 5-13
compiling 6-3, 6-4, 6-5
downloading 6-1
initialization 5-13
opening 5-5
renaming 5-4, 9-1
SFC Editor 5-1, 5-2, 6-7
functions 5-2
step 5-1
test mode 6-7, 6-8
testing charts 6-7
transition 5-1
SFC Visualization 7-7
Sheet view 4-20
SIMATIC Manager 2-2, 2-3, 7-3
OS compilation 7-2
OS configuration 7-2
structure 2-2
user interface 2-2
working with 2-3
Single project 3-9
SLOW_DOWN 5-18
Start
button set 8-4
SFC block icon 8-3
Starting 8-4
Static objects 7-16
Step 5-1
Steps 5-2, 5-9, 5-10
properties 5-2
renaming 5-9
Structure of the plant 3-3

Task 3-2, 3-3

piping and instrumentation flow diagram
3-2
structure of the plant 3-3
Templates 4-18
Test mode 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9
CFC chart 6-6
CFC Editor 6-8
mode 6-7
properties 6-7
SFC chart 6-6
SFC Editor 6-7
step control mode 6-7
Text field 7-20, 7-21
attributes 7-21
formatting 7-20
inserting 7-20
labeling 7-20
setting object properties 7-21
Text fields 7-16, 7-22, 7-33
adding to 7-33
duplicating 7-22
Toolbars 7-15
Graphics Designer 7-15
Transition 5-1
Transitions 5-2, 5-11, 5-19
parameters 5-20, 5-21
properties 5-2
renaming 5-11
Tree structure 2-2
SIMATIC Manager 2-2

U
Unit 3-32

V
View_Tag 7-27
Views 2-2
component view 2-2
plant view 2-2
process object view 2-2

W
WinCC Explorer 7-12
structure 7-12

T
Tag interconnection 7-17, 7-24
raw material tank 7-24

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