SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX compact system
SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX enhances the SIMATIC PCS 7 range with low-price, rugged and space-saving industrial PC systems with versatile application options, e.g. as:
• Client in an operator system or in SIMATIC BATCH
• Compact process control system with system functionality for engineering (ES), automation (AS), HMI (OS)
• Runtime system with system functionality as above, but without engineering
SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX systems are compact systems and are focused to the last two applications listed above.
With the SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Runtime software limited to 2 000 process objects (POs), excellent physical properties and small dimensions, they are designed for automation at plant level for:
• Small applications/units in production processes • Package units (enclosed subprocesses)
• Laboratories or institutes
They are also highly suitable as training systems for operators and service engineers.
The application of standard SIMATIC PCS 7 components ensures scalability and unlimited expansion without a change in compatibility. With increasing requirements, e.g. if a test system is subsequently to be operated as a productive system of larger scale, expansion with SIMATIC PCS 7 system components is possible without problem, as is integration into the production plant.
The product range is primarily differentiated by the automation functionality, that is, by the controller type and the type of communication in the field area:
• SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX
with integrated WinAC RTX software controller, optionally with PROFIBUS or PROFINET interface
• SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX
in combination with a separate external controller: - Microbox automation system as SIMATIC PCS 7 AS RTX
PROFIBUS or SIMATIC PCS 7 AS RTX PROFINET
- Modular automation system of the S7-400 series with PROFIBUS and PROFINET interface as single or redundancy station
The selection depends on the price/performance ratio and on the supported hardware and software functionalities. The two basic types can be differentiated further depending on whether the engineering is concentrated in a central engineering system or integrated in the compact system: • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX
- ES/OS system with ES + OS + AS functionality - OS Runtime system with OS + AS functionality • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX
- ES/OS system with ES + OS functionality - OS Runtime system with OS functionality
A complete process control system for small applications can be implemented by expanding with distributed process I/Os. Depending on the type of automation system, the distributed process I/O can be connected via PROFIBUS, FOUNDATION Fieldbus H1 or PROFINET IO. Depending on the type of field communication, the ET 200M, ET 200SP, ET 200iSP, ET 200S or ET 200pro remote I/O stations are supported by a
comprehensive range of low-cost signal/function modules, but also by field/process devices connected directly over the fieldbus.
The compact systems can be incorporated into the PCS 7 asset management using the integrated SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor diagnostic software. Equipped as an ES/OS system with additional software licenses for SIMATIC PDM and SIMATIC PCS 7 Maintenance Station, a compact system can also be operated as a maintenance station.
SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX systems with an external controller are also suitable for SIMATIC BATCH (up to 10 units) or as a Web server for up to two Web clients.
1) The PROFIBUS routing functionality of the WinAC RTX 2010 can only be used with the on-board CP of the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX and PCS 7 AS RTX. 2) The PROFINET routing functionality of the WinAC RTX 2010 can only be used with the on-board CP of the PCS 7 AS RTX.
3) Typical mixed quantity structures based on the SIMATIC PCS 7 Advanced Process Library (APL)
Design versions
The compact systems are operated and monitored as standard using separate control units (mouse, keyboard, process monitor).
An alternative design version with front panel (photo on right) also permits operation and monitoring using a 22" TFT panel with touch screen, resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels.
SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with panel front, side and front views
System configuration PCS 7 BOX RTX SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX
WinAC RTX Controller Integrated PCS 7 AS RTX PROFIBUS/ PROFINET as separate controller Modular AS 41x (AS single station) as separate controller
Modular AS 41xH or AS 41xF (AS Single Station or AS Redundancy Station) as separate controller Supporte d functions and limits Software AS/OS Engineering n n n n
OS Runtime Single Station
up to 2 000 OS runtime PO n n n n
PCS 7 APL n n n n
SIMATIC PDM PCS 7 n n n n
SIMATIC PCS 7 Maintenance Station n n n n
SIMATIC BATCH up to 10 units n n n
Web server for up to 2 Web clients n n n
OS Single Station Redundancy n n n
S7 F Systems n
SIMATIC Safety Matrix n
Hardware
Controller (AS) independent of the
BOX PC system n n n
AS-to-AS communication n n n n
Routing n1) n1)2) n n
PROFIBUS DP/PA n n (PCS 7 AS RTX PROFIBUS) n n
FOUNDATION Fieldbus (FF) n n
PROFINET IO n n (PCS 7 AS RTX PROFINET) n n
Configuration in RUN (CiR) n n
High-precision time stamps n n
S7 Block Privacy n n
Block type change in Run (TCiR) n (AS 410) n (AS 410)
Retentive AS data Only with UPS Only with UPS
Max. AS quantity structure3) WinAC RTX 2010 up to 1 200 AS Runtime PO
WinAC RTX 2010 up to 1 200 AS Runtime PO
Depending on the type of the AS 41x, up to 2 000 AS Runtime PO
Depending on the type of the AS 41xH or AS 41xF, up to