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Preface, Contents
Preparation for
Getting Started - Part 2 1
SIMATIC Configuring the Hardware 2

Working with the
Plant Hierarchy 3
Process Control System PCS 7
Using Textual Interconnections 4
Getting Started - Part 2
Configuring CFC Charts Using
Efficient Functions 5
Getting Started
Configuring SFC Charts Using
Efficient Functions 6
Compiling, Downloading and
Testing the Charts 7
Configuring the PCS 7 OS 8

Operator Control and
Monitoring in Process Mode 9
Additional Task 10
Index
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Preface
Purpose of the Manual

Started – Part 2 introduces the PCS 7 functions you can use for fast and effective
configuration of you plant. These functions are especially convenient for
configuring large, complex plants.
Getting Started – Part 2 is especially directed at users who have already worked
through Getting Started – Part 1.
Required Experience
You should already have experience in the following areas:
• Microsoft operating system Windows 2000
• Basic knowledge in the field of process automation
• Functions and configuration of SIMATIC S7 (S7-400, STEP 7)
• Functions and configuration of SIMATIC NET (network components,
transmission media)
You should also be familiar with the basic functions of PCS 7. This includes all
functions described in Getting Started – Part 1. Detailed instructions are provided
for all functions that were not covered in the first part of Getting Started – Part 1.
You should read the detailed descriptions in Getting Started – Part 1 again if
necessary.
Scope of the Manual

The manual applies to "PCS 7 Engineering Toolset V 6.0".
Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

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Guide to the Manual

Getting Started – Part 2 is based on Getting Started – Part 1. In this Getting
Started, you will configure an additional unit of the paint project. You will become
familiar with functions for efficient engineering. You will find important background
information needed to understand the individual topics and, of course, perform
step-by-step configuration.
You are also provided with a completed "color_gs2" project as a sample project in
a file. This is installed along with the system documentation of PCS 7. You can
open this project on an existing engineering system (ES) to view the configuration
data and compare the data with your own configuration data. You can activate the
project on an operator station (OS) to control and monitor the process.
Note
To test the sample project in process mode, you may have to adapt the hardware
configuration of the project to your actual hardware. In other words, you may have
to replace the hardware components in the sample project with you existing
hardware components.
Note
Many preparatory tasks that you will do in Getting Started – Part 2 were already
described in Getting Started – Part 1. Therefore, they are only described in outline
form in this part of Getting Started. Refer to Getting Started – Part 1 if you require
detailed information. This is part of the system documentation for PCS 7 that is
included in the standard installation of PCS 7.
Select the following menu command to open Getting Started – Part 1:
Start > Simatic > Documentation > English > PCS 7 Getting Started Part 1
(Online Help) or PCS 7 Getting Started Part 1 (PDF)

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Conventions
In this Getting Started, all the instructions are explained with full menu commands.
You can also activate the majority of functions from context menus or by double-
clicking on an icon.
In PCS 7, you can use standard Windows functions in many situations:
• Multiple selection with the "CTRL" and "Shift" keys
• Sorting columns in tables by clicking on the column header
• Using Drag & Drop instead of Copy and Paste
If you open the HTML version of Getting Started, you can run video sequences.
These video sequences show the exact steps that you can follow on screen before
performing them yourself. Video sequences are indicated by the following icon:
Video
Click on the word "Video" to start a video sequence. You can pause and restart the
video sequences using the corresponding commands in the context menu.
One tutorial in Getting Started leads to the next and you will create a complete
PCS 7 project yourself step-by-step. This makes it essential to work through the
tutorials in the correct order.
Special Notes
You will find more detailed information and wide-ranging topics in the configuration
manuals "Process Control System PCS 7, Engineering System" and "Process
Control System PCS 7, Operator Station". These will be useful to you as
references.
These manuals are located
• on the CD "SIMATIC Process Control System PCS 7 V 6.0, Electronic
Manuals".
• in the PCS 7 Software in the SIMATIC Manager. You can open the documents
with the menu command "Start > SIMATIC > Documentation > [required
language]".
If you wish to familiarize yourself with the special topics in greater depth, refer to
the appropriate manuals, for example, for SFC and CFC.

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Contents
1 Preparation for Getting Started - Part 2 .......................................................................1-1

1.1 Requirements for Performing Getting Started - Part 2......................................1-1
1.1.1 Required hardware for Getting Started - Part 2 ................................................1-1
1.1.2 Required software for Getting Started ..............................................................1-2
1.2 Introduction to the Overall Project for the Getting Started ................................1-3
1.2.1 Structure of the Plant for the 'color_gs' Project.................................................1-3
1.2.2 Introduction to the Overall Project.....................................................................1-4
1.2.3 Tasks Definitions for Getting Started - Part 2 ...................................................1-7
1.3 Preparation........................................................................................................1-8
1.3.1 Overview of Default Settings.............................................................................1-8
1.3.1.1 How to Retrieve the Project ..............................................................................1-8
1.3.1.2 How to Adapt the MAC Address .....................................................................1-10
1.3.1.3 How to Adapt the Name of the OS..................................................................1-11
1.4 Using a Local PC Station ................................................................................1-12
1.4.1 How is a PC Station Used?.............................................................................1-12
1.4.1.1 How to Configure a Local PC Station .............................................................1-12
1.4.1.2 How to Make Settings in the Configuration Console ......................................1-13
1.4.1.3 How to Set the PG/PC Interface .....................................................................1-14
1.4.1.4 How to Make Settings in the Station Configurator ..........................................1-14
1.4.1.5 How to Make Settings in the SIMATIC Manager ............................................1-15
1.4.1.6 How to Make Settings in HW Config...............................................................1-16
1.4.1.7 How to Make Settings in Net Pro ....................................................................1-17
1.4.1.8 Checking the Settings .....................................................................................1-18
2 Configuring the Hardware .............................................................................................2-1
2.1 Principle of Simulating with Hardware Components .........................................2-1
2.1.1 Implementing Simulation with Hardware...........................................................2-1
2.1.1.1 How to Change the Name of the Plant Bus ......................................................2-2
2.1.1.2 How to Add the Distributed I/O..........................................................................2-2
2.2 Function and Use of Symbolic Names..............................................................2-5
2.2.1 Using Symbolic Names .....................................................................................2-5
2.2.2 Symbolic Names for Digital Input Modules .......................................................2-6
2.2.3 Symbolic Names for Digital Output Modules ....................................................2-6
2.2.4 Symbolic Names for Analog Input Modules ......................................................2-7
2.2.5 Symbolic Names for Analog Output Modules ...................................................2-7
2.2.5.1 How to Assign Symbolic Names .......................................................................2-8
3 Working with the Plant Hierarchy .................................................................................3-1
3.1 Adapting the Plant Hierarchy ............................................................................3-1
3.1.1 How to Expand the Plant Hierarchy ..................................................................3-2
3.1.2 How to Add Process Pictures............................................................................3-3
4 Using Textual Interconnections ....................................................................................4-1
4.1 What are Textual Interconnections? .................................................................4-1
4.2 Textual Interconnections in CFC Charts ...........................................................4-2
4.3 Textual Interconnections in SFC Charts ...........................................................4-2

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5 Configuring CFC Charts Using Efficient Functions....................................................5-1

5.1 Overview of the Work in CFC............................................................................5-1
5.2 Expanding the Master Data Library ..................................................................5-2
5.2.1 Expanding the Master Data Library ..................................................................5-2
5.2.1.1 How to Save Additional Blocks .........................................................................5-2
5.3 Making CFC Chart Corrections in RMT1 and RMT2 ........................................5-4
5.3.1 Making Corrections in RMT1 and RMT2...........................................................5-4
5.3.1.1 How to Delete Unneeded Interconnections ......................................................5-4
5.3.1.2 How to Change the Values in the RMT1/RMT2 Unit ........................................5-7
5.4 Simulation Charts and the 'Chart in Chart' Technique ......................................5-8
5.4.1 Implementing Simulation with CFC Charts .......................................................5-8
5.4.2 Function of the Simulation Charts .....................................................................5-9
5.4.3 Function of the "General" CFC Chart..............................................................5-10
5.4.3.1 How to Insert CFC Charts for REAC1.............................................................5-10
5.4.3.2 How to Create the "General" Chart .................................................................5-11
5.4.3.3 How to Create the "SIMV" Chart .....................................................................5-13
5.4.3.4 Step 1 - How to Insert the "SIMV" Block .........................................................5-13
5.4.3.5 Step 2 - How to Configure the Inputs and Outputs of "SIMV".........................5-14
5.4.3.6 Step 3 - How to Interconnect the Inputs and Outputs of "SIMV" ....................5-14
5.4.3.7 How to Create the "SIMMO" Simulation Chart................................................5-17
5.4.3.8 How to Create the "SIMREAC" Simulation Chart ...........................................5-18
5.5 Working with Process Tag Types ...................................................................5-22
5.5.1 Using Process Tag Types ...............................................................................5-22
5.5.1.1 How to Create "MOTOR" Process Tags Using Process Tag Types...............5-23
5.5.1.2 Step 1 - How to Create the "TYPE_MOTOR" Base Chart..............................5-23
5.5.1.3 Step 2 - How to Create the "TYPE_MOTOR" Process Tag Type...................5-25
5.5.1.4 Step 3 - How to Create the Import File "MOTOR_REAC1" ............................5-29
5.5.1.5 Step 4 - How to Edit the Import File "MOTOR_REAC1" .................................5-30
5.5.1.6 Step 5 - How to Generate "TYPE_MOTOR" Process Tags............................5-34
5.5.1.7 The Results... ..................................................................................................5-36
5.5.1.8 How to Create "VALVE" Process Tags Using Process Tag Types ................5-38
5.5.1.9 Step 1 - How to Create the "TYPE_VALVE" Base Chart................................5-39
5.5.1.10 Step 2 - How to Create the "TYPE_VALVE" Process Tag Type ....................5-41
5.5.1.11 Step 3 - How to Create the Import File "VALVE_REAC1" ..............................5-42
5.5.1.12 Step 4 - How to Edit the import file "VALVE_REAC1" ....................................5-43
5.5.1.13 Step 5 - How to Generate "TYPE_VALVE" Process Tags .............................5-45
5.5.1.14 How to Close Textual Interconnections... .......................................................5-46
5.6 Modifying Process Tag Types.........................................................................5-48
5.6.1 Making Changes at a Later Time....................................................................5-48
5.6.2 The Most Important Information about the Import/Export File ........................5-48
5.6.2.1 How to Add a Parameter.................................................................................5-49
5.6.2.2 How to Make Additional Corrections - Basic Procedure .................................5-51
5.7 Creating Additional CFC Charts......................................................................5-53
5.7.1 How to Create a "CFC_LI311" CFC Chart......................................................5-53
5.7.2 How to Create the "CFC_TC 311" CFC chart.................................................5-56
5.8 Summary.........................................................................................................5-60
5.8.1 Summary of "Efficient Engineering in the CFC Configuration" .......................5-60

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6 Configuring SFC Charts Using Efficient Functions ....................................................6-1

6.1 Overview of the Work in SFC............................................................................6-1
6.2 Making SFC Chart Corrections in RMT1 and RMT2 ........................................6-1
6.2.1 Modifications in the RMT Units .........................................................................6-1
6.2.1.1 How to Modify the SFC Charts of the RMTx Unit .............................................6-1
6.3 Working with SFC Types...................................................................................6-5
6.3.1 Overview of SFC Types ....................................................................................6-5
6.3.2 What Are the Important Elements in an SFC Type?.........................................6-5
6.3.3 Planning for the "REAC" SFC Type ..................................................................6-6
6.3.3.1 How to Create an SFC Type .............................................................................6-8
6.3.3.2 Step 1 - How to Create an SFC Type ...............................................................6-9
6.3.3.3 Step 2 - How to Open the SFC Type "REAC"...................................................6-9
6.3.3.4 Step 3 - How to Define the Control Strategies ................................................6-10
6.3.3.5 Step 4 - How to Create the Sequences ..........................................................6-12
6.3.3.6 Step 5 - How to Specify the Setpoints ............................................................6-14
6.3.3.7 Step 6 - How to Create Process Values .........................................................6-16
6.3.3.8 Step 7 - How to Create the Block Contacts ....................................................6-17
6.3.3.9 Step 8 - How to Configure the "RESET" Sequence........................................6-19
6.3.3.10 Step 9 - How to Configure the "Heating" and "Drain" Sequences ..................6-22
6.3.3.11 Step 10 - How to Create an SFC Instance......................................................6-24
6.3.3.12 Step 11 - How to Save the SFC Type in the Master Data Library ..................6-25
6.4 Summary.........................................................................................................6-26
6.4.1 Summary of "Efficient Engineering in the SFC Configuration" .......................6-26
7 Compiling, Downloading and Testing the Charts .......................................................7-1
7.1 Compiling, Downloading and Testing Your Project ..........................................7-1
7.1.1 How to Compile and Download the Project ......................................................7-1
7.1.2 How to Test the Program ..................................................................................7-4
8 Configuring the PCS 7 OS .............................................................................................8-1
8.1 Overview of Work Involving the OS Configuration............................................8-1
8.2 Creating Graphic Symbols ................................................................................8-2
8.2.1 Creation of Custom Symbols for Process Pictures ...........................................8-2
8.2.1.1 How to Open a Picture File for Your Symbols ..................................................8-2
8.2.1.2 How to Create the Symbols for the Agitator......................................................8-3
8.2.1.3 How to Create the Symbols for the Pump.........................................................8-5
8.3 Working with the Standard Block Icons ............................................................8-8
8.3.1 Where are the Standard Block Icons Saved? ...................................................8-8
8.3.2 Modifying the Standard Block Icons..................................................................8-9
8.3.2.1 How to Copy a File..........................................................................................8-10
8.3.2.2 How to Modify the Standard Block Icons ........................................................8-10
8.3.2.3 Step 1 - How to Save a Copy of the "MOTOR" Block Icon.............................8-10
8.3.2.4 Step 2 - How to Change the Properties of the "MOTOR" Block Icon .............8-11
8.3.2.5 Step 3 - How to Adapt the Representation of the Pump.................................8-12
8.3.2.6 Step 4 - How to Modify the "SFC TYPE" Block Icon.......................................8-13
8.4 Generating Block Icons ...................................................................................8-15
8.4.1 How to Work with the Plant Hierarchy ............................................................8-15
8.5 Creating the Process Picture ..........................................................................8-20
8.5.1 How to Create the Process Picture .................................................................8-20
8.5.2 How to Insert a Status Display........................................................................8-23
8.5.3 How to Insert Buttons for RMT1 and RMT2....................................................8-26
8.5.4 How to Modify the Process Pictures RMT1 and RMT2 ..................................8-29
8.6 Summary.........................................................................................................8-30
8.6.1 Summary of "Efficient Engineering in the OS Configuration" .........................8-30

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9 Operator Control and Monitoring in Process Mode....................................................9-1

9.1 Functions in Process Mode...............................................................................9-1
9.2 Operating the SFC Instance..............................................................................9-1
9.2.1 How to Start the SFC Instance..........................................................................9-2
9.2.2 How to Select the Control Strategy...................................................................9-3
9.2.3 How to Change the Setpoint for the Temperature ............................................9-4
9.2.4 How to Switch the Simulation Mode .................................................................9-5
9.2.5 How to Specify the Minimum Fill Level .............................................................9-5
10 Additional Task .............................................................................................................10-1
10.1 Configuring Reactor 2 at a Glance..................................................................10-1
10.1.1 How to Configure Unit "REAC2" .....................................................................10-1
10.1.2 How to Compile the Changes .........................................................................10-3
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1 Preparation for Getting Started - Part 2
1.1 Requirements for Performing Getting Started - Part 2

In order to perform Getting Started, certain requirements must be met for the
following components:
• Hardware
• Software
1.1.1 Required hardware for Getting Started - Part 2
The required hardware corresponds to that required for Getting Started – Part 1.
The required hardware components are briefly listed in the following tables:
Hardware components Equipment for Getting Started Other variants

possible
PG or PC with standard 3Com EtherLink III IS yes
network card
Rack UR2 yes
Power supply PS 407 10A yes
CPU CPU 417-4, Firmware as of V 3.1 no
CP 443-1 6GK7 443-1 EX11-0XE0, no
Firmware as of 2.0 with a fixed MAC
address
Memory card
Crossover cable no
Caution
The CPU and CP are mandatory to perform configuration tasks as described in
Getting Started.
Note
If you need more detailed information about the hardware required, refer to Getting
Started – Part 1.
If you wish to perform a concrete simulation of the I/O modules, you will also need
the following components:

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Preparation for Getting Started - Part 2
Hardware components Equipment for Getting Started Other variants possible

IM 153-1 6ES7 153-1AA03-0XB0 yes
Digital input module 6ES7 321-1BH01-0AA0 yes
Digital output module 6ES7 322-8BF00-0AB0 yes
Analog input module 6ES7 331-7KF01-0AB0 yes
Analog output module 6ES7 332-5HD01-0AB0 yes
1.1.2 Required software for Getting Started
The following software must be installed in any case:

• Windows 2000 Professional, SP4
• Internet Explorer 6.0, SP1
• Message queuing service
• SQL server, SP3
• Software package "PCS 7 Engineering" – if you have questions about the
installation of the PCS 7 Toolset, please refer to the readme file on the
installation CD or contact Customer Support.

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1.2 Introduction to the Overall Project for the

Getting Started
1.2.1 Structure of the Plant for the 'color_gs' Project
The plant structure for Getting Started – Part 2 is identical to that in Getting Started
– Part 1.
The following illustration provides a brief overview:
Single-node system
Engineering station(ES)/
Operator station (OS)
Direct connection
via cross-over cable
Automation system
SIMATIC S7 400
with CP 443-1
If you need more information about the plant structure, refer to the section
Structure of the Plant for the "color_gs" Project in Getting Started – Part 1.
Note
Be aware that the plant structure and the resulting hardware settings are especially
matched to the requirements of the Getting Started documentation.

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1.2.2 Introduction to the Overall Project
The plant you will be configuring in this Getting Started documentation is a full-
automatic factory for manufacturing paint.
We introduced the overall project in detail in Getting Started – Part 1. The following
is a brief summary of the individual phases:
Phase I – Raw materials

Dosing of the liquid basic materials from two raw material tanks in either reactor 1
or reactor 2.
Dosing of solid raw materials from three silos in a weighing hopper and from there
into a mixing container.
Note
The dosing of the liquid raw materials was configured in Getting Started Part 1.
Phase II – Production
The product is produced in the reactors by agitating, heating and cooling the raw
materials along with the additives. The temperature in the reactors is controlled by
values and actuators.
Water can be fed into the reactors from a filtering unit through a flow regulator as
needed.
Phase III – Holding

Before finishing, the product is pumped into a holding tank, stirred and kept at a
constant temperature.
Phase IV – Filling
Following the holding phase, the product is briefly stored in a filling tank from which
it can then be filled into tankers or small drums.
Phase V – Cleaning
All of the plant components can be cleaned by a cleaning system (CIP). The
resulting effluent is collected in a separate effluent tank for disposal.

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What exactly is configured in Getting Started – Part 2?

From the overall plant described above, the following will be configured for
reactor 1:
• Phase II: Production in the reactors with stirring and heating
• Phase III: Draining the holding tank
There is no "cooling" or "filtering" in Phase II, there is no "temperature stabilization"
in Phase III, Phases IV and V are omitted completely because you will have
already become familiar with all of the functions for efficient engineering from the
configuration tasks for the plant components described above.
You will add all other units in the plant hierarchy but their configuration is not
described in this Getting Started documentation.
Note
The configuration of the REAC1 unit is described in detail in this Getting Started
documentation. You can undertake the configuration of the REAC2 unit on your
own. In doing so, you can use all of the functions that you have learned in Getting
Started – Parts 1 and 2:
• Using the process object view
• Using process tag types
• Using SFC types
• etc.

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Graphical representation of the "REAC1" and "REAC2" units
Reactor 1
NR311 M
TC311
LI311
NK313
RMT1
Cold water
to unit NK311
Hot water RMT2

from unit
NK314 NK312
NK314 NP311 NK315
Reactor 2
NR321 M
TC321
LI321
NK323
RMT1
Cold water
to unit NK321
Hot water RMT2
from unit
NK324 NK322
NK324 NP321 NK325

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1.2.3 Tasks Definitions for Getting Started - Part 2
You will perform the following tasks for configuring the units:
• Retrieving the project "color_gs"
• Hardware configuration using symbolic names
• Adapting the plant hierarchy
• Creating simulation charts to use chart-in-chart
• Creating process tag types and process tags
• Creating other CFC charts
• Creating an SFC type and an SFC instance
• Compiling and testing
• Creating custom symbols for use in process pictures
• Modifying a standard block icon for multiple usage
• Creating a process picture
• Operating SFC instances in process mode

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1.3 Preparation
1.3.1 Overview of Default Settings
This Getting Started documentation represents a continuation of the project

configuration from Getting Started – Part 1.
We recommend that you use the operational sample project "color_gs" that is
automatically installed by the PCS 7 setup. This will ensure that all project tasks
and the names of the folders, charts, etc. correspond to the instructions from
Getting Started – Part 1. Getting Started – Part 2 is based exactly on this premise.
Settings for the supplied sample project

When you use the supplied sample project, you will perform the following tasks to
continue the configuration and compile, load and test the project:
Step What?
1 Retrieve project
2 Adapt MAC address
3 Adapt name of the OS
1.3.1.1 How to Retrieve the Project

The basic project is supplied as a ZIP file that you can retrieve with a PCS 7
command.
Note
The instructions in the following are provided in abbreviated form – a detailed
description is provided in Getting Started – Part 1 under the section "How to open
the sample project".
Ready to start?
The SIMATIC Manager is open.
Note
If you wish to save the project in a special folder, first create a folder in the
Windows Explorer, "getting_started_2" for example.

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Follow the steps outlined below...

1. Open the SIMATIC Manager and select the menu command File > Retrieve...
2. Open the folder "SIEMENS/ STEP7/Examples_MP"
3. Select the file "color_gs.zip" and click on the "Open" button.
4. Select the desired destination directory.
Retrieval is then started. On completion of the retrieval, the "Retrieving"
message window opens.
5. Click the "OK" button.
6. Open the project.

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1.3.1.2 How to Adapt the MAC Address
Note
The instructions in the following are provided in abbreviated form – a detailed
description is provided in Getting Started – Part 1 under the section "How to open
the sample project".
Ready to start?
• The sample project is open in the SIMATIC Manager.
• The component view is activated.
Adapt MAC address

1. Select the folder "color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/ SIMATIC 400(1)" in the tree.
2. Mark the "Hardware" object in the detail window and select the menu command
Edit > Open Object.
3. Mark the CP 443-1 and select the menu command Edit > Object Properties....
4. Click on the "Properties" button and enter the MAC address labeled on your CP
in the dialog "Properties - Ethernet port".
5. Deactivate the "IP protocol is being used" option.
6. Select the entry "Ethernet (1)" in the "Subnet" list.
7. Click on the "OK" button in the dialog "Properties – Ethernet port" and then click
"OK" in the dialog "Properties – CP 443-1".
The CP is now configured for Getting Started – Part 2.
8. Close HW Config.
9. Click on the "Yes" button in the message "Save changes in SIMATIC 400(1)?".

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1.3.1.3 How to Adapt the Name of the OS
Ready to start?
Adapting the name of the OS

1. Mark the object "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/SIMATIC PC Station(1)/WinCC
Application/OS(1)" in the tree.
2. Select the menu command Edit > Open Object.
3. Click "Yes" in the message dialog "The configured server is not available. Do
you want to open the project using the local computer as the server?".
4. Select the "OS(1)/Computer" entry in the tree of the WinCC Explorer.
5. In the detail window, mark the displayed computer and select the menu
command Edit > Properties and enter the network name of this PC in the
"Computer name" field.
Note
You will find this name in the Windows Control Panel under the "System
Properties".

7. Click "OK" in the message "The name of the computer '[name of the computer]'
has changed. The change .....".
8. Click on "OK" in the message "Change computer name".
9. Close the WinCC Explorer.

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1.4 Using a Local PC Station
1.4.1 How is a PC Station Used?
In Getting Started – Part 1 you added and configured the OS as a PC station. You
defined the communication interface between the AS and OS as
"ISO Industrial Ethernet".
PCS 7 also allows you to configure the computer as a local PC station for
performing the ES configuration. This offers the convenience of testing the external
operator stations without having to load data into a real OS. You only need to
compile the OS. The functions of the external OS can then be tested using the
menu command "Start OS Simulation".
To do this, you need to create a "local PC station" for the computer that is to
represent your ES. PC stations also need to be created for each operator station.
The plant structure in Getting Started is a special case, of course, because you are
working with a single-node system. In other words, the ES and OS are on a single
computer. Therefore, you will configure the PC station that you configured in
Getting Started – Part 1 to represent both the ES and OS. You can learn about the
configuration required for a local PC station in doing this.
1.4.1.1 How to Configure a Local PC Station

The PC station you will configure simultaneously serves as an OS and local PC
station because you are using a single-node system in this Getting Started.
The configuration is performed in several steps:
Step What?
1 Settings in the configuration console
2 Setting the PG/PC interface
3 Settings in the Station Configurator
4 Settings in the SIMATIC Manager
5 Settings in HW Config
6 Settings in Net Pro

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1.4.1.2 How to Make Settings in the Configuration Console

The configuration console is used to make the settings for the network cards of
your engineering system.
Note
The settings in the configuration console are generally made immediately after
installing PCS 7 using the Commissioning Wizard.
Ready to start?
• The configuration console is open.
• Select the menu command Start > SIMATIC > SIMATIC NET > Settings >
Configure PC Station .
Follow the steps outlined below:

1. Mark the object "3Com Ethernet Link../General" in the tree.
This network card is used to connect to the plant bus or for direct connection to
the CP – the latter is the case in this Getting Started documentation.
2. In the drop-down list "Mode of the module", select the entry "Configured mode"
and click the "Apply" button.
3. Select the entry "3Com Ethernet Link../Address" in the tree.
4. Make a note of the current MAC address of the network card.
5. If there are any other network cards connected to the plant bus(es), set the
operating mode to "Configured mode".
6. If there are any network cards connected to the terminal bus, set the operating
mode to "PG mode".
7. Close the Configuration Console.

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1.4.1.3 How to Set the PG/PC Interface
Ready to start?

1. Select the menu command Options> Set PG/PC Interface...
The Set "PG/PC Interface" dialog opens.
2. Select the entry "PC internal (local)" from the list "Interface Parameter
Assignments in the PG/PC".
The PG/PC interface is now configured.
4. Click "OK" in the message dialog "The following access path(s) was (were)
changed:...".
1.4.1.4 How to Make Settings in the Station Configurator

The entries from the commissioning wizard and the configuration console are
automatically entered into the Station Configurator. Since you have set up a local
PC station, you need to insert an additional WinCC application.
Ready to start?
• The Station Configurator is open.
• Select menu command Start > Station Configurator.
• You are shown the interfaces that are set to "Configured mode" in the
configuration console.

1. Click the "Add" button.
The "Add Components" dialog opens.
2. Select the entry "WinCC application" from the "Type" drop-down list.
3. Select the entry "1" from the "Index" drop-down list.
Note
If index "1" is already taken, use the next available index.

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The following message dialog opens: "Make sure that there is no active
communication over the components involved. When adding ....".

The components configuration is performed.
6. If the name of the local computer is not entered in the "Station:" field, click on
the "Station name" button.
7. Enter the name of your computer as it appears in the network and click "OK".
You will find this name in the network settings of the Control Panel.
1.4.1.5 How to Make Settings in the SIMATIC Manager
Ready to start?

1. Select the object "color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/ SIMATIC PC Station(1)" in the
tree.
2. Select the menu command Edit > Rename.
3. Enter the name of the local computer as it appears in the network.
The icon of the PC station is labeled with a yellow arrow in the component view.

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1.4.1.6 How to Make Settings in HW Config
Ready to start?
• The Station Configurator is open.

1. Select the object "color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/[Name of the local computer]" in
the tree.
2. Mark the "Configuration" object in the detail window and select the menu
command Edit > Open Object.
HW Config opens. The "IE General" module and the WinCC application are
already available from the configuration in Getting Started – Part 1.
3. Check if the arrangement of the components in HW Config is exactly identical to
the arrangement in the Station Configurator.
4. If it differs, move the components in HW Config until they match.
5. Mark IE General and select the menu command Edit > Object Properties....
6. Click the "Properties" button.
7. In the "MAC address" field, enter the address that you noted from the
configuration console.
8. Deactivate the "IP protocol is being used" option.
9. Select the entry "Ethernet" in the "Subnet" list.
11. Select the menu command Station> Save and Compile.
12. Close HW Config.

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1.4.1.7 How to Make Settings in Net Pro
Ready to start?

1. In the tree, select the object
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/[Name of you local computer]/ WinCC Application"
2. Mark the "Connections" entry in the detail window and select the menu
command Edit > Open Object.
Net Pro opens.
3. Select the object "WinCC Application" in the SIMATIC PC station.
The connections are then displayed in the lower detail window.
4. Mark the first line in the lower detail window and select the menu command
Insert> New Connection.
The "Insert New Connection" dialog opens.
5. Select the object "CPU 417-4" in the tree.
6. In the drop-down list "Type", select the entry "S7 Connection" and click the "OK"
button.
The "Properties - S7 Connection" dialog opens.
7. Select the following connection partners – for the connection between the CPU
and the local PC station – and click "OK".
Local Partner
Interface "IE General" Interface "CP 443-1"
8. Click "OK" in the "Insert New Connection" dialog box.

This new connection is displayed if you select the CPU for the AS.
9. Select the menu command Network > Save and Compile.
10. In the "Save and Compile" dialog box, activate the option "Compile and check
everything" and then click "OK".

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11. Mark the PC station and select the menu command PLC > Download to
Current Project > Selected Stations.
Caution
Only download the local PC station.
You should not download the AS at this point because the required error handling
blocks that are called up by missing I/O modules are not yet available. The CPU
therefore cannot be set to "RUN". The error handling blocks will be automatically
generated by PCS 7 at a later point in time during the compiling. This will allow the
CPU to be set to "RUN" even though I/O modules are missing.
12. Close Net Pro.
1.4.1.8 Checking the Settings

You can check the settings as follows:
• SIMATIC Manager: The PC station is labeled with a yellow arrow in the tree of
the SIMATIC Manager.
• Station Configurator: All objects displayed in the Station Configurator are
labeled with an orange pencil icon.
Close the Station configurator after checking the settings.

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2 Configuring the Hardware
2.1 Principle of Simulating with Hardware Components
2.1.1 Implementing Simulation with Hardware
In Getting Started Part 1 you worked without any I/O modules because all values
were simulated with CFC charts. In this part of Getting Started, you have both
options:
• You can simulate all process values using CFC charts in the same way as you
did in Part 1. The required simulation charts will be configured during the
creation of the CFC charts.
• You can simulate certain states of the process tags using I/O modules
(distributed I/O). The required I/O modules are configured and interconnected to
the corresponding block I/Os in the CFC charts. To keep the number of I/O
modules to a minimum, we will simply interconnect several block I/Os to a
single input.
Due to the additional distributed I/O, you will need two different busses:
• Plant bus – Ethernet: bus for communication between the ES/OS and AS
• Field bus – PROFIBUS: bus for communication between the distributed I/O and
AS
Carry out the following steps to configure the distributed I/O:
Step What?
1 Adapt the name of the plant bus
2 Add distributed I/O
3 Assign symbolic names

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Configuring the Hardware
2.1.1.1 How to Change the Name of the Plant Bus
Ready to start?
• The sample project is opened in the SIMATIC Manager.
Adapting the name of the plant bus

1. Select the folder "color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/ SIMATIC 400(1)" in the tree.
2. Mark the "Hardware" object in the detail window and select the menu command
Edit > Open Object.
HW Config opens.
3. Mark the CP 443-1 in the "UR2" window and select the menu command Edit >
Object Properties....
The "Properties – CP 443-1" dialog opens.
5. If the "Ethernet (1)" entry is not yet marked, select it now in the "Subnet" list and
click on the "Properties" button.
6. Enter the name "Plant bus" in the "Name" field of the "Properties - Industrial
Ethernet" dialog and click "OK".
7. Click on the "OK" button in the dialog "Properties – Ethernet port" and then click
"OK" in the dialog "Properties – CP 443-1".
Now you have changed the name of the Ethernet bus.
2.1.1.2 How to Add the Distributed I/O
Ready to start?
The hardware configuration of "color_gs" is open.

1. Select "PROFIBUS(1)" – PCS 7 created this bus automatically when it created
the project.
2. Select the menu command Edit > Object Properties.
The "Properties – DP Master System" dialog opens.
The "Properties – PROFIBUS" dialog opens and the "General" tab is active.
4. Enter the name "Field bus" in the "Name" field.

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5. Change to the "Network settings" tab and check the following settings:
- Transmission rate: 1.5 Mbps
- Profile: DP
The dialog closes and you return to the "Properties - DP Master System" dialog.
The name "Field bus" is now assigned to the subnet.
The bus is now configured.
8. From the hardware catalog, select the component
"PROFIBUS-DP/ET 200M/IM 153-1" with the order number 6ES7 153-1AA03-
0XB0 and drag it onto the "Field bus" DP master system.
The "Properties - PROFIBUS Interface IM 153-1" dialog opens.
9. In the drop-down list "Address", select the entry "3" and click the "OK" button.
The dialog box closes and the IM 153-1 is inserted.
10. Select the object "IM 153-1".

The corresponding slots are displayed in the lower section of the window.
11. From the hardware catalog, select the following I/O modules and drag them
onto the slots of the IM 153-1:
Module type Listed in catalog Order number Slot

Digital input module DI-300/SM 321 DI16xDC24V 6ES7 321-1BH01-0AA0 4
Digital output module DO-300/SM 322 D16xDC24V/0,5A 6ES7 322-1BH01-0AA0 5
Analog input module AI-300/SM 331 AI8x12Bit 6ES7 331-7KF01-0AB0 6
Analog output module AO-300/SM 332 AO4x12Bit 6ES7 332-5HD01-0AB0 7

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12. Select the menu command Station > Save.

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2.2 Function and Use of Symbolic Names
2.2.1 Using Symbolic Names
Now you have added the I/O modules to the hardware configuration. The next step
is to assign descriptive symbolic names to the inputs and outputs of these
modules. These names can be conveniently used for the interconnection of
process tags to the I/O modules. In other words, you will not have to work with the
awkward absolute addresses.
Note
There is a special aspect to this sample project: several similar process tags are
interconnected to a single input/output of a I/O module. For example, the input of a
digital input module is connected to several valves. We consciously selected this
design to minimize the hardware required to perform the tutorial with this sample
project.
Of course, in an actual project you would always interconnect each block
connection with only one input/output of an I/O module.
Syntax of symbolic names

The assignments of absolute addresses to the symbolic names are listed in the
following tables. The corresponding process tag for each symbolic name is
available in the comments. All variable name components in the symbolic names
are represented by an "x".
The symbolic name "NK31x_open" means:
• "NK" stands for process tag – in this case a "valve".
• "31" stands for the plant unit – in this case "REAC1"
• "x" stands for the variable name component.
• "open" stands for the state of the process tag – in this case "open".

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2.2.2 Symbolic Names for Digital Input Modules
All symbolic names for digital input modules are listed in the following table:
Address Symbolic Data type Comment

name
I 0.0 NK31x_open BOOL Valves Reactor 1, open
NK311, NK312, NK313, NK314, NK315
I 0.1 NK32x_open BOOL Valves Reactor 2, open
NK321, NK322, NK323, NK324, NK325
I 0.2 NR3x1_on BOOL Agitator Reactors 1, 2, ON
NR311, NR321
I 0.3 NP3x1_on BOOL Pump Reactors 1, 2, ON
NP311, NP321
I 0.4 NK31x_close BOOL Valves Reactor 1, closed
NK311, NK312, NK313, NK314, NK315
I 0.5 NK32x_close BOOL Valves Reactor 2, closed
NK321, NK322, NK323, NK324, NK325
2.2.3 Symbolic Names for Digital Output Modules
All symbolic names for digital output modules are listed in the following table:
Address Symbolic Data type Explanation

name
O 0.0 NK311_copen BOOL Valve Reactor 1 NK311 open
O 1.2 NR311_con BOOL Agitator Reactor 1 NR311 ON
O 1.3 NR321_con BOOL Agitator Reactor 2 NR321 ON
O 1.4 NP311_con BOOL Pump Reactor 1 NP311 ON
O 1.5 NP321_con BOOL Pump Reactor 2 NP321 ON

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2.2.4 Symbolic Names for Analog Input Modules
All symbolic names for analog input modules are listed in the following table:

name
EW 512 LI311 WORD Fill level measurement Reactor 1
LI311
EW 514 LI321 WORD Fill level measurement Reactor 2
LI321
EW 516 LI311_V WORD Drainage rate Reactor 1
LI311
EW 518 LI321_V WORD Drainage rate Reactor 2
LI321
EW 520 TC311 WORD Temperature control Reactor 1
TC311
EW 522 TC321 WORD Temperature control Reactor 2
TC321
2.2.5 Symbolic Names for Analog Output Modules
All symbolic names for analog output modules are listed in the following table:

name
AW 512 LI311_c WORD Fill level Reactor 1
LI311
AW 514 LI321_c WORD Fill level Reactor 2
LI321
AW 516 TC311_c WORD Temperature Reactor 1
TC311
AW 518 TC321_c WORD Temperature Reactor 2
TC321

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2.2.5.1 How to Assign Symbolic Names
Ready to start?
The hardware configuration of "color_gs" is open.

1. Select the "IM 153-2" module in the working area.
A list displays all I/O modules that you have already added for the hardware
configuration.
2. Select the " DI16xDC24V" module in the list.
3. Select the menu command Edit > Symbols.
The "Edit Symbols" dialog opens. All absolute addresses for the inputs of these
modules are already entered in the list.
4. Position the mouse pointer in the "Symbol" column next to the address "I 0.0".
5. Enter the value "NK31x_open" and press the TAB key.
The specified value is now entered and the system automatically sets the data
type to "BOOL".
6. Press the TAB key.
This brings the mouse pointer to the "Comment" column.
7. Enter the comment based on the table entry and press the TAB key. This
automatically brings the mouse pointer to the next line in the "Symbol" column.
8. Repeat steps 4 to 6 and enter the values based on the table entries listed in the
section "Symbolic Names for Digital Input Modules".
Note
Click on the "Apply" button when you make changes to save your entries.
Use the Windows "Copy and Paste" function to speed up entering the texts in the
"Comment" column.

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9. Click "OK" when you have completed all of your entries.

This saves your settings and the "Edit Symbols" dialog is closed.
10. In the list window, select the following modules and assign them symbolic
names. Follow the procedure as explained in Steps 3 to 9. The symbols are
listed in the corresponding tables:
- DO8xDC24V/0,5A – "Symbolic Names for Digital Output Modules"
- AI8x12Bit – "Symbolic Names for Analog Input Modules"
- AO-300/SM 332 AO4x12Bit – "Symbolic Names for Analog Output
Modules"
11. Once you have edited all of the symbolic names, select the menu command
Station > Save and Compile.
This saves your complete hardware configuration.
12. Close HW Config.

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3 Working with the Plant Hierarchy
3.1 Adapting the Plant Hierarchy

You already know how to work with the plant hierarchy from Getting Started –
Part 1. In Getting Started – Part 2, you will expand the plant hierarchy by adding
objects required for the "color_gs_2" project. You already know how to add objects
from your work in Getting Started – Part 1.
You will now add all folders and process pictures required for the complete plant –
but you will not configure all of the charts and process pictures in this Getting
Started tutorial.
The following folders and process pictures must be added to the existing plant
hierarchy:
Name of the Meaning Process picture Relevant for

hierarchy folder Getting Started – Part 2
WEIGHT Dosing solid WEIGHT no
REAC1 Production REAC1 yes
HOLD Holding phase HOLD no
FILL Filling FILL no
You have already made the general settings in Getting Started – Part 1 and you
will not have to make any other settings at this time.

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Working with the Plant Hierarchy
3.1.1 How to Expand the Plant Hierarchy
Ready to start?
• The "color_gs_MP" project is open in the SIMATIC Manager.
• The plant view is activated.

1. Select the folder
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1" in the tree.
2. Select the menu command Insert > Technological Objects > 1 Hierarchy
Folder.
A new hierarchy folder "Unit(3)" is inserted.
3. Change the name to "WEIGHT".
4. Mark the hierarchy folder in the detail window and select the menu command
Edit > Object Properties....
The "Properties – Hierarchy Folder" dialog opens.
5. Check the following settings in the OCM Attributes tab:
- The check box "Name of hierarchy folder is part of the plant designation"
should be activated.
- The check box "No modification when renaming the hierarchy folder"
should be deactivated.
The dialog box closes and the settings are applied.
7. Repeat steps 1 to 6 to create the following hierarchy folders:
- REAC1
- HOLD
- FILL

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3.1.2 How to Add Process Pictures
Ready to start?
• The plant view is activated.

1. Select the folder "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/FILL" in the tree.
2. Select the menu command Insert > Technological Objects > 5 Picture.
"Picture(9)" is inserted.
3. Enter the name "FILL".
4. Insert additional process pictures in the following folders:
Folder Name of the process picture

HOLD HOLD
REAC1 REAC1
WEIGHT WEIGHT

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4 Using Textual Interconnections
4.1 What are Textual Interconnections?

Textual interconnections can be conveniently employed before a communication
partner is actually available. For example, they enable you to configure an
interconnection to a block input in a CFC chart that has not yet been created and
configured. Textual interconnections can be used for configuration of both CFC and
SFC charts. Textual interconnections can only be made on block inputs.
What type of textual interconnections are available?

There are two different options available for entering textual interconnections:
• Textual interconnection as a path reference
With this method, you enter a specific path to the block input where the
interconnection should be made. The syntax is as follows:
[Name of the CFC chart]\[Name of the block].[Name of the connection]
In this case, the chart does not have to actually exist already.
• Textual interconnection as a character string
This type of textual interconnection is a kind of wildcard. This wildcard is
assigned a self-explanatory name and can be manually replaced by specific
path information at a later point in time – the path is then specified as described
above. This type of textual interconnection is mainly used for the creation of
process tag types. You enter a character string in the process tag type. The
character string should serve as a reminder of the actual path reference you will
enter in its stead when you create the process tags at a later point in time.
Textual interconnections in this Getting Started

In this Getting Started, you will come across textual interconnections in the
following situations:
• While making corrections for the RMT1 and RMT2 units. Here you will delete
the default interconnections from the PCS 7 process tag types because they will
not be needed.
• While working with process tag types. Here you will learn about the use of
textual interconnections in import files.
• While working with SFC charts. Here you will learn about the use of textual
interconnections when entering the parameters for steps and transitions.

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Using Textual Interconnections
4.2 Textual Interconnections in CFC Charts

During the CFC configuration, textual interconnections are used as path references
when the corresponding connection partner is not yet available.
During the CFC configuration, using textual interconnections as path references
also enables you to make cross-chart interconnections to existing connection
partners. You usually make a cross-chart interconnection by clicking on the block
output of Chart 1 and then going to Chart 2 and clicking on the corresponding block
input of the connection partner there. Using textual interconnections, you enter the
path reference to the corresponding block output of the connection partner at the
block input of Chart 2 and the textual interconnection is immediately made.
Note
Textual interconnections can only be used for block inputs during CFC
configuration.
Display in the side bar

A textual interconnection is shown in the side bar of the CFC chart. As long as
there is no concrete connection partner to which the textual interconnection refers,
it is shown as a yellow triangle. As soon as an connection partner is available, the
yellow triangle is deleted and the textual interconnection replaced by a real
interconnection. The completed interconnection is displayed at both the block
output and the block input of the connection partner, allowing you to switch to the
corresponding connection in the CFC chart by double-clicking on the
interconnection in the side bar.
4.3 Textual Interconnections in SFC Charts

You can also use textual interconnections in SFC charts. As in CFC charts, you
can use textual interconnections when a concrete block I/O does not yet exist. You
enter the textual interconnection as a path reference to the block I/O in the SFC
chart. When using textual interconnections in SFC charts, you can make textual
interconnections to both block inputs and block outputs.
Display in the dialog Properties [Step] and [Transition]

As in CFC charts, open textual interconnections are represented by the color
yellow. In SFC charts, the textual interconnections are displayed with a yellow
background (as mentioned above, in CFC charts they are displayed with a yellow
triangle).
In this case, this applies to all block I/Os for the "REAC2" unit since no CFC charts
have been created for it.

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5 Configuring CFC Charts Using Efficient
Functions
5.1 Overview of the Work in CFC

During CFC configuration, you will perform the following tasks:
• Expand the master data library – the additional blocks created in the master
data library are used in the "REAC" unit.
• Make corrections in the "RMT1" and "RMT2" units – these corrections are
needed to combine the operations of RMTx and REACx units.
• Create and use simulation charts – these charts are used to simulate valve
states.
• Work with process tag types – this function enables convenient creation of
process tags with similarities.

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5.2 Expanding the Master Data Library
5.2.1 Expanding the Master Data Library
You are already familiar with the master data library from your work in Getting
Started – Part 1 in which you saved all of the blocks required for the "color_gs"
project in the master data library. Since you will need a few more blocks for Getting
Started – Part 2, you first have to save these blocks in the master data library
before beginning the creation of CFC charts.
Blocks from a variety of libraries
Object Symb. Meaning Type of Library

name name block
FB51 PT1_P Time delay of an input signal Technological block PCS 7 Library V60
FC256 ADD4_P Calculates the sum of up to Technological block PCS 7 Library V60
4 values
SFB5 TOF Delay of output signal for System function block Standard library
temperature control to maintain
maximum temperature longer
SFB4 TON Reset valves System function block Standard library
SFB3 TP Reset valves System function block Standard library
5.2.1.1 How to Save Additional Blocks
Ready to start?

1. Select the menu command File > Open....
2. Open the "Libraries" tab and select the following libraries:
- "PCS 7 Library V60"
- "Standard Library"

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4. Click on "OK" in the "Open Library" dialog.

All the libraries are opened in the component view.
5. Copy the following blocks from the standard libraries into your master data
library in the folder
"In <color_gs_MP>/ color_gs_Lib/ S7-Program(1)/ Blocks".
Note
Select a library in the window.
Activate the detail view in all the libraries to see more information about the blocks.
Library/Folder Blocks
PCS 7 Library V60/ Blocks + Templates/ Blocks • FB51
• FC256
Standard Library/ System Function Blocks/ Blocks • SFB3
• SFB4
• SFB5
6. Close the libraries.

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5.3 Making CFC Chart Corrections in RMT1 and RMT2
5.3.1 Making Corrections in RMT1 and RMT2
Before configuring Reactor 1, you will need to make a few changes to the existing
plant units. During the configuration in Getting Started – Part 1, you used standard
PCS 7 process tag types for the process tags "VALVE" and "MOTOR". These
process tag types feature wildcards for cross-chart interconnections and
interconnections to shared addresses. Since you will not need these
interconnections, you will delete them to avoid warnings during the compilation.
You will also need to adapt a few limits in the CFC charts "CFC_LI111" and
"CFC_LI112".
5.3.1.1 How to Delete Unneeded Interconnections
Ready to start?
• The plant view activated.
How to delete Textual Interconnections...

"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1/NK111".
2. Open the "CFC_NK111" chart in the CFC Editor.
3. Select the menu command Options > Delete Textual Interconnections...
The "Delete Textual Interconnections" dialog opens and displays all textual
interconnections in your project. You only see the textual interconnections in the
charts that are based on standard PCS 7 process tag types.

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4. Select all interconnections in the list.

This activates the "Delete" button.
5. Click the "Delete" button.

All textual interconnections are then deleted.
6. Click the "Close" button.
This closes the "Delete Textual Interconnections" dialog.
7. Close the CFC Editor.
How to delete interconnections to addresses
Note
Since your work with the RMT1 and RMT2 units does not involve hardware, you
can delete these interconnections.
1. Activate the process object view.

"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1".
3. Open the "Signals" tab and go to the "Signal" column.

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4. Delete all "digital output" entries.

"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT2" and delete the "digital output" signal
there.
6. Close the process object view.

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5.3.1.2 How to Change the Values in the RMT1/RMT2 Unit
Ready to start?

1. Select the "color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1/LI111" folder in the tree
and open the "CFC_LI111" chart in the CFC Editor.
2. Enter the values as listed in the following table:
Block I/O Value Unit

INPUT_U VHRANGE 500
SIM_V 500
SUBS_V 500
INT_P V_HL 500
U -10
TI 1.0
3
LIA U_AH 490 m
3
U_WH 450 m
3
MO_PVHR 500 m
3
MO_PVLR 0 m
HYS 1
3. Select the "color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1/FC111" folder in the tree

and open the "CFC_FC111" chart in the CFC Editor.
Block I/O Value

INT_P V_HL 1000
TI 2
DOSE SP_HLM 1000
MO_PVHR 1000
MO_PVLR 0
3
5. For block "CTRL_PID" in column "Unit" in all I/Os, change "°C" to "m /min".
6. Select the "color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT2/FC111/ADDIT" folder in
the tree and open the "CFC_SETP" chart in the CFC Editor.

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Block I/O Value Unit

PARA_DOS_RM1_VOL U_HL 500
3
U 500 m
3
PARA_DOS_RM1_QTY U 50 m /min
8. Repeat these changes in similar manner for the "RMT2" unit in the following
CFC charts.
- RMT2\LI112\CFC_LI112
- RMT2\FC112\CFC_FC112
- RMT2\FC112\ADDIT\CFC_SETP2
5.4 Simulation Charts and the 'Chart in Chart' Technique
5.4.1 Implementing Simulation with CFC Charts
Since you are not using a real plant with process tags, reactors, etc., the states of
the process tags will be simulated, For example, you can simulate the fill level of
the reactor or the states of the valves. Two options are available:
• Using the I/O modules – you have already configured the I/O modules during
the hardware configuration when you inserted them and assigned them
symbolic names.
• Using special simulation charts – these charts simulate values such as the fill
level. We will configure exactly such simulation charts in the following.
Of course, you have a choice between these two simulation methods. With this in
mind, you will create a special "General" CFC chart which can be used to select
either the I/O module or CFC chart simulation method for the process mode on the
OS.

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5.4.2 Function of the Simulation Charts
Which simulation charts are required?

A separate CFC chart must be created for each type of process tag. This results in
the following simulation charts for the REAC1 unit:
• SIMV: Simulation of the valve state – open or closed
• SIMMO: Simulation of the motor state – on or off
• SIMREAC: Simulation of the fill level of the reactors
Simulation charts and the chart-in-chart technique

As you learn how to use simulation charts, you will become familiar with a function
for efficient engineering, the chart-in-chart technique. This involves inserting one
CFC chart into another. The inserted chart then becomes the "hierarchical chart"
and the other the "base chart". This enables you to create a chart once and then
use it as the basis for numerous other charts. For example, you can create a
simulation chart for a valve and then insert this simulation chart as a hierarchical
chart into the base chart for the "valve" process tag. Of course, you can open and
edit the hierarchical chart from the base chart at any time.
In order to make the use of a hierarchical chart in a base chart as easy as possible,
you first define specific inputs/outputs, or chart I/Os, that are needed to
interconnect to the base chart or to other CFC charts. This makes the display of a
hierarchical chart comparable to the display of a block. All chart I/Os are shown
exactly like the block I/Os and can be connected in the exact same way.
You then save these "hierarchical charts" in your master data library to ensure fast
and easy access.
Caution
Note that if you make changes to an original simulation chart, these changes are
not automatically applied to the locations where the chart is being used.

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5.4.3 Function of the "General" CFC Chart
In addition to the simulation charts, you will also need a special chart for simulation:
the "GENERAL" CFC chart. This chart fulfills two purposes:
• Selection of the simulation method by the plant operator
• Resetting the monitoring errors of the valves
Selecting and activating the simulation method

The selection of the simulation method – with either I/O modules or simulation
charts – is implemented with an operator control block, the output of which is
connected to the "SIM_ON" input of the input blocks.
The simulation method is automatically set to simulation with the CFC chart at
initial CPU startup. However, you can optionally set simulation with I/O modules in
process mode using the operator control block.
Reset valves
The "General" CFC chart also fulfills another function. It resets the monitoring error
for all valves that is present immediately after the start in process mode.
Without the "GENERAL" chart, the plant operator would have to manually reset this
monitoring error in the faceplate for every valve to be able to execute the SFC
chart – that would be too inconvenient in our case. At CPU startup, the "General"
chart sets the "L_RESET" input of every valve briefly to "1".
5.4.3.1 How to Insert CFC Charts for REAC1
Note
Simulation charts and the "General" CFC chart are saved in different folders:
• Simulation charts are saved in the "Templates" folder of the master data library
to ensure fast access for multiple usage.
• The "General" CFC chart is saved in the "REAC1" folder.

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Ready to start?

1. Select the folder "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/ REAC1" in the tree.
2. Select the menu command Insert > Technological Object > 2 CFC and insert
a new CFC chart there with the name "GENERAL".
3. Select the folder "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Lib/Templates" in the tree.
4. Select the menu command Insert > Technological Object > 2 CFC and insert
new CFC charts there with the names listed below.
- SIMV
- SIMMO
- SIMREAC
5.4.3.2 How to Create the "General" Chart
Ready to start?

1. Select the folder "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/REAC1" in the tree and
open the "GENERAL" CFC chart.
The chart and the catalog open.
Note
If the hardware catalog is not opened by default, select the menu command View >
Catalog.
This displays the catalog in the right part of the window.
2. Insert the "OP_D" block from the library "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\

Blocks\\Operate" using drag-and-drop.
This is the operator control block for selecting the simulation method.
3. Mark the block "OP_D" and select the menu command Edit > Object
Properties...

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4. Enter the parameters as listed in the following table:

- "General" tab: Name of the block
- "Inputs/Outputs" tab: Values of the inputs/outputs
Name of the block I/O Value

ACT_SIM LINK_I 1

The dialog box closes and your settings are applied.
No other information or interconnections need to be entered.
6. Open the library "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\Blocks/IEC_TC" in the catalog
and insert more objects using drag-and-drop and arrange them to correspond to
the figure below.
- TP
- TON
TP TON
ACT_SIM
Block Name I/O Value

TP RESET_TP IN 1
PT 2s
TON RESET_TON PT 1s
8. Make the following interconnections – you already know about the procedure
from Getting Started – Part 1.
Block I/O Block I/O

RESET_TP Q RESET_TON IN
RESET_TP Q ACT_SIM LINK_ON
9. Close the "GENERAL" CFC chart.

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5.4.3.3 How to Create the "SIMV" Chart

The creation of the CFC chart requires three steps:
Step What?
1 Inserting blocks
2 Configuring inputs/outputs
3 Making interconnections
5.4.3.4 Step 1 - How to Insert the "SIMV" Block
Ready to start?

1. Select the folder "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Lib/Templates" in the tree and open
the "SIMV" CFC chart.
The chart opens in the CFC Editor.
2. Insert the blocks as listed in the following table in the specified order using drag-
and-drop and arrange them to correspond to the figure below.
Note
The table provides information about the storage location and function of the
blocks.
Block Location Function

Tab Folder
SEL_R Blocks "MULTIPLX" One of the inputs is activated and connected to
the input of the integrator based on the value of
the VALVE.QCONTROL output of the base chart.
INT_P Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Forms the time integral of an input value
Program(1)\ Blocks\\Control"
SEL_R INT_P

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5.4.3.5 Step 2 - How to Configure the Inputs and Outputs of "SIMV"
Ready to start?
• The CFC chart "SIMV" is open in the CFC Editor.

1. Mark the desired block and select the menu command Edit > Object
Properties....
- "General" tab: Name of the block
- "Inputs/Outputs" tab: Values of the inputs/outputs
Block Name I/O Meaning Value

SEL_R SEL_OPEN_CLOSE IN0 This value is passed to the INT_P block 16.0
when the input is "K"=1.
IN1 This value is passed to the INT_P block -16.0
when the input is "K"=0.
INT_P SIM_DELAY V_HL Upper limit of the integrated value 100 *
* default
5.4.3.6 Step 3 - How to Interconnect the Inputs and Outputs of "SIMV"

Make the interconnections between the individual blocks – you have already done
this quite often – and insert the interconnections to the chart I/Os.
Ready to start?
• The CFC chart "SIMV" is open in the CFC Editor.

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1. Interconnect the inputs and outputs as follows:
Block Output Block Input

SEL_OPEN_CLOSE OUT SIM_DELAY U
2. Select the menu command View > Chart Inputs and Outputs.
The Interface Editor opens to allow you to edit the chart I/Os.
3. Select the entry "Interface/ IN" in the tree.
An empty input line is shown in the detail window.
4. Drag the block connection "K" from the "SEL_OPEN_CLOSE" block onto the
"Name" field of the Interface Editor.
An interconnection is created in the margin. It is shown as a white triangle to
indicate that this is an interconnection to a chart I/O. The name of the block I/O
is shown by default in the "Name" field of the Interface Editor.
5. Click in the "Name" field and change the default name to "CONTROL".

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6. Enter the other parameters in the line:

- Click in the "Data type" field and select the "BOOL" data type from the list.
- The initial value "FALSE" is set automatically.
- Click in the "Comment" field and enter the text "Control output
VALVE.QCONTROL".
Note
If the text does not fit into the input field, increase the column width until it fits.
7. Select the entry "Interface/ OUT" in the tree of the Interface Editor.
8. Drag the following block I/Os into the "Name" field and enter the parameters as
listed in the following table:
Block Block Name Data type chart Comment for chart I/O
I/O chart I/O I/O
SIM_DELAY.QVHL OUT FBOPEN BOOL Feedback value
VALVE.FBOPEN
SIM_DELAY.QVLL OUT FBCLOSE BOOL Feedback value
VALVE.FBCLOSE
Note
You do not have to enter an initial value for outputs.
9. Select the menu command View > Chart Inputs and Outputs.
The Interface Editor closes.
10. Close the "SIMV" CFC chart.

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5.4.3.7 How to Create the "SIMMO" Simulation Chart

To create the "SIMMO" simulation chart, follow the same procedure used for the
"SIMV" chart. The following are brief instructions about the procedure with all of the
required values in respective tables.
Ready to start?
Chart for the motor simulation "SIMMO"

the "SIMMO" CFC chart in the detail view.
2. Insert the blocks using drag-and-drop and arrange them as shown in the figure:
No. Block Location Function

Tab Folder
1 SEL_R Blocks "MULTIPLX" One of the inputs is activated and
connected to the input of the integrator
based on the value of the
MOTOR.QSTART output of the base
chart.
2 INT_P Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1) Forms the time integral of an input value
\Blocks\Control"
SEL_R INT_P
3. Mark each individual block, select the menu command Edit > Object
Properties... and enter the following parameters:

SEL_R SEL_RUN_STOP IN0 This value is passed to the INT_P block when 50.0
QSTART from the block "MOTOR" = "1" .
IN1 This value is passed to the INT_P block when -50.0
QSTART from the block "MOTOR" = "0".
INT_P SIM_DELAY V_HL Upper limit of the integrated value 100 *
* default

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4. Make the following settings for the output-input interconnection:

SEL_RUN_STOP OUT SIM_DELAY U
5. Select the menu command View > Chart Inputs and Outputs and set the
following chart I/Os with the corresponding parameters using drag-and-drop:
Interface Block Block Name chart I/O Data type chart Comment for chart
Interface Editor I/O I/O I/O
IN SEL_RUN_STOP K START BOOL Control output
MOTOR.QSTART
OUT SIM_DELAY QVHL FBRUN BOOL Feedback value
MOTOR.FB_ON
6. Close the CFC chart.
5.4.3.8 How to Create the "SIMREAC" Simulation Chart

Similar to the CFC chart for motor simulation, the following are brief instructions
about the procedure with all of the required values in respective tables.
Ready to start?

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the "SIMREAC" CFC chart in the detail view.
2. Insert the blocks using drag-and-drop and arrange them as shown in the figure:
No. Block Location Function

Tab Folder
1 SEL_R Blocks "MULTIPLX" The fill level of the reactor is simulated
3x based on which action is occurring at a
given time:
• When raw material dosing is being
performed, the dosing quantity from
RMT1 or RMT2 is used as the initial
value for the integrator.
• When a drainage process is occurring,
a negative value is used as the initial
value for the integrator.
2 INT_P Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\ Forms the time integral of the respective
Blocks\CONTROL" input value
3 ADD4_P Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\ Adder, forms the sum of the initial values
Blocks\\MATH"
SEL_R ADD4_P
INT_P
SEL_R
SEL_R

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3. Mark each individual block and select the menu command Edit > Object
Properties... then enter the following parameters:

SEL_R RMT1 IN1 When no dosing is occurring in RMT1, the value from 0*
IN1 is used as the initial value for the adder.
SEL_R RMT2 IN1 When no dosing is occurring in RMT2, the value from 0*
IN1 is used as the initial value for the adder.
SEL_R BOUT IN1 When the drainage process is running, the fill level 0*
must be reduced by the simulation – this is why a
negative value is used here.
ADD4_P ADD All outputs of the SEL_R blocks are connected to the
adder.
INT_P SIM_VOL V_HL The integrator defines the upper limit based on the 1000.0
maximum value of the fill level.
TI Reset time 2.0
HYS Hysteresis 1*
* default
4. Make the following settings for the output-input interconnections:

RMT1 OUT ADD U1
RMT2 OUT ADD U2
BOUT OUT ADD U3
ADD V SIM_VOL U
5. Select the menu command View > Chart Inputs and Outputs and set the
following chart I/Os with the corresponding parameters using drag-and-drop:
Interface Block Block Name chart Data type Comment for chart I/O
Interface I/O I/O chart I/O
Editor
IN RMT1 K BRMT1 BOOL Pump for dosing RMT1
IN0 ARMT1 Real Dosing process value
DOSE.PV_OUT from RMT1
RMT2 K BRMT2 BOOL Pump for dosing RMT2
IN0 ARMT2 Real Dosing process value
DOSE.PV_OUT from RMT2
BOUT K BOUT BOOL Pump drainage from REAC1
IN0 AOUT Real Drain speed for REAC1 from
CFC_LI311
OUT SIM_VOL V LEVEL_ Real Simulation value for fill level
OUTPUT

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Note
The following naming convention is used to help differentiate between the chart
I/Os:
• "A" prefix means "Analog"
• "B" prefix means "Digital"
The chart I/Os of the "BOOL" data type have the following meaning:
• BRMT1: When the output MOTOR.QRUN = 1, the dosing process value from
RMT1 is passed.
• BRMT2: When the output MOTOR.QRUN = 1, the dosing process value from
RMT2 is passed.
• BOUT: When the output MOTOR.QRUN = 1, the negative value is passed and
the reduction of the fill level is simulated.
6. Close the CFC chart.

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5.5 Working with Process Tag Types
5.5.1 Using Process Tag Types
Process tag types are a very good function when you use numerous process tags
of the same type in a project. A CFC chart forms the basis of a process tag type.
When you use process tag types, you do not have to create a CFC chart for each
individual process tag. You can create a type of base CFC chart with all of the
generally used parameters and then duplicate this chart using the import/export
functions. In a way, you are creating an instance of a process tag type. With the
import/export function, you enter the required custom parameters for each process
tag to be generated.
PCS 7 offers a decisive advantage in that you can do more to customize the
process tags to be generated. For example, when you are generating several
motor process tags, you can add a variety of interlock mechanisms for each
process tag. These are not overwritten even when you perform a new import.
Caution
You cannot make the following changes for the generated process tags:
• Specific adjustments to the block I/Os that are set by the import file – such
adjustments are overwritten by the parameters defined in the import file.
• Changes to the block names
In Getting Started – Part 1, you were introduced to process tag types. You used
standard motor and valve process tag types that were provided by PCS 7. In this
part of Getting Started, you will create process tag types yourself.
Procedure for creating process tag types

Carry out the following procedure to create process tag types:
• First define all of the similar kinds of process tags that could be created using
process tag types based on your actual project.
• Then create the CFC chart that will be used as the base chart for the process
tag type.
• From this you create a process tag type – this defines which block I/Os should
be individual configured for the process tags created by the process tag type.
• There are two options for creating the process tags:
- You can create an import file, specify the respective parameters for all
block I/Os of the process tags to be created and then generate the
individual process tags. This method will be described in detail in this
Getting Started.
- The other method is to place the process tag type at the desired location in
the plant hierarchy and enter the respective parameters. This method will
not be described in this Getting Started.

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What process tag types are needed for the REAC unit?
You can generate the following process tags in your project using process tag
types:
• Motors: to drain agitators and pumps
• Valves: all
5.5.1.1 How to Create "MOTOR" Process Tags Using Process Tag

Types
Five steps are involved in the creation of process tag types and generation of
process tags from a process tag type for motor process tags:
Step What?
1 Creating the "TYPE_MOTOR" base chart
2 Creating the "TYPE_MOTOR" process tag type
3 Creating the "MOTOR_REAC1" import file
4 Editing the "MOTOR_REAC1" import file
5 Generating the "TYPE_MOTOR" process tag
5.5.1.2 Step 1 - How to Create the "TYPE_MOTOR" Base Chart
Ready to start?

1. Select the folder "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Lib/Process Tag Types" in the tree.
2. Insert a CFC chart and name it "TYPE_MOTOR".
3. Open the "TYPE_MOTOR" chart in the CFC Editor.

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4. Open the library "color_gs_Lib/ S7 Program(1)/Blocks" in the catalog and insert

the following blocks using drag-and-drop and arrange them to correspond to the
figure below.
- DRIVER/CH_DI
- CONTROL/MOTOR
- DRIVER/CH_DO
CH_DI
CH_DO
MOTOR
Block Name in project

CH_DI FBON
MOTOR MOTOR
CH_DO COUT
6. Open the library "color_gs_Lib/ S7 Program(1)\Charts" in the catalog and insert

the "SIMMO" chart under the "FBON" block using drag-and-drop.
This is the chart that you especially created for the simulation. You can see that
the chart is displayed like a block and you can make interconnection in this
chart just like a block. The inputs/outputs that you see are chart I/Os that you
have defined in the "SIMMO" chart.
7. Make the interconnections according to the following table:

FBON Q MOTOR FB_ON
MOTOR QSTART COUT I
QSTART SIMMO START
SIMMO FBRUN FBON SIM_I
8. Click on the "FBON" block at the "SIM_ON" input.

9. Select the menu command Insert > Textual Interconnection...
The "Insert Textual Interconnection" dialog opens.

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10. Enter the name "ActivateSimulation" in the "Textual interconnection" field.

This way, you enter a character string as a placeholder. You will replace this
wildcard with an actual path reference when the process tags are generated.
The textual reference is displayed in the margin and labeled with a yellow
triangle.
11. Click on the "MOTOR" block at the "AUTO_ON" input and enter the text string
"Level_Reac" as a textual interconnection – this string will remind you to enter a
real path reference for the fill level when you edit the import file.
This completes the creation of the base chart.
5.5.1.3 Step 2 - How to Create the "TYPE_MOTOR" Process Tag Type
Ready to start?

2. Mark the CFC chart "TYPE_MOTOR" in the detail window and select the menu
command Options > Process Tags > Create/Change Process Tag Type...
This opens the Wizard "Process Tags – Create Process Tag Type", Step
"Introduction".
3. Click the "Next" button.
This starts the step "Which I/Os do you want to assign to the process tag
type?".
In the list "I/Os in the chart of the process tag type" you will find all blocks that
you inserted in the "TYPE_MOTOR" CFC chart.

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4. Double-click on the "COUT" block.

This opens a tree and displays all connections with the "Visible" attribute.
5. Double-click on the "VALUE" connection.

This enters the connection in the list "I/O points for parameters/signals".
6. Click on the "Parameter/Signal" column in the "Parameter" field.
A drop-down list opens.

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7. Select the entry "Signal" from the drop-down list.
8. Follow the same procedure to enter the following connections in the "I/O points
for parameters/signals" field and to define the values for the parameter/signal.
Block I/O Meaning Parameter/

Signal
COUT already done Input value I/O module Signal
VALUE
FBON VALUE Input value I/O module Signal
SIM_ON Activates simulation Parameter
MOTOR AUTO_ON Automatic value ON/OFF Parameter
LIOP_SEL Switching Manual/Auto Parameter
AUT_L Select Man/Auto Parameter
TIME_MON Monitoring time Parameter

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9. Click on the "Finish" button.

This saves the CFC chart as a process tag type. The icon changes as follows:

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5.5.1.4 Step 3 - How to Create the Import File "MOTOR_REAC1"
Ready to start?
How to create an import file...

2. Mark the process tag type "TYPE_MOTOR" in the detail window and select the
menu command Options > Process Tags > Assign/Create Import File...
This opens the Wizard "Process Tags – Assign/Create Import File", Step
"Introduction".
This starts the step "Which import file do you want to assign to the process tag
type?".
4. Click in the input field of the "Column title" column and change the default name
to match the entries in the following table.
The column title will be later shown in the import file.
Column title Column title

Default name Adapted name
COUT.VALUE Output value COUT.VALUE
FBON.VALUE Input value motor on FBON.VALUE
FBON.SIM_ON Simulation motor FBON.SIM_ON
MOTOR.AUTO_ON Auto mode on/off MOTOR.AUTO_ON
MOTOR.LIOP_SEL Man/auto changeover MOTOR.LIOP_SEL
MOTOR.AUT_L Selection man/auto MOTOR.AUT_L
MOTOR.TIME_MON Monitoring time MOTOR.TIME_MON
5. Click on the "Create file template" button

Since you have just generated the process tag type, you first have to create a
new import file.
The "Create File Template" dialog opens and the directory in which PCS 7
saves the import files by default is already open.
PCS 7 suggests a file name for the import file, identical to the name of the
process tag type.
6. Change the name to "MOTOR_REAC1.IEA" and click on the "OK" button.
This opens the next dialog, "Create File Template", in which the "General" tab is
active.

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7. In the "Create File Template" dialog, make the settings listed in the following
table and then click "OK".
Tab Activated option box

General Assigned AS (AS)
Chart comment (ChComment)
Block comment (BlockComment)
Parameter Value (Value)
I/O comment (ConComment)
Textual interconnection (TextRef)
Signals I/O comment
Symbol name
8. Click the "Open file" button.

The import file is opened in the Import-Export file editor and the first line is
already filled out with default settings.
Each line represents exactly one process tag.
5.5.1.5 Step 4 - How to Edit the Import File "MOTOR_REAC1"

The following describes the procedure for editing the import file in the IEA file
editor. At the end of the section you will find a short description of the basic
procedure for editing the data in Excel.
Ready to start?
The import file "MOTOR_REAC1.IEA" is generated and open in the IEA file editor.

1. Fill out the first row – it represents the actual process tag NR311– to match the
entries in the following table:
Note
Due save space, the parameters in the following table are listed in columns and
not lines – exactly opposite to the way they appear in the IEA file editor.
The order of the columns in the IEA file editor may be different from the order
specified in the table. When entering the parameters, makes sure you have
selected the correct column.

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Column Sub-column Default entry Parameter

Project color_gs_Prj Apply
Hierarchy Process tags\ Plant1\REAC1
AS S7 Program(1) Apply
Chart ChName TYPE_MOTOR CFC_NR311
ChComment
Output value Symbol name --- NR311_con
COUT.VALUE
ConComment Output value Apply
BlockComment
Input value motor on Symbol name --- NR3x1_on
FBON.VALUE
ConComment Input value Apply
BlockComment
Simulation motor TextRef ActivateSimulation GENERAL\ACT_SIM.Q0
FBON.SIM_ON
ConComment 1=Activate Apply
simulation
Auto mode on/off TextRef Level_Reac "-
MOTOR.AUTO_ON "CFC_LI311\TANK_LEV_MON.QL_WRN
ConComment AUTO Mode Apply
1=ON 0=OFF
BlockComment
Man/auto changeover VALUE 0 1
MOTOR.LIOP_SEL
ConComment Select: 1=Linking, Apply
0=Operator Active
Selection man/auto VALUE 0 1
MOTOR.AUT_L
ConComment Linkable Input for Apply
MANUAL/AUTO
Mode
Monitoring time VALUE 3.0 10.0
MOTOR.TIME_MON
ConComment Monitoring Time Apply
for ON [s]
Note
In the sub-column "TextRef" you will find the textual interconnection that you
entered in the base chart as a text string. Here you replace the wildcard by the
path reference to the "GENERAL" CFC chart which enables you to activate
simulation in process mode.
You prefixed the textual interconnection for the "MOTOR.AUTO_ON" connection
with the "-" character. This means that the input is negated.

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2. Click on line number 4.

This marks the line.
3. Select the menu command Edit > Duplicate Row...
The "Duplicate Row" dialog opens.
4. Enter a "1" in the field "Number of duplicated rows" and click the "OK" button.
This row is copied with all entries. Now you only have to enter the deviating
parameters.

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5. Enter the differing parameters as listed in the following table:
Note
All deviating parameters are marked in bold in the table.
Column Sub-column Parameter

Project color_gs_Prj
Hierarchy Plant1\REAC1
AS Apply
Chart ChName CFC_NP311
ChComment
Output value COUT.VALUE Symbol name NP311_con
ConComment Apply
Input value motor on FBON.VALUE Symbol name NP3x1_on
ConComment Apply
BlockComment
Simulation motor FBON.SIM_ON ConComment Apply
TextRef GENERAL\ACT_SIM.Q0
Auto mode on/off MOTOR.AUTO_ON TextRef ---
ConComment Apply
BlockComment
Man/auto changeover MOTOR.LIOP_SEL VALUE 0
ConComment Apply
Selection man/auto MOTOR.AUT_L VALUE 0
ConComment Apply
Monitoring time MOTOR.TIME_MON VALUE 10.0
ConComment Apply
BlockComment
Note
A "---" string deletes a textual interconnection.
6. Select the menu command File > Save.
7. Close the IEA file editor.

You return to the "Process Tags: Select/Create Import File" Wizard.

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This completes the work in the Wizard.
Note
If you are familiar with the spreadsheet program Excel, you can also edit the data
of the import file there. The basic procedure is as follows:
1. Insert empty rows corresponding to the number of process tags in the IEA file
editor.
2. Mark the area in the IEA file editor to be edited in Excel.
3. Insert the data using copy-and-paste.
4. Edit the data in Excel.
5. Mark the edited area in Excel and insert it back into the IEA file editor using
copy-and-paste.
5.5.1.6 Step 5 - How to Generate "TYPE_MOTOR" Process Tags
Ready to start?

2. Mark the process tag type "TYPE_MOTOR" in the detail window and select the
menu command Options > Process Tags > Import...
This opens the Wizard "Process Tags – Import", Step "Introduction".

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This starts the step "Which settings do you want to use for import?"
In the "Import file <--> Process tag type" list, you are offered import file –
process tag type assignments: "[storage path] MOTOR_REAC1 <-->
TYPE_MOTOR".

The step "Do you want to complete the import" opens.

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The import begins and the progress bar is displayed. On the completion of the
import, the process tags NR311 and NP311 are created and stored in the
"REAC1" folder. The log of the import is displayed.
6. Click on the "Exit" button.
5.5.1.7 The Results...

Navigate to the following folder in the plant hierarchy:
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/Plant1/REAC1".
There you will find two new CFC charts: "CFC_NP311" and "CFC_NR311" – these
are the process tags that you have generated using the import process.
Open the newly generated "CFC_NR311" process tag in the CFC Editor. There
you can see the results of the import and the relationship between the entries in the
import file and the real process tag:
Block "FBON", input "SIM_ON"

At the input "SIM_ON" in the "FBON" block you will find the textual interconnection
– it has been converted into an actual interconnection:
"Plant1\REAC1\\GENERAL(A1)\ACT_SIM.Q0"

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By double-clicking on this interconnection in the margin, you change switch directly

to the corresponding interconnection partner.
These were the following parameters in the import file:
Column Sub Default entry Parameter

column
Simulation motor TextRef ActivateSimulation GENERAL\ACT_SIM.Q0
FBON.SIM_ON
Block "FBON", input "VALUE"

At the "VALUE" input in the "FBON" block you will find the interconnection to an I/O
module.

column
Input value motor on Symbol name "NR3x1_on" E0.2
FBON.VALUE
Block "COUT", output "VALUE"

Similarly, at the "VALUE" output in the "COUT" block you will find the
interconnection to an I/O module.

column
Output value Symbol name "NR311_con" A1.2
COUT.VALUE Corresponding block
comment
Block "MOTOR", input "TIME_MON"

At the "TIME_MON" input in the MOTOR" block you will find a concrete value.

column
MOTOR.TIME_MON

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Block "MOTOR", input "AUTO_ON"

At the "AUTO_ON" input in the "MOTOR" block you will find the textual
interconnection that has been replaced by a concrete path reference:
"Plant1\REAC1\\CFC_LI311 (A1)\TANK_LEV_MON.QL_WRN". This input has also
been negated.
Column Sub Default Parameter

column entry
Auto mode on/off TextRef Level_Reac "-"CFC_LI311\MEAS_MON.QL_WRN
MOTOR.AUTO_ON
5.5.1.8 How to Create "VALVE" Process Tags Using Process Tag Types
Five steps are involved in the creation of process tag types and generation of
process tags from a process tag type for valve process tags:
Step What?
1 Creating the "TYPE_VALVE" base chart
2 Creating the "TYPE_VALVE" process tag type
3 Creating the "VALVE_REAC1" import file
4 Editing the "VALVE_REAC1" import file
5 Generating the "TYPE_VALVE" process tag

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5.5.1.9 Step 1 - How to Create the "TYPE_VALVE" Base Chart

Follow the same basic procedure as for the "TYPE_MOTOR" process tag type.
The following are brief instructions about the procedure with all of the required
values in respective tables.
Ready to start?

1. Insert the CFC chart "TYPE_VALVE" in the folder
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Lib/Process Tag Types".
2. Open the "TYPE_VALVE" chart in the CFC Editor.
3. Open the library "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\Blocks" or
"color_gs_Lib/ S7 Program(1)\Charts" in the catalog and insert the following
objects using drag-and-drop and arrange them to correspond to the figure
below.
- DRIVER/CH_DI - twice
- CONTROL/VALVE
- DRIVER/CH_DO
- SIMV
CH_DI
VALVE
SIMV CH_DO
CH_DO
CH_DI

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Block Name in project I/O Invisible

CH_DI1 FBOP
CH_DI2 FBCL
VALVE VALVE QCONTROL no
CH_DO COUT
SIMV –

FBOP Q VALVE FB_OPEN
FBCL Q VALVE FB_CLOSE
VALVE QCONTROL COUT I
QCONTROL SIMV CONTROL
SIMV FBOPEN FBOP SIM_I
FBCLOSE FBCL SIM_I
6. Insert the following textual interconnections as wildcards:
Block I/O Textual interconnection Meaning

FBOP SIM_ON ActivateSimulation Activates simulation in process
mode
FBCL SIM_ON ActivateSimulation Activates simulation in process
mode
VALVE L_RESET Reset Resets monitoring errors

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5.5.1.10 Step 2 - How to Create the "TYPE_VALVE" Process Tag Type

Ready to start?

1. Mark the "TYPE_VALVE" CFC chart in the "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Lib/Process
tag types" folder and select the menu command Options > Process Tags >
Create/Change Process Tag Type...
2. In the step "Which I/Os do you want to assign to the process tag type?" assign
the following inputs/outputs to the process tag type:
Block I/O Meaning Parameter/

Signal
COUT VALUE Input value I/O module Signal
FBCL VALUE Input value I/O module Signal
FBOP VALUE Input value I/O module Signal
VALVE L_RESET Resets the valves Parameter
TIME_MON Monitoring time Parameter

You have now competed creation of the process tag type.

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5.5.1.11 Step 3 - How to Create the Import File "VALVE_REAC1"

Ready to start?

Assign/Create Import File...
2. In the step "Which import file do you want to assign to the process tag type?",
change the column titles as follows:
Column title Column title

Default name Adapted name
COUT.VALUE Output value COUT.VALUE
FBCL.VALUE Input value for closing FBCL.VALUE
FBCL.SIM_ON Activates simulation for closing FBCL.SIM_ON
FBOP.VALUE input value for opening FBOP.VALUE
FBOP.SIM_ON Activates simulation for opening FBOP.SIM_ON
VALVE.L_RESET Reset valve VALVE.L_RESET
VALVE.TIM_MON Monitoring time VALVE.TIME_MON
3. Click on the "Create file template..." button.

4. Name the import/export file "VALVE_REAC1.IEA".
5. In the "Create File Template" dialog, set the parameters to match the following
table and click on "OK":
Tab Activated option box

General Assigned AS (AS)
Chart comment (ChComment)
Block comment (BlockComment)
Block icon (BlockIcon)
Parameter Value (Value)
I/O comment (ConComment)
Textual interconnection (TextRef)
Signals I/O comment
Symbol name

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5.5.1.12 Step 4 - How to Edit the import file "VALVE_REAC1"

The following describes the procedure for editing the import file in the IEA file
editor.
Ready to start?
The import file "MOTOR_REAC1.IEA" is generated and open in the IEA file editor.

1. Fill out the first row – it represents the actual process tag – to match the entries
in the following table:

column
Project color_gs_Prj Apply
Hierarchy Process tags\ Plant1\REAC1
AS S7 Program(1) Apply
Chart ChName TYPE_VALVE CFC_NK311
ChComment
Output value COUT.VALUE Symbol name --- NK311_copen
ConComment Output value Apply
BlockComment
Input value for closing Symbol name --- NK31x_close
FBCL.VALUE
BlockComment
Activates simulation for closing TextRef ActivateSimulation GENERAL\ACT_SIM.Q0
FBCL.SIM_ON
ConComment 1=Activate simulation
input value for opening Symbol name --- NK31x_open
FBOP.VALUE
BlockComment
Activates simulation for opening TextRef ActivateSimulation GENERAL\ACT_SIM.Q0
FBOP.SIM_ON
ConComment 1=Activate simulation Apply
Reset valve VALVE.L_RESET TextRef Reset GENERAL\RESET_TON.Q
ConComment Linkable Input RESET Apply
BlockComment
BlockIcon 2
VALVE.TIME_MON
ConComment Monitoring Time [s] Apply

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Note
Here you will find the new sub-column: "BlockIcon". The entries in this column
enable you to control which block icon is generated. You are familiar with this
function from Getting Started – Part 1 in which you controlled the representation of
a valve as a block icon in the process object view. Now you can use the same
function in the import file.
In this case, you are using another textual interconnection, the interconnection to
VALVE.L_RESET which is also connected with the "GENERAL" CFC chart.
2. Select row 4 and duplicate it four times.

This gives you a total of five process tags.
3. In the columns "Chart/ChName" and "Output value output module
COUT.VALUE\SymbolName", set the parameters for the individual process tags
as follows:
Row Column Column "Output value output module

"Chart/ChName" COUT.VALUE\SymbolName"
5 CFC_NK312 NK312_copen
Note
All other parameters remain unchanged. In a real project, you would have to
change more parameters, for example, a unique symbolic name would have to be
assigned to each interconnection to a I/O module. In this special case, you have
interconnected several block I/Os to a single input/output of an I/O module to
server as a simulation.
4. Save the file and close the IEA file editor.


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5.5.1.13 Step 5 - How to Generate "TYPE_VALVE" Process Tags

You have now generated the "TYPE_VALVE" process tag type. You can use it now
to generate a process tag for every valve contained in the project. Here in this
Getting Started, you will first generate the process tags for the "REAC1" unit.
Ready to start?

Import...
2. Pay special attention during the step "Which settings do you want to use for
import?" that the correct import file – process tag type "[storage
path] VALVE_REAC1 <--> TYPE_VALVE" is displayed in the list "Import file <--
> Process tag type".
3. Perform the import.
When you have completed the import process, the log file is displayed. This file
is considerably more detailed than the one for generating the process tags for
the motor.
The following process tags are save in the PH folder "REAC1":
- CFC_NK311
- CFC_NK312
- CFC_NK313
- CFC_NK314
- CFC_NK315

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4. Click on the "Exit" button.
5.5.1.14 How to Close Textual Interconnections...

You already worked with textual interconnections in the creation of process tags. If
these interconnections are not yet closed, you can use a special PCS 7 function to
close all of them now.
Ready to start?
• The "GENERAL" CFC chart is open in the CFC Editor.
Check if the following interconnections are present:
- Block output "RESET_TON.Q" to all "VALVE.L_RESET" valve inputs
- Block output "ACT_SIM.Q0" to all valve and motor process tags for the
"INPUT.SIM_ON" input.
If the interconnections are not closed, carry out the procedure described below.

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1. Select the menu command Options > Make Textual Interconnections.
This closes all interconnections from output Q to all valve blocks and displays
the following log file:
2. Double-click on any path in the margin of the CFC chart.

This takes you automatically to the CFC chart "CFC_NK31x", the
interconnection flashes and is displayed in the color magenta. You will see here
that the textual interconnection "RESET", which you specified in the process tag
type, has been changed into a concrete interconnection.

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5.6 Modifying Process Tag Types
5.6.1 Making Changes at a Later Time
Process tag types are very convenient when you want to change your configuration
at a later time. You make changes to a process tag type in the import file and then
transfer the changed data to all generated process tags quickly by performing a
new import.
The following changes may be necessary:
• Adding an addition parameter: For example, you would like to see different
block icons on the OS see for the generated process tags and make this
change using the import file.
• Deleting all generated process tags: This function is of interest when you have
generated a great many process tags from a process tag type that you do not
want to delete manually in the plant hierarchy.
• Adding an additional block I/O: For example, you need an additional block I/O
that you want to configure using the import file.
In this Getting Started, you will add an additional parameter. We will provide an
overview of the basic procedures for the other types of corrections.
5.6.2 The Most Important Information about the Import/Export File
You will work especially often with an import/export file when you make changes at
a later point in time. To ensure you can work with confidence in this regard, take
the time to familiarize yourself with the most important procedures described
below. You may be familiar with many functions from working with spreadsheet
programs.
Navigating in the table

You can navigate in the table with the following keyboard commands:
• The UP and DOWN arrows moves you up and down rows in the columns
• The TAB key moves you to the right (forward) to the next cell and Shift + TAB
moves you to the left (backward) to the preceding cell of a row
• The ENTER key exits a cell, for example, to conclude editing, and moves you to
the next cell in the column

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Selection in the table

You can select cells in the table with the following keyboard commands:
• Selecting several cells: Press the Shift key and simultaneously press an arrow
key
• Selecting an entire row: Click on the numbered cell at the beginning of the row
• Selecting several rows: Procedure as above and additionally press the Shift or
CTRL key
• Selecting an entire column: Click on the column title cell
• Selecting several columns: Procedure as above and additionally press the Shift
or CTRL key
Special considerations for the import/export file

When making changes at a later time, note the following about editing the import
file:
If you want to... ...then

Delete an existing textual interconnection or Enter the code word "---"
an interconnection to an I/O module
Leave an exiting interconnection unchanged Leave the input field empty
5.6.2.1 How to Add a Parameter

You will now add the "Block icon" parameter for the process tag type
"TYPE_MOTOR" because you need this parameter for configuring the OS.
Ready to start?

1. Mark the "TYPE_MOTOR" process tag type in the
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Lib/Process tag types" folder and select the menu
command Options > Process Tags > Assign/Create Import File....
2. Go to the step "Which import file do you want to assign to the process tag
type?" and make sure that the correct import file, "…\MOTOR_REAC1.IEA", is
displayed in the drop-down list.
The file opens in the IEA file editor.
4. Select the column "auto mode on/off MOTOR.AUTO_ON".
5. Select the menu command Edit > Expand column group.

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6. In the "Expand Parameter Column Group" dialog, activate the option "Block
icon" and then click "OK".
The "BlockIcon" column is inserted.
7. Enter the name "pump" for the "CFC_NP311" process tag in the "BlockIcon"
column and save the file. This name represents the display of the block icon in
the process image. You will create this special block icon yourself during the
configuration of the OS.

10. Mark the process tag type "TYPE_MOTOR" and select the menu command
Options > Process Tags > Import.
11. Check if the correct import file is selected and start the import.
The existing process tags are modified to correspond to the parameters in the
import/export file. You can see all of the modifications in the log.
In this case for the modification you have just made, "pump" has been entered
in the input field "Block icon" of the block properties for the "MOTOR" block in
the CFC chart "CFC_NP311".
You can check it by opening the "CFC_NP311" CFC chart and viewing the
block properties of the "MOTOR" block.

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5.6.2.2 How to Make Additional Corrections - Basic Procedure
Caution
The following instruction are not part of the tasks dedicated to this Getting Started.
The instructions are therefore kept to a minimum and are intended only as an
overview of the basic principle involved. We have included these instructions to
show you the wide variety of possibilities offered by process tag types.
The following basic options for making corrections are described:

• Delete all generated process tags
• Adding connection points

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Deleting process tags

1. Make a copy of the original import file and name it "DELETE_[Name of the
original import file].IEA".
2. Open the file in the IEA file editor.
3. Mark the column "Project" and select the menu command Edit > Insert
Column Group > General.
4. In the "Insert General Column Groups" dialog, activate the option "Import mode"
and then click "OK".
The "ImportMode" column is inserted as the first column.
5. For all process tags that you wish to delete, enter the command "DELETE" and
save the file.
7. Mark the process tag type "TYPE_MOTOR" and select the menu command
Options > Process Tags > Import.
8. Open the import file that you have amended with the "DELETE" import mode
and start the import.
All process tags are deleted.
Adding block I/Os

1. Mark the process tag type and select the menu command Options > Process
Tags > Create/Change Process Tag Type...
2. Insert the additional connection and complete the change.
3. Open the corresponding import file and select the menu command Edit > Insert
Column Group > Parameters or Signal.
This insert the additional column.
4. Give the new column a descriptive name and save the import file.
5. Mark the process tag type and select the menu command Options > Process
Tags > Assign/Create Import File...
The inserted column from the import file is displayed in the "Undefined I/O
points in import file:" list.
6. Drag this column onto the new connection point in the list "I/O points of the
process tag type for parameters/signals:"
7. Complete the function.
8. Perform a new import.

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5.7 Creating Additional CFC Charts
5.7.1 How to Create a "CFC_LI311" CFC Chart
This chart is used for fill level measurement and simulation in REAC1.
Ready to start?

2. Insert the CFC chart "CFC_LI311" and open it in the CFC Editor.
3. Open the library "color_gs_Lib/ S7 Program(1)/Blocks" in the catalog and insert
the following blocks using drag-and-drop and arrange them to correspond to the
figure below.
- OPERATE/OP_A_LIM
- DRIVER/CH_AI - twice
- CONTROL/MEAS_MON
CH_AI1 MEAS_MON
OP_A_LIM
CH_AI2

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Block Name in I/O Meaning Value

project
CH_AI1 TANK_LEV VH_RANGE Upper limit process value fill 1000.0
level
MEAS_MON TANK_LEV_ U_AH Upper interrupt limit fill level 990.0
MON
U_WH Upper warning limit fill level 950.0
U_AL Lower interrupt limit fill level 20
U_WL Lower warning limit fill level 40
MO_PVHR ** Upper display limit for faceplate 1000
in the OS
HYS Hysteresis 5*
CH_AI2 OUTFLOW VHRANGE Upper limit process value 0
VLRANGE Lower limit process value -100
SIM_V Simulation value for the flow -10
during draining
OP_A_LIM DRAIN_ U_HL Upper limit minimum fill level 1000.0
MIN_LEV
U_LL Lower limit minimum fill level 50
U ** Default minimum fill level 60
* default
** Connection must be visible
5. Open the library "color_gs_Lib/ S7 Program(1)\Charts" in the catalog and insert
the "SIMREAC" chart under the "TANK_LEV_MON" block using drag-and-drop.
This is the chart that you especially created for the fill level simulation.

TANK_LEV V TANK_LEV_MON U
SIMREAC LEVEL_OUTPUT TANK_LEV SIM_V
OUTFLOW V SIMREAC AOUT

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7. Make the following textual interconnections with a concrete path reference:
Block Input Textual interconnection Meaning

TANK_LEV SIM_ON GENERAL\ACT_SIM.Q0 Activates simulation
SIMREAC BRMT1 CFC_NP111\MOTOR.QRUN The value of the dosing quantity from
RMT1 for simulating the fill level in REAC1
is only passed when the dosing motor
starts running.
SIMREAC ARMT1 CFC_FC111\INPUT_U.V Simulation value for flow – this is
integrated into the fill quantity.
SIMREAC BRMT2 CFC_NP112\MOTOR.QRUN dto. – the values are read from the RMT2
unit
SIMREAC ARMT2 CFC_FC112\INPUT_U.V dto. – the values are read from the RMT2
unit
SIMREAC BOUT CFC_NP311\MOTOR.QRUN The drain pump must be running
OUTFLOW SIM_ON GENERAL\ACT_SIM.Q0 Activates simulation
All textual interconnections are automatically closed because all interconnection

partners are available.
8. Mark the block I/Os to correspond to the following table and select the menu
command Insert > Interconnection to Address and make the
interconnections.
The shared addresses are entered and the interconnections are displayed in
the margin.
Block Input/output Address

TANK_LEV Input "VALUE" LI311
OUTFLOW Input "VALUE" LI311_V

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5.7.2 How to Create the "CFC_TC 311" CFC chart
This chart regulated the temperature for REAC1.
Ready to start?

2. Insert the CFC chart "CFC_TC311".
3. Insert the blocks as listed in the following table in the specified order using drag-
and-drop and arrange them to correspond to the figure below.
Note
The table provides information about the storage location and function of the
blocks.
Block Location
Tab Folder
TOF Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\ Blocks\IEC_TC"
CTRL_PID Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\ Blocks\CONTROL"
MUL_R Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\ Blocks\MATH_FP"
SEL_R Blocks "MULTIPLX"
PT1_P Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\ Blocks\CONTROL"
CH_AI Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\ Blocks\DRIVER"
CH_AO Libraries "color_gs_Lib\ S7 Program(1)\ Blocks\DRIVER"

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TOF SEL_R
CH_AO
PT1_P
MUL_R
CTRL_PID
CH_AI
Block Name in I/O in Meaning Value

project visible
TOF TOF PT Maintains the 1m
temperature after the
maximum value has
been achieved
CTRL_PID CTRL_TEMP SP_EXT External setpoint 80
GAIN Proportional coefficient 1*
TN Tracking time [s] 8
TV Derivative time [s] 0*
LIOP_INT_SEL Activates basic operator 0*
control
LMN_HLM Upper interrupt limit 100 *
LMN_LLM Lower interrupt limit 0*
SPEXTHLM Upper limit external 100 *
setpoint
SPEXTLLM Lower limit external 0*
setpoint
PVH_ALM Process value: upper 140
interrupt limit
PVH_WRN Process value: upper 130
warning limit
PVL_ALM Process value: lower 20
interrupt limit

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Block Name in I/O in Meaning Value

project visible
PVL_WRN Process value: lower 25
warning limit
NM_PVHR Upper limit phys. 150
measuring range
process value
NM_PVLR Lower limit phys. 0
measuring range
process value
MO_PVHR Upper display limit 150
MO_PVLR Lower display limit 0
SEL_R SEL_R IN1 Minimum temperature of 30
the reactor
PT1_P PT1_P TM_LAG Time delay 60
CH_AI INPUT VHRANGE Upper limit process 150
value
MUL_R MUL_R IN2 Converts the valve 1*
setting in the
temperature feedback
CH_AO OUTPUT UHRANGE Upper limit manipulated 100 *
variable
* default

TOF Q SEL_R K
SEL_R OUT PT1_P U
PT1_P V INPUT SIM_V
INPUT V CTRL_TEMP PV_IN
CTRL_TEMP LMN MUL_R IN1
CTRL_TEMP LMN CTRL_TEMP LMNR_IN
CTRL_TEMP LMN OUTPUT U
MUL_R OUT SEL_R IN0

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6. Make the following textual interconnections:
Block Input Textual interconnection Meaning

INPUT SIM_ON GENERAL\ACT_SIM.Q0 Activates simulation
TOF IN CFC_NK313\VALVE.QOPENED Valve 313 open.
All textual interconnections are automatically closed because all interconnection

partners are available.
7. Mark the block I/Os to correspond to the following table and select the menu
command Insert > Interconnection to Address and make the
interconnections.
Block Input/output Address

INPUT Input "VALUE" TC311
OUTPUT Output "VALUE" TC311_c

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5.8 Summary
5.8.1 Summary of "Efficient Engineering in the CFC Configuration"
What have you learned in working with CFC charts?

In addition to using textual interconnections, you have learned two important
function for efficient engineering:
• Chart-in-chart technique
• Process tag types
Both functions offer special advantages and are used for special requirements.
The following is a brief summary describing the most important properties of these
two functions.
Chart-in-chart technique
In the Getting Started tutorial, you used the chart-in-chart technique. In other
words, you created general charts and used them numerous times in other charts.
You inserted the simulation chart "SIMV" into all charts for valve process tags as
hierarchical charts.
Note the following when using the chart-in-chart technique:
• Save the charts that you plan to use for the chart-in-chart technique in your
master data library to ensure easy access and make them available to all
project engineers in a distributed workgroup.
• Note that the chart-in-chart technique does not involve centralized editing. In
other words, changes made in the hierarchical chart are not automatically
transferred to all locations of use. If you insert the changed hierarchical chart
into another base chart, you will have two different versions of the hierarchical
chart in your project. When you open the base chart, of course, at first glance
you will not know which version of the hierarchical chart you have used. Make
sure you always change the name of the chart when you make subsequent
changes to a hierarchical chart. Since the name is displayed when you use this
chart in the base chart, you will immediately know which version of the
hierarchical chart you are using.

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Process tag types

In this Getting Started tutorial, you have used process tag types to generate
process tags of the same type. For example, you created the process tag type
"VALVE" and then generated all five process tags required for the "REAC1" unit. Of
course, you can also use this process tag type to generate other valve process
tags in other plant units. You can also generate a large number of process tags
using an import file.
Note the following when using process tag types:
• You can make changes in the generated process tags as required for the
specific process tag. One exception: you cannot change the block I/Os that are
configured by parameters in the import file.
• Assign column titles descriptive names.
• To maintain a clear relationship between the process tag types and the
generated process tags, assign the corresponding import file a descriptive
name.
• Before making substantial changes in the import file, you should make a backup
copy of the original import file so you can revert to the "old version" if problems
occur. This procedure is especially recommended when generating numerous
process tags.
• You also have the option of editing the data in the import/export file externally in
a spreadsheet program such as Excel. You should only use this option,
however, if you are suitably familiar with the functions of the spreadsheet
program. The IEA file editor offers comparable functions which should be
sufficient to fulfill your needs during configuration.
Simultaneously generating process tags from several process tag types

When generating process tags, you have the option of creating process tags from
different process tag types in a single operation. The basic procedure is as follows:
1. In the plant view of the SIMATIC Manager, select the folder
"color_gs\color_gs_lib\Process tag types".
2. Select the menu command Options > Process Tags > Import...
3. Step 2(3) the Import/Export Assistant, displays all import files you have already
saved.
4. Delete the import files of all the process tag types from which you have not
generated any process tags and complete the import.

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6 Configuring SFC Charts Using Efficient
Functions
6.1 Overview of the Work in SFC

During SFC configuration, you will perform the following tasks:
• Make corrections in the RMT units – these corrections are needed to combine
the operations of RMTx and REACx units.
• Work with SFC types – this function is a very important aspect for efficient
engineering.
6.2 Making SFC Chart Corrections in RMT1 and RMT2
6.2.1 Modifications in the RMT Units
You will need to modify the SFC charts from the RMT1 and RMT2 units using the
interfaces between "RMTx" and "REACx" . Valves NK311 and NK312 belong to the
"REAC1" unit, valves NK321 and NK322 belong to "REAC2" unit. They, of course,
must be open when liquid dosing begins. These valves are controlled by the SFC
charts in RMT1 and RMT2.
6.2.1.1 How to Modify the SFC Charts of the RMTx Unit

You already know how to work with the SFC Editor from Getting Started – Part 1.
The new aspect here is the use of textual interconnections.
Ready to start?

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Configuring SFC Charts Using Efficient Functions
Follow the steps outlined below for the "RMT1" unit...

1. Select the "color_gs_MP/ color_gs_Prj/Plant1/RMT1/FC111" folder in the tree
and open the "SFC_RMT1" chart in the detail window.
The SFC editor is opened.
2. Select the step "START".
The "Properties" dialog opens.
4. Change to the "Initialization" tab.
5. Click on the button with the row number 11.
6. Open the context menu and select the menu command Insert Empty Line.
A blank line is inserted on the button with number 11.
7. Place the cursor in the empty row 11 in the input field for the left address and
click the "Browse" button.
The "Browse" dialog box opens and the "CFC Charts" tab is active.
Note
Click on the column headers in the table. This sorts the entries and enables you to
navigate more easily to the desired position.
8. Navigate to the following block I/O:

"Plant1\REAC1\CFC_NK311\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP".
9. Click the "Apply" button.
This brings you back to the "Properties" dialog and enters the value for the left
address.
10. Set the right address to the value "Auto".
The value is entered.
12. Insert another empty row before row 12.
13. Enter the textual interconnection in this row:
- Left address: "CFC_NK321\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP" – this entry is displayed
with a yellow background to show that it is a textual interconnection
- Right address: "1".
Caution
You must enter the value "1" for the textual interconnection – this is the Boolean
valve for "Auto". Do not enter simply "Auto".

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14. Click on the "Close" button and then click on the "Yes" button in the "The
properties of step......." message dialog.
15. Enter the other parameters for the "RMT1" unit based on the table below.
Note
Insert an empty row for the new statements after the existing statements for the
valve controls so that the inputs/outputs are logically grouped together.
Step Comment Left address Right

address
Completed Direct interconnection Plant1\REAC1\CFC_NK311\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP Auto
already:
START
Textual interconnection CFC_NK321\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP 1
INIT_LINE1 Direct interconnection Plant1\REAC1\CFC_NK311\VALVE.AUTO_OC TRUE
INIT_LINE2 Textual interconnection CFC_NK321\VALVE.AUTO_OC 1
CLOSE_LINE Direct interconnection Plant1\REAC1\CFC_NK311\VALVE.AUTO_OC FALSE
Textual interconnection CFC_NK321\VALVE.AUTO_OC 0
END Direct interconnection Plant1\REAC1\CFC_NK311\VALVE.AUTO_OC FALSE

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16. Make the following interconnection correction and insert the new
interconnection for the transition "INIT_OK" – this amendment is necessary to
prevent the sequence from running too quickly:
What? Left address Operator Right address

Correctio Plant1\RMT1\FC111\CFC_FC111 \DOSE.ER < 200
n
New Plant1\RMT1\FC111\CFC_FC111 \DOSE.ER > 0
Follow the steps outlined below for the "RMT2" unit...

1. Open the "SFC_RMT2" chart.
2. Open the "Properties" dialog and enter the statements based on the table
below:
Step Comment Left address Right

address
START Direct interconnection Plant1\REAC1\CFC_NK312\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP Auto
Textual interconnection CFC_NK322\VALVE.AUT_ON_OP 1
INIT_LINE1 Direct interconnection Plant1\REAC1\CFC_NK312\VALVE.AUTO_OC TRUE
INIT_LINE2 Textual interconnection CFC_NK322\VALVE.AUTO_OC 1
CLOSE_LINE Direct interconnection Plant1\REAC1\CFC_NK312\VALVE.AUTO_OC FALSE
END Direct interconnection Plant1\REAC1\CFC_NK312\VALVE.AUTO_OC FALSE
3. Make the correction for the step "INIT_OK":
What? Left address Operator Right address

Correctio Plant1\RMT2\FC112\CFC_FC112\DOSE.ER < 200
n
New Plant1\RMT2\FC112\CFC_FC112\DOSE.ER > 0
4. Close the "Properties" dialog and close the SFC Editor.

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6.3 Working with SFC Types
6.3.1 Overview of SFC Types
This is your first theoretical overview of the SFC types. Of course, SFC types offer
you a many more possibilities that cannot be described in detail in Getting Started
– Part 2.
SFC types offer the great advantage of "reusability" because they are based on the
type-instance concept. This means that you first create the SFC type and then
generate an SFC instance with concrete process interfacing by inserting the SFC
type into a CFC chart. This enables you to create SFC types for all sequences that
occur more than once in a project, for example, heating, agitating, starting etc. The
great advantage of the type-instance concept is centralized editing. For example, if
you wish to add process values, setpoints etc. to the SFC type at a later point in
time, they are added to all other SFC instances automatically.
Identifying characteristics of an SFC type

The SFC type has certain properties that distinguishes it from an SFC chart:
• The SFC type has no runtime properties.
• The SFC type is managed in the component view and not in the plant hierarchy.
• The SFC type is managed and used as a function block and can therefore be
found in the CFC block catalog under "Other blocks" and "All blocks". It is
displayed as a block when inserted into a CFC chart.
6.3.2 What Are the Important Elements in an SFC Type?
The following provides a brief overview of the elements in an SFC type that you will
need for the configuration in Getting Started – Part 2:
• Control strategy
Control strategies are used to configure an SFC type for industrial processes.
You can define control strategies to use them in sequences, for example,
heating, cooling, etc. The definition of control strategies is optional. However,
when you want to run sequences according to a control strategy, the control
strategies must be defined. The assignment of a control strategy to a sequence
is made in the properties of the sequence. If you only want one sequence per
control strategy, it is better to give the control strategies and the sequences
similar names to help maintain an overview.
• Sequences
You are already familiar with sequences from your work in Getting Started –
Part 1. There you created the SFC chart with exactly one sequence for dosing
the raw material. An SFC type can contain up to 32 different sequences.
Each sequence is given a "start condition". The start condition "RUN = TRUE"
means that the sequence is started when the SFC is activated.
The start condition "QCS = 1" means that this sequence is started when the
control strategy with the number "1" is activated.

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• SFC Interface
The SFC interface includes all inputs/outputs that were creating during the
configuration of the SFC type and were made externally visible for the SFC
instance in the CFC chart. There is a difference between the interface
connections standardly generated for every SFC instance regardless of the
definitions in the in the SFC type and the interface connections based on the
definition of the characteristics in the SFC type.
• Characteristics
Characteristics include, for example, control strategies, setpoints, process
values, block contacts. You can define the exact characteristics needed, for
example, the setpoint for a fill level. For every characteristic that you define,
PCS 7 automatically generates the required inputs/outputs in the SFC instance.
And you can make the concrete process interfacing for exactly these
inputs/outputs.
6.3.3 Planning for the "REAC" SFC Type
Create an SFC type in the project "color_gs". This is to be used to control heating
and drainage processes in the reactors. Beforehand, you must consider which
elements you will need for your SFC type. You require the following elements for
the "color_gs" project:
• Control strategies and sequences
• Setpoints
• Process values
• Block contacts
Defining the control strategies and sequences

First define which reusable function units are available for the reactor. A control
strategy and a separate sequence will be created for each of these function units.
You require the following control strategies for the "color_gs" project:
• "Heat": This control strategy represents the heating process in the reactor.
• "Drain": The control strategy stands for emptying the reactor

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In the "color_gs" project, each control strategy is assigned to exactly one

sequence. This makes a total of three sequences:
• Reset (default name: Starting): This sequence is automatically started as soon
as a sequence control system is started. It sets all valves of this unit to the
"closed" state. This is needed to enable simulation to start in the process mode
without problems.
Note
In actual practice, this sequence for closing the valves is usually executed at the
end of the overall process. In this Getting Started, however, the sequence is
executed at the beginning of the process to ensure reliable performance of the
simulation.
• Heating: This sequence regulates the heating process using the controller block
and opens/closes the corresponding intake valve.
• Drain: This sequence opens/closes the valves between reactor and filling tank
and starts/stops the pump.
Defining the setpoints

Now define the setpoints for the sequence control system. The plant operator can
easily change these setpoints in process mode on the operator station. You can
also define the limits. The setpoints, which can be specified by the plant operator,
must be within these limits. Of course, the setpoints and their limits also apply to
automatic mode – but we will not use this variant in this Getting Started tutorial.
For the "color_gs" project, the setpoint "Heating" is defined for the temperature in
the heating process. It is used in the "Heating" sequence, i.e., the liquid in the
reactor is heated until it reaches the setpoint.
Defining the process values

Process values can be used for control within sequences. In the "color_gs" project,
the process value "fill level" is used in the "Drain" sequence. The drainage pump
must stop as soon as the minimum value for the reactor fill level is achieved.
Defining the block contacts

Block contacts are custom defined for process tags, i.e., you need to create block
contacts for the required process tags you wish to later connect through the SFC
instance.
Note that the IN and OUT connections are reversed in the SFC instance for the
block I/Os that are visible in the SFC interface of the SFC instance. For example,
when you create a block contact for a "MOTOR" process tag , the "QRUN"
connection at the "MOTOR" block is an OUT connection, in the SFC instance,
however, it becomes an IN connection. This reversal is needed to make the
required interconnections.

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You require block contacts for the following process tag in your "color_gs" project:
• Control valve for the heating process
• Valve for the intake in the heating process
• Pump for drainage
• Valve for drainage
6.3.3.1 How to Create an SFC Type

The creation of the SFC chart requires 11 steps:
Step What?
1 Creating an SFC type in the SIMATIC Manager
2 Opening an SFC type in the SFC editor
3 Defining control strategies
4 Creating sequences
5 Specifying setpoints
6 Setting process values
7 Setting block contacts
8 Configuring the "RESET" sequence
9 Configuring the "Heating" and "Drain" sequences
10 Creating an SFC instance
11 Saving in master data library

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6.3.3.2 Step 1 - How to Create an SFC Type
Ready to start?

1. Mark the object "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/SIMATIC 400(1)/CPU 417-4/S7
Program(1)/Charts" in the tree.
2. Select the menu command Insert > S7 Software > A SFC Type.
The SFC type is inserted.
3. Enter the name "REAC".
Note
In contrast to usual procedure, SFC types for generation are not saved in the
master data library. The SFC type is available as a block to be inserted as an SFC
instance in the CFC chart only when it is saved in the above-mentioned folder.
Upon completion, you will save the SFC type in the master data library in order to
make it available for all the other engineers working in the multiproject, for
example.
6.3.3.3 Step 2 - How to Open the SFC Type "REAC"
Ready to start?

"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/SIMATIC 400(1)/CPU 417-4/S7
Program(1)/Charts".
2. Select the object "REAC" in the detail window.
The SFC Editor opens and – exactly like an SFC chart – a sequence with the
steps "START" and "END" as well as Transition 1 are already available.

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6.3.3.4 Step 3 - How to Define the Control Strategies
Ready to start?
• SFC type "REAC" is open in the SFC Editor.

1. Select the menu command View > Characteristics.
The Characteristics Editor is open in the upper part of the SFC editor.
2. Mark the entry "Control strategy" in the tree.
This displays an empty input line in the detail window.
3. Place the cursor in the input field of the "Name" column and enter the name
"HEAT".
This name is displayed to the plant operator in the process mode, for example,
for the selection of a control strategy.
The number "1" is assigned automatically by the system. This is the number
that links the control strategy and sequence, for example.
4. Enter the text "Heating Reactor" the "Comment" column.

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5. Make the following additional settings:
Name Number Comment

automatically
DRAIN 2 Drainage of Reactor
You have now defined all required control strategies.

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6.3.3.5 Step 4 - How to Create the Sequences

The "RUN" sequence is automatically created with the SFC type. You need to
rename this sequence and, of course, insert additional sequences.
Ready to start?
• The tab with the sequence "RUN" is activated.

1. Select the menu command Edit > Sequence Properties....
The "Properties" dialog box opens and the "General" tab is active.
2. Enter the name "Reset" in the "Name" field.
4. Change to the "Start condition" tab.
5. Enter the start condition "STARTING=TRUE".
6. Click the "Close" button.

The dialog is closed.
7. Select the menu command Insert> Sequence > At End .
This inserts a new "SEQ1" sequence and displays it in a separate tab. This tab
is automatically activated.

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8. Select the menu command Edit > Sequence Properties and enter the
following parameters:
Name Start condition

Address 1 Operator Address 2
HEATING RUN = TRUE
QCS = 1
9. Repeat steps 6 to 7 to define the "Drain" sequence:
Name Start condition

Address 1 Operator Address 2
DRAIN RUN = TRUE
QCS = 2
10. Click on the "Apply" button and then on the "Close" button.
This closes the "Properties" dialog.

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6.3.3.6 Step 5 - How to Specify the Setpoints

You need to specify a setpoint for the heating temperature.
Ready to start?
• The Characteristics Editor is open.

1. Mark the entry "Setpoints" in the tree.
"Heating".
This name is entered automatically into the "I/O name" column and then
shortened to six characters. Change to a self-explanatory name after defining
the data type.
3. Place the cursor in the "Data type" column.
You are shown the available data types in a drop-down list.
4. Select the data type "REAL".
5. Make the following entries by placing the mouse pointer in the respective
columns and entering the parameters based on the table below:
Column title Meaning Value

I/O name Self-explanatory I/O name for the setpoint value in the SPHeat
SFC interface
Initial value Setpoint which the control strategy uses until plant 80
operator changes it
Lower limit Minimum setpoint that the plant operator can specify in 40
process mode
Upper limit Maximum setpoint that the plant operator can specify in 150
process mode

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6.3.3.7 Step 6 - How to Create Process Values

The process value will be set for the fill level.
Ready to start?

1. Mark the entry "Process values" in the overview.
"Level".
3. Place the cursor in the "Data type" column.
You are shown the available data types in a drop-down list.
4. Select the data type "REAL".
This completes the parameter settings for the process value. The I/O name is
automatically take from the "Name" field.
5. Create a new process value with the following parameters:
- Name: Level_min
- Data type: REAL
- I/O name: Levmin

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6.3.3.8 Step 7 - How to Create the Block Contacts

Now create the block contacts. These inputs/outputs are generated in addition to
the standard connections in the SFC instance.
Ready to start?

1. Mark the entry "Block contacts" in the tree.
"HeatCtrl".
This name is automatically entered in the "I/O name" column and then
shortened to six characters – this is the name displayed for the instance of the
SFC type.
3. Place the cursor in the "Block" column.
A list opens with all blocks that you have used in your project to date.
4. Select the "CTRL_PID" block.
The chart inputs/outputs for the SFC instance are generated based on this
block.
5. Position the mouse pointer in the "I/O name" column and overwrite the
automatically entered name with the name "HCtrl".
The name is short and descriptive but it contains the most important information
about the name of the sequence and the corresponding process tag.
6. In the "comment" column, enter the supplementary information "Temperature
control".
7. Make the following entries by placing the mouse pointer in the respective
columns:
Name Block Comment I/O name

Completed CTRL_PID Temperature control HCtrl
already:
HeatControl
HeatValve VALVE Intake temperature control HValv
DrainValve1 VALVE Valve1 drainage DValv1
DrainValve2 VALVE Valve2 drainage DValv2
DrainMotor MOTOR Pump drainage DMot

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8. Select the menu command View > Characteristics.

This closes the Characteristics Editor since you have made all required entries.

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6.3.3.9 Step 8 - How to Configure the "RESET" Sequence
Ready to start?
• The tab with the "RESET" sequence is activated.
Define steps
1. Select the menu command Insert > Step+Transition.
2. Insert a new Step 3 including Transition 2 below Transition 1.
Now you have completed the sequence structure.
3. Select the menu command Insert > Select.
The mouse pointer changes back to a selection cursor.
4. Select the step "START" and select the menu command Edit > Object
Properties.
5. Change to the "Edit" tab and enter the following parameters based on the table
below:
Read the following note carefully:
Note
Since you are entering the parameters for an SFC type, you are working with the
block contacts that you have defined in the Characteristics Editor. This means that
you cannot navigate to the desired block connection using the "Browse" button and
take them from there.
You can make the work considerably more easy by doing the following:
• Select the menu command View > Inputs/Outputs.
• Navigate to the desired connection in the overview.
• Drag and drop the connection name in the input line.
Remember that the "IN" and "OUT" I/Os are reversed for the SFC type.
I/O type Left address Right address

OUT HValv_LIOP_SEL TRUE
OUT DValv1_LIOP_SEL TRUE
OUT DValv2_LIOP_SEL TRUE
OUT HValv_AUT_L TRUE
OUT DValv1_AUT_L TRUE
OUT DValv2_AUT_L TRUE

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7. Go to Step 3 using the arrow buttons.

8. Enter the name "CLOSE_VALVE" in the "General" tab and click the "Apply"
button.
9. Enter the following parameters in the "Processing" tab:
I/O type Left address Right address

OUT HValv_AUTO_OC FALSE
OUT DValv1_AUTO_OC FALSE
OUT DValv2_AUTO_OC FALSE

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Defining transitions
1. Mark Transition "2" and select the menu command Edit > Object Properties.
2. Enter the name "CLOSE_OK".
4. Change to the "Condition" tab and enter the following parameters:
I/O type Left address Operator Right address

IN HValv_QCLOSED = TRUE
IN DValv1_QCLOSED = TRUE
IN DValv2_QCLOSED = TRUE
5. Click on the link button to OR the three operands.

The "&" symbol is replaced by the ">1" symbol.
This saves your settings and the "Properties" dialog is closed.

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6.3.3.10 Step 9 - How to Configure the "Heating" and "Drain" Sequences
Ready to start?
"Heating" sequence
1. Change to the "Heating" tab.
2. Insert four more steps with transitions below Transition 1.
3. Enter the following parameters for the steps:
Note
All parameters can be found in the "OUT" connections.
"General" tab "Edit" tab

Step Name Left address Right address
START Unchanged HCtrl_LIOP_INT_SEL TRUE
HCtrl_SPEXON_L TRUE
HCtrl_LIOP_MAN_SEL TRUE
HCtrl_AUT_L TRUE
3 VALVE_OPEN HValv_AUTO_OC TRUE
4 CONTROL HCtrl_SP_EXT SPHeat_Q
5 SP_DOWN HCtrl_SP_EXT 30
6 VALVE_CLOSE HValv_AUTO_OC FALSE
END Unchanged HValv_LIOP_SEL FALSE
HValv_AUTO_OC FALSE
HCtrl_LIOP_INT_SEL FALSE
HCtrl_LIOP_MAN_SEL FALSE
4. Enter the following parameters for the transitions:
"General" tab "Condition" tab

Transition Name I/O Left address Operator Right
type address
1 – – – –
2 OPEN_OK IN HValv_QOPENED = TRUE
3 TEMP_OK OUT SPHeat_AO >= SPHeat_Q
4 SP_LOW OUT SPHeat_AO <= 60
5 CLOSE_OK IN HValv_QCLOSED = TRUE

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Sequence "Drain"
1. Change to the "Drain" tab.
2. Insert four more steps with transitions below Transition 1.
3. Enter the following parameters for the steps:
Note
All parameters can be found in the "OUT" connections.
"General" tab "Edit" tab

Step Name Left address Right address
START Unchanged DMot_LIOP_SEL TRUE
DMot_AUT_L TRUE
3 OPEN_VALVE DValv1_AUTO_OC TRUE
DValv2_AUTO_OC TRUE
4 PUMP_ON DMot_AUTO_ON TRUE
5 PUMP_OFF DMot_AUTO_ON FALSE
6 CLOSE_VALVE DValv1_AUTO_OC FALSE
DValv2_AUTO_OC FALSE
END Unchanged DValv1_LIOP_SEL FALSE
DValv2_LIOP_SEL FALSE
DMot_LIOP_SEL FALSE
DMot_AUTO_ON FALSE
4. Enter the following parameters for the transitions:
Note
All parameters can be found in the "IN" connections.
"General" tab "Condition" tab

Transition Name Left address Operator Right address
1 – – – –
2 OPEN_OK DValv1_QOPENED = TRUE
DValv2_QOPENED = TRUE
3 ON_OK DMot_QRUN = TRUE
Level < Levmin
4 OFF_OK DMot_QSTOP = TRUE
5 CLOSE_OK DValv1_QCLOSED = TRUE
DValv2_QCLOSED = TRUE
5. Close the SFC Editor.

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6.3.3.11 Step 10 - How to Create an SFC Instance
Ready to start?
• The following CFC charts open:
- CFC_TC311
- CFC_NP311
- CFC_NK313
- CFC_NK314
- CFC_NK315
- CFC_LI311

2. Insert a CFC chart and name it "SFC_REAC".
3. Open the CFC chart.
4. Go to the "Block" tab in the catalog and open the folder "Other blocks".
5. Drag the "REAC" block into the CFC chart.
This block is the SFC instance based on the SFC type that you have already
created and configured. All of the inputs/outputs that you defined in the block
contacts are contained here.
You will also find the setpoints and process values that you have defined in the
Characteristics Editor.
The "Properties" dialog opens.
7. Enter the name "REAC" in the "Name" field.
9. Now make the interconnections to the concrete blocks in the respective charts:
- Click on the output "HCtrl_SP_Ext"
If the connection name is not fully visible, move the mouse slowly over the
individual connections to have the full name of the connection displayed by
the Tooltip function.
- Change to the "CFC_TC311" CFC chart.
- Click on the "CTRL_TEMP" block at the "SP_Ext" input.
This automatically connects all inputs and outputs to the control block.

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10. Make the following additional interconnections from the SFC instance to the
CFC charts:
Output SFC_REAC CFC chart Block Input

HValv_AUTO_OC CFC_NK313 VALVE AUTO_OC
DValv1_AUTO_OC CFC_NK314 VALVE AUTO_OC
DValv2_AUTO_OC CFC_NK315 VALVE AUTO_OC
DMot_AUTO_ON CFC_NP311 MOTOR AUTO_ON
11. Make the following additional interconnections from the CFC charts to the SFC
instance:
CFC chart Block Output Input SFC_REAC

CFC chart
CFC_TC311 INPUT V SPHeat_AI
This displays the current control value
on the OS of the controller.
CFC_LI311 DRAIN_MIN_LEV V Levmin
Minimum fill level
TANK_LEV V Level
Current fill level
12. Select the menu command Options > Optimize Run Sequence.
This automatically orders all blocks in the correct run sequence.
6.3.3.12 Step 11 - How to Save the SFC Type in the Master Data Library
Ready to start?

1. Mark the object "color_gs_MP/color_gs_Prj/SIMATIC 400(1)/CPU 417-4/S7
Program(1)/Charts" in the tree.
2. Copy the SFC type "REAC".
"color_gs_MP/color_gs_Lib/S7 Program(1)/Charts" in the tree.
4. Insert the SFC type.

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6.4 Summary
6.4.1 Summary of "Efficient Engineering in the SFC Configuration"
What have you learned in working with SFC charts?

In addition to using textual interconnections in SFC charts, you have also learned
about a very important function for efficient engineering: working with SFC types.
SFC types offer the special advantage of centralized editing. For example,
whenever you add a new block contact for an SFC type, this block contact is
automatically added to every SFC instance. Changes in the sequences are also
automatically made in every SFC instance.
Caution
Make changes only to the SFC type that you have saved in the project folder in the
component view and then save the most recent version in the master data library.

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7 Compiling, Downloading and Testing the
Charts
7.1 Compiling, Downloading and Testing Your Project

You are familiar with this function from Getting Started – Part 1. Compiling and
downloading is performed using the "Compile and Download Objects" command.
The required settings are made in the respective dialog fields.
This part of Getting Started introduces testing of the SFC instance with your
specific control strategies. It involves controlling the control strategies through a
special connection of the SFC instance.
7.1.1 How to Compile and Download the Project
Ready to start?
• The CPU is in the "STOP" mode – you need to perform a complete download at
initialization; a complete download can only be made when the CPU is in STOP.

1. Select the "color_gs_MP\color_gs_Prj" folder in the tree structure.
2. Select the menu command PLC > Compile and Download Objects.
The "Compile and Download Objects" dialog box opens.
3. Expand the entire tree so that all entries can be seen.
4. Make the settings according to the following table:
Object Compile Download

color_gs_Prj/[name of your local PC station]/Configuration X –
color_gs_Prj/[name of your local PC station]/WinCC – –
Application/OS(1)
SIMATIC 400(1)/Hardware X X
SIMATIC 400(1)/CPU 417-4/Charts X X

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Compiling, Downloading and Testing the Charts
5. Select the "Charts" object in the tree and click the "Edit..." button.
The "Compile/Download Program to PLC" dialog opens.
Tab Option Activated

Compile charts as program Entire program yes
Generate module drivers yes
Update sampling time yes
Delete empty runtime groups yes
Make textual interconnections yes
Download S7 Entire program yes

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7. Click on the "Start" button.
8. In the first message dialog, click on the "OK" button and on the "Yes" button in
the second message dialog.
The compiling and downloading processes are carried out. A log file is
displayed when the process is completed.
9. If you need a detailed log, mark the desired object in the tree and click on the
"Single Object" button.
10. When compiling and downloading are completed without error, close the dialog.
11. Set the CPU back to RUN.
Since you have configured external I/O in HW Config without closing the
connections, the following error LEDs light on the CPU:
- EXTF – lights continuously
- BUS2F – flashes

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7.1.2 How to Test the Program
Since you want to test the configured control strategies on the ES but no graphic
user interface is available for selecting the control strategy, you will need to
connect the respective inputs.
Ready to start?
Note
If you want to include the RMT1 and RMT2 in the testing, make sure that every fill
process is followed by a drain process.

"color_gs_MP\color_gs_Prj\Plant1\REAC1".
2. Open the "SFC_REAC" CFC chart in the CFC Editor.
3. Mark the SFC instance "REAC" – this is your SFC instance – and select the
menu command Edit > Object Properties.
4. Switch the "CSP_OP" connection to visible and click "OK".
The connection has the value "0" by default.
5. Select the menu command Test > Test Mode.
This brings you into test mode – you are already familiar with this command
from Getting Started – Part 1.
6. Double-click on the "CSP_OP" input.
The "Properties - Input/Output" dialog opens.
7. Enter the number of the desired control strategy in the "Properties -
Input/Output" dialog and click "OK".

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CSP_OP Control
strategy
1 HEATING
2 DRAIN
8. Mark the SFC instance "REAC" and select the menu command Edit > Open.
The SFC instance is opened in the SFC Editor.
9. Select the menu command Test > Test Mode.
This brings you into test mode.
The "RESET" sequence is now started.
Immediately after this, the control strategy that you specified for the "CSP_OP"
input in the CFC Editor is automatically started.
11. Enter another control strategy in the CFC chart and start the sequence again.
Note
To monitor the values at the inputs and outputs in the CFC charts, open the
desired CFC charts in the CFC Editor and go into test mode there.
Carry out the following to make the values at the connections visible:
1. Press the key combination CTRL + A.
This selects all blocks in the CFC chart.
2. Select the menu command Debug > Watch On.
This displays all values at the connections.
3. If you want to monitor more I/Os, select the desired I/O and the menu command
Debug> Input/Outputs > Add to Watch List.
12. Enter "0" again at the "CSP_OP" input.

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8 Configuring the PCS 7 OS
8.1 Overview of Work Involving the OS Configuration

You have already made many settings for the OS configuration in the SIMATIC
Manager – you can conveniently use this data for the OS configuration. This
includes the following functions, for example:
• You will conveniently interconnect the picture objects with the block I/Os from
the CFC charts to create process pictures.
• You have already assigned block icons to the process tags in the CFC charts.
This enables you to automatically generate the block icons.
• You defined the plant hierarchy in the SIMATIC Manager and made the settings
for the OS area. This hierarchy is automatically represented on the OS in
process mode.
Work involved in OS configuration

The following work must be carried out for the OS configuration:
• Creation and use of custom symbols – you will create a new icon for the agitator
in the reactor and for the drainage pump and use these functions for the graphic
display. You are already familiar with the creation of process pictures from
Getting Started – Part 1.
• Creation of a status display – you will combine the new icon for the agitator with
the status display.
• Adaptation of the standard block icons – there are two motors in the "REAC1"
unit: one motor acts as an agitator, the other as a pump. These two functions
should be easy to recognize by the plant operator due to the block icons. You
will therefore modify the standard block icon for the motor.
• Creation of the process picture for the "REAC1" unit – you already have
experience with this work from the creation of the process picture the "RMT1"
and "RMT2" units.
• Adaptation of the process pictures or the "RMT1" and "RMT2" units – these
corrections are required to enable the RMTx to be combined with REACx.

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Configuring the PCS 7 OS
8.2 Creating Graphic Symbols
8.2.1 Creation of Custom Symbols for Process Pictures
Custom process pictures may require special symbols, for example, for process
tags. You will create these symbols once and then be able to use them multiple
times.
In this Getting Started, you will create symbols for the following process tags:
• Agitator in the reactor
• Pump for drainage
All of the symbols that you create will be saved together in a separate file. Each
individual icon will then be exported to a separate picture file with the format *.emf.
You can then use the file to display a variety of states in a status display.
8.2.1.1 How to Open a Picture File for Your Symbols

You will save all of the symbols that you have created yourself in this file.
Ready to start?
• The SIMATIC Manager is open.

"color_gs_MP\color_gs_Prj/ [Name der PC-Station]/ WinCC Application/
OS(1)".
The WinCC Explorer opens.
3. In the navigation window, select the "Graphics Designer" object.
4. Open the context menu and select the menu command Open.
An empty file opens in the Graphics Designer.
5. Select the menu command File > Save as... and save the file with the name
"status_display.pdl" in the suggested directory.

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8.2.1.2 How to Create the Symbols for the Agitator
Ready to start?
The "status_display.pdl" file is open in the Graphics Designer.

1. If the object palette is not displayed, select the menu command View > Toolbar
and activate the "Objects" option box.
2. Create a rectangle.
3. Select the menu command View > Properties.
The "Object Properties" dialog box opens.
4. Enter the following parameters – for all other parameters use the default values:
Properties Attribute Parameter – "Static" column

Rectangle Object name Axis
Rectangle/Geometry Width 5
Height 240
Rectangle/Colors Background color Black
5. Create a second rectangle with the following parameters

Rectangle Object name Background
Rectangle/Geometry Width 45
Height 15
Rectangle/Colors Background color Dark gray
6. Now create an agitator icon from several lines:
7. Position the icon on the small rectangle.

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8. Group all of the elements for the agitator icon.
9. Select all of the elements with the mouse and create a copy.
10. Assign the small rectangle the color "green".
11. Fill out the descriptive static text fields:
Type of agitator icon Text field / File name

Green agitator icon agitator_on.emf
Gray agitator icon agitator_off.emf
12. Select all of the elements of the green rectangle with the mouse and select the
menu command Edit > Group Object > Group.

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13. Save the file "status_display.pdl".

14. Select the green agitator icon and select the menu command File > Export.
The dialog "Save as Metafile" opens and the graphics folder for your project is
automatically selected.
15. Enter the file name "agitator_on.emf" and click on the "Save" button.
16. Group all the elements of the gray agitator and export the object to the file
"agitator_off.emf".
8.2.1.3 How to Create the Symbols for the Pump

The symbols for the pump are also saved to the "status_display.pdl" file. You do
not need to create the symbols from scratch; you can modify an existing icon.
Ready to start?
The "status_display.pdl" file is open in the Graphics Designer.

1. Select the menu command Insert > Import.
The "Load Metafile" dialog opens.
2. Select the file "@motor_on.emf" and click on the "Open" button.
The "Import – Document Size" dialog opens.
3. Accept the default settings and click the "OK" button.

The icon for a motor – which you already know from Getting Started – Part 1 –
is imported.
4. Delete the letter "M".

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5. Select the "Polygon" object from the object palette and create a triangle roughly
in the form of the pump icon as shown in the illustration below.
Note
Click on each corner and complete the polygon by double-clicking.
6. Enter the following parameters:

Polygon Object name Pump
Polygon/Geometry Width 25
Height 20
Polygon/Color Background color Black
7. Insert the triangle in the circle.

8. Select all of the elements with the mouse and create a copy.
9. Assign the circle the color "dark gray".
10. Create a third copy and assign it the color "red".
11. Group the individual elements for each icon.

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12. Fill out the descriptive text fields for each icon:
Symbol Text field / File name

Green circle pump_on.emf
Dark gray circle pump_off.emf
Red circle pump_error.emf
13. Save the file "status_display.pdl".

14. Export the new symbols and assign file names based on the entries in the
corresponding text fields.
15. Close the file "status_display.pdl".

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8.3 Working with the Standard Block Icons
8.3.1 Where are the Standard Block Icons Saved?
The next step is to modify the existing standard block icons provided by PCS 7.
The standard block icons are saved in a specific file – "@@PCS7Typicals.pdl" that
is copied automatically during the PCS 7 installation. Do not, however, modify the
original file; work on a copy of this file. Name the copy "@PCS7Typicals.pdl".
Do not confuse the block icon with the icons you have saved in the
"status_display.pdl" file. The symbols that you have just created are pure graphic
elements. Block icons already include many functions. For example, beginning with
a block icon, you can open the corresponding faceplates in process mode and
obtain a wide range of information about the process tag. Some block symbols
already have integrated group and status display. The most important aspect about
standard block icons is the assignment to specific blocks in the CFC charts. This
enables automatic generation of block icons.
The file names "@@PCS7Typicals.pdl" and "@PCS7Typicals.pdl"

These two files cannot be renamed. Based on the file names, PCS 7 automatically
knows which file to use for the block icons when the function "Create/update block
icons" is called. If only the "@@PCS7Typicals.pdl" file is available, PCS 7 takes
the block icons from this file, of course. If the "@PCS7Typicals.pdl" file is also
available, PCS 7 uses this file for the automatic generation of block icons.

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8.3.2 Modifying the Standard Block Icons
For Getting Started – Part 2, modify the following standard block icons:
• "MOTOR"
• "SFC type"
Block icon "MOTOR"

You are already familiar with the "MOTOR" block icon from Getting Started –
Part 1. The standard block icon represents the motor with an "M" within a circle.
Since motors have a variety of functions in the "REAC" units, you should make
these functions clearly recognizable to the plant operator at first glance. The
agitator is – as already mentioned – represented by an "M" within a circle. There is
no need to make any changes here since you are using the standard block icon.
However, the pump requires another block icon. It should be displayed as a
triangle within a circle. And this is exactly the block icon you will now create. You
have already done some preliminary work in the "status_display.pdl" file in which
you saved the symbols for the graphic representation.
Assigning block icons to blocks

You may remember this from Getting Started – Part 1. There you entered specific
numbers in the process object view to define the vertical or horizontal orientation of
the "VALVE" block icon in the process picture. These numbers are also in the data
for the block icon to enable assignment of the block icon to a block. You will make
this assignment for the pump and agitator.
Block icon "SFC type"

Using this block icon, you can call up the faceplate with which you can control the
SFC instance in process mode, for example, to select control strategies or specify
setpoints. Of course, a separate block icon must therefore be assigned to every
SFC instance. Copies of the standard block icons "SFC type" are created for this
purpose. Each copy is then assigned to a corresponding SFC instance.

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8.3.2.1 How to Copy a File
Ready to start?
The operator station OS(1) is open in the WinCC Explorer.

1. Select the object "OS(1)\Graphics Designer" in the tree.
2. Open the file "@@PCS7Typicals.pdl".
3. Save the file with a new name, "@PCS7Typicals.pdl" – the correct folder is
displayed automatically.
8.3.2.2 How to Modify the Standard Block Icons

Modification of the standard block icons requires four steps:
Step What?
1 Saving a copy of the "MOTOR" block icon
2 Changing the properties for the "MOTOR" block icon
3 Adapting the representation of the pump
4 Modifying the "SFC TYPE" block icon
8.3.2.3 Step 1 - How to Save a Copy of the "MOTOR" Block Icon
Ready to start?
• The operator station OS(1) is open in the WinCC Explorer.

1. Open file "@PCS7Typicals.pdl" in the Graphics Designer.
2. Mark the "MOTOR" block icon including the title "MOTOR" in the "MOTOR" row
and insert a copy into the same row.
3. Change the title to "PUMP" just like in a normal text field.
4. Save the file.

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8.3.2.4 Step 2 - How to Change the Properties of the

"MOTOR" Block Icon
Ready to start?
The "@PCS7Typicals.pdl" file is open in the Graphics Designer.

1. Select the newly inserted block icon.
2. Select the menu command View > Properties.
3. Select the "UserDefined2" property.
4. Double-click on the "Type" attribute.
The "Text Input" dialog opens.
5. Enter the name of the "Output value": "@MOTOR/pump".
Note
You already know the "Pump" value from your work in generating the motor
process tags. You changed the existing process tags by adding an additional
parameter, "BlockIcon". You entered exactly this value in the "BlockIcon" column in
the import file.
6. Click on "OK" and then close the "Object Properties" dialog.

7. Save the file.

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8.3.2.5 Step 3 - How to Adapt the Representation of the Pump
Ready to start?

1. Select the block icon with the title "PUMP".
2. Select the menu command Edit > User Object > Edit....
This separates the elements of the block icon that has been created as a "user
object". It now consists of individual elements that you can separately edit.
Caution
In no case should you use the menu command "Ungroup" – this dissolves the user
object and deletes the entire configuration of the block icon.
3. Select the circle with the "M".

This graphic element is realized as a "status display (advanced).
4. Open the context menu and select the menu command Configuration
dialog....
The dialog "Properties of the Extended Status Display" opens.
5. Go to the "Assign Pictures" tab.
6. Mark the first line "Index 0".
The assigned pictures are shown in the preview.
7. Double-click on the "pump_off.emf" file in the file list.
In the preview and the list you see will that the base picture has been replaced.
8. Now double-click on the "pump_on.emf" file in the list.
The original representation of the motor has been replaced by the pump icon.
9. Mark the next line "Index 1".
10. Replace all pictures in similar manner:
Row Base picture New base picture

Index 1 @motor_is_on.emf pump_on.emf
Index 2 @motor_is_off.emf pump_off.emf
Index 3 @MOTOR_Error.emf pump_error.emf

You can see that the representation of the pump has already changed in the file
"@PCS7Typicals".

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12. While pressing the mouse button, draw a lasso around all elements of the block
icon and select the menu command Edit > Customized Object > Finish
Editing.
13. Save the file "@PCS7Typicals".
8.3.2.6 Step 4 - How to Modify the "SFC TYPE" Block Icon
Ready to start?

1. Mark "SFC Type" block icon in the "Other" row and insert a copy into the same
row.
2. Change the title to "SFC_TYPE_REAC".
3. Mark the faceplate icon and then select the menu command View> Properties.
The "Object Properties" dialog box opens.
4. Select the property "Customized object".
5. Double-click on the "Object name" attribute and enter the name "REAC".
6. Select the "UserDefined2" property.

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7. Double-click on the "Tag" attribute.

The "Text Input" dialog opens.
8. In the "Output value" field enter the complete path to the SFC instance including
the name of the SFC instance in the CFC chart:
"Plant1/REAC1/SFC_REAC/REAC".
9. Make the following additional settings:
Properties Attribute Value

general type @REAC/1
general tag name Plant1/REAC1/SFC_REAC/REAC
10. Close the "Object Properties" dialog box.

11. Save the file "@PCS7Typicals".
12. Close the Graphics Designer and close the WinCC Explorer.

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8.4 Generating Block Icons

In order to generate block icons, of course, you also need to work with the plant
hierarchy – you are already familiar with this from Getting Started – Part 1. The
steps involved are briefly outlined in the following.
8.4.1 How to Work with the Plant Hierarchy
Ready to start?
• The SIMATIC Manager is open.
• The WinCC Explorer is closed.
How to activate the option for generating block icons

2. Select the "REAC1" process picture in the detail window and open the object
properties.
3. In the "Block Icons" tab activate the option box "Base block icons on the plant
hierarchy".
4. Click on "OK" and close the dialog.

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How to generate the block icons

2. Select the menu command Options> Plant Hierarchy> Create/Update Block
Icons.
3. Check the following:
- The correct picture is selected.
- The subordinate hierarchy levels involved are set to "0".

The block icons are generated.
5. Click on the "Yes" button in the message "..... Would you like to see the log of
the function?".
The log is opened in the text editor. There you will see the process tags for
which the block icons were generated. You can also see all of the variants, for
example, variant "2" of the "valve" process tag is the horizontal representation,
the "pump" variant of the "motor" process tag represents the motor as a pump.
This is the name you entered in the import/export file and will now be used in
the generation of the block icons.

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6. Close the log file.
Note
If the log is not displayed, select the menu command Options> Plant Hierarchy >
Open Block Icons Log.

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How to compile the OS

1. Select the "color_gs_MP\color_gs_Prj" folder in the tree structure.
2. Select the menu command PLC > Compile and Download Objects.
The "Compile and Download Objects" dialog box opens.
3. Expand the entire tree so that all entries can be seen.
4. Make the settings according to the following table:
Object Compile Download

color_gs_Prj/[name of your local PC station]/Configuration – –
color_gs_Prj/[name of your local PC station]/WinCC X –
Application/OS(1)
SIMATIC 400(1)/Hardware – –
SIMATIC 400(1)/CPU 417-4/Charts – –

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5. Select the "OS(1)" object in the tree and click the "Edit..." button.
6. Make the following settings in the "Settings: Compile OS" Wizard:
- Step "Which programs do you want to assign to which operator stations?":
The program "S7 Program(1)" of "OS(1) is usually set here by default.
- Step "Which S7 programs do you want to compile with which network
connections?":
Click on "Connections" and select the "Plant bus" subnet.
- Step: "Select the data you want to compile and the scope of the
compilation":
Set the following options:
Area Option Activated

Data Tags and Messages yes
SFC Visualization yes
Picture Tree yes
Further Options Create/update block icons no
Scope Entire OS yes
With memory reset yes

8. In the subsequent "Settings: Download OS" dialog, click the "Cancel" button.
You do not need to make any settings for the download because you are
configuring a single-node project.
10. Click on the "Yes" button In the dialog "If you want to download changes online,
please make sure that.....Do you want to continue?".
The compilation process is started and the log file is displayed when it is
completed.
11. Close the log file.

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8.5 Creating the Process Picture

You already know how to create a process picture from your work in Getting
Started – Part 1. The steps involved in this work are briefly outlined in the following.
Detailed instructions are provided for all tasks that were not covered in the first part
of Getting Started. This includes the following tasks:
• Inserting and configuring a status display
• Inserting buttons
8.5.1 How to Create the Process Picture
Ready to start?

1. Open the picture "REAC1" in the Graphics Designer.
All block icons have already been inserted here.
2. Select the menu command View > Library and insert the following additional
objects from the various folders.
Path in the library Name of the object Number

Global Library/PlantElements/Pipes - Smart Objects/3D Pipe horizontal 8x
Pipe Horizontal
Global Library/PlantElements/Pipes - Smart Objects/3D Pipe vertical 3x
Pipe Vertical
Global Library/PlantElements/Pipes - Smart Objects/3D Angle 1x
Pipe Elbow 1
Pipe Elbow 2
Pipe Elbow 3
Global Library/PlantElements//Tanks/Tank4 Reactor 1x
Global Library/Symbols/Valves/ 31 1x

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3. Position the block icons and the new graphic objects as shown in the following
illustration and change the size of the objects to roughly match:
4. Mark the reactor and then select the menu command View> Properties.
5. Enter the parameters based on the following table and then close the "Object
Properties" dialog:

Tank4 Object name Reactor 1
Tank4/Geometry Width 110
Height 300
Tank4/Colors Bar background color Dark gray
Tank4/Tag assignment Maximum value 1000
Properties Attribute Parameter – "Dynamic" column

Tank4/Tag assignment Fill level Tag connection via ES tags
Plant1/REAC1/CFC_LI311/TANK_LEV_MON.U
Minimum Delete dynamic
value

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6. Create a icon for the heating using "line" and "polygon" objects.

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7. Create a graphic representation for the block icons – use the standard graphic
objects such as the rectangle and static text fields with the desired colors and
position the block icons:
Block icon Representation

SFC type
Operator control block for simulation
Operator control block for minimum fill level
8. Save the file "REAC1.pdl".
8.5.2 How to Insert a Status Display
Create a special status display for the agitator. The icon for the agitator represents
the current status of the agitator exactly like the motor:
• Green: agitator active
• Gray: agitator inactive
Ready to start?
• The process picture "REAC1" is open in the Graphics Designer.
• The object palette is open and the "Standard" tab is active.

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1. Select the "Smart Objects/Status Display" object in the object palette.
2. Go to the drawing area.
The mouse pointer changes to a small status display icon.
3. Draw a rectangle approximately the size of the agitator.
The "Status Display Configuration" dialog opens.
4. Click on "Tag Selection".
The tag selection dialog opens.
5. Make sure the "ES Variables" option box in the "Data source" area is activated.
6. Mark the entry
"ES Tags/Plant1/REAC1/CFC_NR311/MOTOR" in the tree select the
connection "QRUN" in the detail window.

This enters the tag.
8. Now select the file "agitator_off.emf" in the "Selection of Picture" list and drag
this picture into the "Basic picture" column.
9. Now click the "Add" button.
This adds a new status to the list: Status "1".

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10. Now drag the picture "agitator_on.emf" from the picture selection to the base
picture of status "1".

The icon for the agitator is displayed in the process picture.
12. Now position the agitator in the reactor on the agitator motor and adapt the size.
13. Save the picture "REAC1".

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8.5.3 How to Insert Buttons for RMT1 and RMT2
Ready to start?
• The process picture "REAC1" is open in the Graphics Designer.
• The object palette is open and the "Standard" tab is active.

1. Select the "Windows Objects/Button" object in the object palette.
2. Go to the drawing area.
The mouse pointer changes to a small button.
3. On the RMT1 feed pipe, – that is the NK311 inlet valve – draw a right angle of
approximately the same size as the button.
The "Button Configuration" dialog opens.
4. Enter the name "RMT1" in the "Text" field.

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5. Click on the button next to the input field "Change Picture on Mouse Click".
The "Pictures" dialog opens.
6. Select the picture "RMT1.PDL" and click on "OK".

The picture name is entered in the input field.
The button is now configured.

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8. Repeat steps 1 to 7 to insert buttons for changing the picture to the "RMT2"
unit.
Enter the parameters based on the following table:
Parameter Value
Position Feed pipe on the inlet valve "NK312"
Button label RMT2
Link to picture RMT2.PDL
Caution
Be aware that the rights of the plant operator to change the picture using the
button are not checked in process mode. When you use this function in actual
operation, the authorization must be ensured with a C script.
9. Save the picture "REAC1".

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8.5.4 How to Modify the Process Pictures RMT1 and RMT2
Since you are illustrating reactors 1 and 2 in the "REAC1" and "REAC2" process
pictures, you do not need symbolic representation in the "RMT1" und "RMT2"
pictures.
Ready to start?
• The "RMT1" and "RMT2" process pictures are open in the Graphics Designer.

1. Change to the process picture "RMT1.pdl".
2. Delete Reactor 1 and its labeling.
3. Insert Windows object "Button" from the object palette.
4. Connect the button to the "REAC1.pdl" process picture.
5. Delete Reactor 2 and its labeling.
6. Insert Windows object "Button" from the object palette.
7. In the input field "Change Picture on Mouse Click", enter the corresponding
picture name "REAC2.pdl" manually.
Note
Since you have not yet configured the unit "REAC2", you have to enter the picture
name manually.
8. Mark the object "Raw Material Tank tank1" and open the "Object Properties"
dialog.
9. Select "Tag assignment" property and enter the value "1000" for the "Maximum
value" attribute in the "Static" column.
10. Close the "Object Properties" dialog box.
11. Save and close the picture "RMT1.pdl".
12. Make the same changes for the process picture "RMT2.pdl".
13. Save and close the picture "RMT2.pdl".

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8.6 Summary
8.6.1 Summary of "Efficient Engineering in the OS Configuration"
What have you learned about configuring the OS?

• You have created custom symbols for your process pictures and can reuse
them as needed. Of course, this does not offer centralized editing – compared
to the chart-in-chart technique which you learned about in your work with CFC
charts.
• You have learned how to create new block icons by modifying standard block
icons. You have also become familiar with the relationship between blocks and
the block icons. Block icons offer the special advantage of centralized editing.
When you change a block icon in the "@PCS7Typicals" file and call the function
"Create/update block icons" again, all block icons are updated accordingly.
Note
Be aware that an update of the block icons will overwrite any changes you have
made in the process picture of the block icon.

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9 Operator Control and Monitoring in
Process Mode
9.1 Functions in Process Mode

In Getting Started – Part 1 you became familiar with the operating and monitoring
functions in process mode.
You will get to know two new functions in this part of Getting Started.
• Operating the SFC instance
• Switching the simulation method
You can also operate the "RMT1" and "RMT2" units as usual, of course.
Note
Be sure to execute a "DRAIN" to empty the reactor before every new dosing with
RMTx.
9.2 Operating the SFC Instance

You can operate the SFC instance using the block icon with the corresponding
faceplate. You generate the block icon using the automatic functions in PCS 7.
Open the faceplate by clicking on the block icon.
You can perform the following operations here:
• Start an SFC instance
• Select a control strategy
• Specify the temperature setpoint
You can also switch the simulation method in process mode.

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Operator Control and Monitoring in Process Mode
9.2.1 How to Start the SFC Instance
Ready to start?
• The "color_gs" project is in process mode.
• Run the RMT1/RMT2 unit once through with dosing in Reactor 1.

1. Click on the block icon "...SFC-REAC/REAC".
The corresponding faceplate opens.
2. Select the entry "Prepared values" from the drop-down list.
This activates the "Start" button.
The "SFC Control" dialog box opens.
This starts the control strategy that is displayed in the drop-down list "Prepare
control strategy".
5. Click on the "Section" button.
This displays the sequence control with the tabs for the various sequences. You
can carefully monitor which tasks and which transitions are being performed
here.
You will also see that the "RESET" sequence is always executed first at every
start before the selected control strategy is started.
6. When the sequence is successfully completed, click on the "Reset" button.
Then you can start the SFC instance again.

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9.2.2 How to Select the Control Strategy
Ready to start?
• The "SFC_REAC" faceplate opens.

This activates the "Start" button and the "Current control strategy" drop-down
list.
2. Select the entry "DRAIN" from the "Current control strategy" drop-down list".
The selected control strategy is displayed in the drop-down list.
The sequence control is started.
6. When the sequence is successfully completed, click on the "Reset" button.
Then you can start the SFC instance again.

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9.2.3 How to Change the Setpoint for the Temperature
Ready to start?
• The "SFC_REAC" faceplate opens.

1. Click on the block icon "...SFC-REAC/REAC".
The corresponding faceplate opens.
This activates the "Start" button and the "Current control strategy" drop-down
list.
3. Select the control strategy "HEAT".
4. Click in the input field with the default setpoint – in this case the setpoint is "80".
This is the value that you specified when you created the SFC type for the
"Setpoints" property.
This automatically shows the upper and lower limits of the setpoint. You have
already specified these values in the properties of the SFC type.
5. Enter a setpoint within the specified limits and press ENTER.
This applies the specified setpoint.
7. Start the control strategy "HEAT" again and observe the values in the SFC and
CFC charts.

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9.2.4 How to Switch the Simulation Mode
You have two different options for simulation: simulation using CFC charts and
simulation using I/O modules. Simulation with the CFC charts is set by default but
can be easily changed in process mode.
Ready to start?
• I/O modules are connected.

1. Click on the "..../ACT_SIM" block icon.
The faceplate opens.
2. Click on the "COMMAND" drop-down list.
3. Activate the "Off" option in the dialog and click on the "Execute" button.
4. Close the faceplate.
This switches to simulation using the I/O modules. The circle in the block icon is
now displayed as gray.
9.2.5 How to Specify the Minimum Fill Level
You inserted a faceplate in CFC chart CFC_LI311 in which you can specify the
minimum fill level required by the drain process.
Ready to start?
The "color_gs" project is in process mode.

1. Click on the "..../DRAIN_MIN_LEV" block icon.
The faceplate opens.
2. Enter the desired fill level.
3. Click the "Run" button.
4. Close the faceplate.
This sets the minimum fill level and this exact fill level will be maintained in the
reactor during the next drain.

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10 Additional Task
10.1 Configuring Reactor 2 at a Glance

In this sample project, the fastest way to configure the unit REAC2 is to copy the
entire unit REAC1 and then conveniently adjust the required parameters in the
process object view.
PCS 7 of course offers other possibilites of multiplying units:
• You can quickly create new process tags from the created process tag types by
editing the import/export file followed by an import procedure.
• You can use the created SFC type on all comparable units.
No extra work is required for the hardware configuration because both units are
controlled from the same CPU. Besides, no additional Operator Stations are
required because they have a single-node configuration. Also the symbolic names
for the inputs and outputs are already assigned during the hardware configuration.
10.1.1 How to Configure Unit "REAC2"
Below is a description of the basic procedure when configuring the unit REAC2:
Copy unit REAC1 and adjust the parameters.
Ready to start?
• The sample project is opened in the SIMATIC Manager.
• Process object view is activated
• "General" tab active

1. Select the hierarchy folder "REAC1" and copy it to the hierarchy folder "Plant1".
PCS 7 automatically assigns a new name "REAC1(1)".
2. Rename the new folder to "REAC2".

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3. In the "General" tab, in the "Name" column, change the name of the process
tags according to the Process cell overview:
- Chart GENERAL(1) in GENERAL2
- Chart CFC_LI311(1) in CFC_LI321
- Chart SFC_REAC1(1) in SFC_REAC2
- Picture REAC1(1) in REAC2
- etc.
4. Navigate to the "Signals" tab and in the "Signal" column, adjust the symbolic
names for the inputs and outputs of the distributed I/Os. As soon as you change
a signal name, the associated comment and absolute address will be updated
automatically.
Note
Make sure to leave the signals symbolic names which refer to Reactor 1 and
Reactor 2 unchanged. In the sample project, they are the following names:
• NR3x1_on
• NP3x1_on
5. Open the CFC bchart CFC_LI321 and on chart "SIMREAC" add the following
textual interconnections which were deleted during the copying procedure:
Input Textual interconnection

BRMT1 CFC_NP111\MOTOR.QRUN
ARMT1 CFC_FC111\INPUT_U.V
BRMT2 CFC_NP112\MOTOR.QRUN
ARMT2 CFC_FC112\INPUT_U.V
BOUT CFC_NP311\MOTOR.QRUN
Note
Interconnections to charts stored outside the copied hierarchy folder will be deleted
– all interconnections within the copied hierarchy folder are retained and are
automatically updated after renaming the charts in the process object view.

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Additional Task
10.1.2 How to Compile the Changes
Ready to start?
• CPU in "RUN_P" operating mode – You can download changes without the
CPU having to be in "STOP"
• WinCC Explorer is closed

1. In the tree structure, select the "color_gs_MP\color_gs_Prj" folder and the menu
command PLC> Compile and Download Objects and the perform the
settings according to the figure:
2. In the tree structure, select the object "color_gs_Prj/[name of your local PC

station]/WinCC Application/OS(1)" and click on the "Edit" button.

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3. In the step "Select the data you want to compile and the scope of the
compilation", activate the "Changes" option.
4. In the tree structure, select the "Charts" object and click on the "Edit..." button.
5. In the "Compile Charts as Program" tab, activate the "Changes" and then click
on the "Apply" button.

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6. Navigate to the "Download S7" tab, activate the "Changes" option and click on
the "OK" button.
7. Click on the "Start" button to execute the compilation and download procedure.
On the completion of the download procedure, the textual interconnections in
the SFC charts are closed and all variable connections in the process pictures
are updated for Reactor 2.

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Index
Configuration console...................................1-13
Connection ...................................................1-17
@ connection points .........................................5-25
@@PCS7Typicals.pdl ................................... 8-8 Connection points
@MOTOR/pump.......................................... 8-11 parameters ...............................................5-25
@PCS7Typicals.pdl....................................... 8-8 signal ........................................................5-25
control strategy.............................................6-10
defining.....................................................6-10
A Control strategy ..............................................6-5
Corrections ..............................................5-4, 5-7
ACT_SIM ..................................................... 5-11 CFC
ActivateSimulation ....................................... 5-23 RMT1/RMT2 ...........................................5-4
Adding connection points............................. 5-51 in CFC
Analog input module ...................................... 2-2 RMT1/RMT2 ...........................................5-7
Analog output module ............................. 2-2, 2-7 COUT ..................................................5-23, 5-39
symbolic names ......................................... 2-7 Creating a file template.................................5-29
CSP_OP.........................................................7-4
B CTRL_TEMP ................................................5-56
Basic chart ..................................................... 5-9

Block contacts....................................... 6-6, 6-17 D
defining .................................................... 6-17 Default settings...............................................1-8
Block icons..........................................8-9 - 8-17 Digital input module.................................2-2, 2-6
adapting PUMP........................................ 8-12 symbolic names..........................................2-6
assigning blocks......................................... 8-9 Digital output module...............................2-2, 2-6
changing properties MOTOR ................... 8-11 symbolic names..........................................2-6
copying MOTOR ...................................... 8-10 Distributed I/O .........................................2-1, 2-2
generating................................................ 8-15 Download to PLC ...........................................7-1
modifying the SFC type............................ 8-13 Downloading...................................................7-3
MOTOR ..................................................... 8-9
SFC TYPE ................................................. 8-9
tag............................................................ 8-14 E
tag name.................................................. 8-13
type .......................................................... 8-11 Efficient engineering.................. 5-60, 6-26, 8-30
types ........................................................ 8-13 CFC configuration.....................................5-60
Blocks ..................................................... 5-2, 5-3 OS configuration.......................................8-30
saving ........................................................ 5-2 SFC configuration.....................................6-26
BOUT........................................................... 5-18 Expand column group ..................................5-49
BUS2F ........................................................... 7-3 EXTF ..............................................................7-3
buttons ......................................................... 8-28
F
C FB_CLOSED ................................................5-14
CFC chart ........................................... 5-10, 5-11 FB_OPENED................................................5-14
inserting ................................................... 5-10 FBCL ............................................................5-39
CFC chart CFC_LI311 ................................. 5-53 FBON ...........................................................5-23
creating .................................................... 5-53 FBOP............................................................5-39
CFC chart CFC_TC311 ............................... 5-56 Field bus..................................................2-1, 2-2
creating .................................................... 5-56 Filling..............................................................1-4
Changes ...................................................... 5-48
process tag types..................................... 5-48 G
Characteristics ............................................... 6-5
Chart-in-chart technique ....................... 5-9, 5-60 General CFC chart ..............................5-10, 5-11
Cleaning......................................................... 1-4 creating.....................................................5-11
Compiling....................................................... 7-3

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H
Hardware ................................................ 1-1, 1-2
P
I/O modules................................................ 1-1 Parameters...................................................5-25
requirements .............................................. 1-1 PC internal - local .........................................1-14
Hierarchical chart........................................... 5-9 PC station......................... 1-12, 1-13, 1-17, 1-18
Holding phase................................................ 1-4 configuring.......................................1-12, 1-13
HW Config ................................................... 1-16 download ..................................................1-18
MAC address ........................................... 1-16 PG/PC interface ...........................................1-14
Phases ...........................................................1-5
Plant bus .................................................2-1, 2-2
I Plant hierarchy ....................... 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 8-17
I/O module ..................................................... 2-1 adapting names..........................................3-1
IM153-2.......................................................... 2-2 expanding...................................................3-2
Import file ................................... 5-29, 5-30, 5-42 generating block icons..............................8-15
creating ........................................... 5-29, 5-42 hierarchy folder...........................................3-2
editing ............................................. 5-29, 5-42 process pictures .........................................3-3
Import/Export Assistant................................ 5-34 Plant structure ................................................1-3
Import/export file .......................................... 5-48 Process mode .......................... 9-1, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5
navigation ................................................ 5-48 selecting control strategy............................9-3
Selection .................................................. 5-49 specifying setpoints ....................................9-4
Import/export function .................................. 5-22 switching simulation method.......................9-5
INPUT ................................................. 5-55, 5-59 Process picture................. 8-20, 8-23, 8-25, 8-26
Interconnection to addresses......................... 5-4 creating.....................................................8-20
deleting ...................................................... 5-4 inserting buttons .......................................8-26
status display............................................8-23
Process pictures...........................................8-29
L modifying RMT1/RMT2.............................8-29
Local editing................................................. 5-60 Process tag type..................................5-49, 5-50
local PC station............................................ 1-12 adding parameters....................................5-49
Process tag types..................... 5-22, 5-23, 5-36,
.............................................. 5-48, 5-51, 5-61
M changes made at a later time ...................5-51
make changes at a later time ...................5-48
MAC address ...................................... 1-10, 1-16 procedure for creating ..............................5-22
HW Config ............................................... 1-16 results.......................................................5-36
Master data library ................................ 5-2, 6-25 Process values ......................................6-7, 6-16
saving SFC type....................................... 6-25 setting.......................................................6-16
MEAS_MON ................................................ 5-53 Production ......................................................1-5
MOTOR ....................................................... 5-23 PT1_P ..........................................................5-56
MOTOR_REAC1.IEA................................... 5-29
R
N
Raw materials.................................................1-4
Net Pro................................................ 1-17, 1-18 RESET_TON................................................5-11
RESET_TP...................................................5-11
O Resetting ......................................................5-10
Retrieval .........................................................1-9
Optimizing sequence ................................... 6-24 RMT1......................................... 5-19, 5-20, 5-21
OS....................................................... 1-11, 8-15 RMT2......................................... 5-19, 5-20, 5-21
adapting name ......................................... 1-11
compiling.................................................. 8-15
OS configuration ............................................ 8-1 S
block icons ................................................. 8-1 S7 connection...............................................1-17
process picture........................................... 8-1 Sample project ...............................................1-8
status display ............................................. 8-1 retrieving.....................................................1-8
symbols...................................................... 8-1 Sample project color_gs.................................1-8
OUTPUT ............................................. 5-53, 5-59 Settings ......................................................1-8
overall project ................................................ 1-4 SEL_OPEN_CLOSE ....................................5-14
SEL_R ..........................................................5-56
SEL_RUN_STOP .........................................5-17

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Selected stations.......................................... 1-17 chart I/Os.........................................5-14, 5-15

Sequence..................................................... 6-19 configure inputs/outputs ...........................5-14
configuring RESET .................................. 6-19 insert block ...............................................5-13
Sequences................................... 6-5, 6-12, 6-22 Software .........................................................1-2
configuring DRAIN ................................... 6-22 Start condition ..............................................6-12
configuring HEATING .............................. 6-22 STARTING=TRUE .......................................6-12
creating .................................................... 6-12 Station Configurator .....................................1-14
Setpoints............................................... 6-7, 6-14 station name.............................................1-14
specifying................................................. 6-14 Station name ................................................1-14
SFC charts..................................................... 6-1 Status display ......................................8-23, 8-24
RMT1/RMT2 .............................................. 6-1 inserting....................................................8-23
textual interconnections ............................. 6-1 Subnet..........................................................1-16
SFC instance ........................6-24, 6-25, 9-1, 9-2 Symbolic names ....................... 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9
creating .................................................... 6-24 analog output module .................................2-7
operating.................................................... 9-1 digital input module.....................................2-6
starting ....................................................... 9-2 digital output module ..................................2-6
SFC interface................................................. 6-6 editing.........................................................2-8
SFC type..............................................6-5 - 6-24 Symbolic Names ............................................2-5
block contacts ..................................... 6-7, 6-8 Symbols.................................... 8-2, 8-3, 8-5, 8-7
characteristics ............................................ 6-6 agitator ........................................ 8-3, 8-4, 8-5
configuring HEATING creating.......................................................8-2
DRAIN sequences ............................... 6-22 picture file ...................................................8-2
configuring RESET sequence.................. 6-19 Pump ...................................................8-5, 8-6
control strategy .......................................... 6-5
creating ............................................... 6-8, 6-9
creating sequences.................................. 6-12 T
creating SFC instance.............................. 6-24 Task definitions ..............................................1-7
defining block contacts............................. 6-17 TEMP ...........................................................5-56
defining control strategy........................... 6-10 Testing............................................................7-4
opening ...................................................... 6-9 selecting control strategy............................7-4
overview..................................................... 6-5 TextRef.........................................................5-29
process values ........................................... 6-6 Textual interconnections......... 5-4, 5-5, 5-46, 6-1
sequences ................................................. 6-5 closing ......................................................5-46
setpoints .................................................... 6-6 deleting.......................................................5-4
setting process values ............................. 6-16 SFC charts .................................................6-1
specifying setpoints.................................. 6-14 TOF ..............................................................5-56
Signal........................................................... 5-25 Type .............................................................8-11
SIM_DELAY........................................ 5-14, 5-17 TYPE_MOTOR........ 5-23, 5-25, 5-34, 5-41, 5-49
SIM_LEVEL ................................................. 5-18 adding parameters....................................5-49
SIMMO.................................................. 5-9, 5-17 creating process tag type ................5-25, 5-41
creating .................................................... 5-17 creating the base chart .............................5-23
SIMREAC ............................................. 5-9, 5-18 generating process tags ...........................5-34
creating .................................................... 5-18 TYPE_VALVE ........................... 5-39, 5-42, 5-45
Simulation ............................................... 2-1, 5-8 creating import file ....................................5-42
CFC chart .................................................. 5-8 creating the base chart .............................5-39
Simulation chart ......................... 5-13, 5-17, 5-18 generate process tags ..............................5-45
SIMMO..................................................... 5-17
SIMREAC ................................................ 5-18
SIMV ........................................................ 5-13 V
Simulation charts ........................................... 5-9
Simulation method ................................ 5-10, 9-5 VALVE..........................................................5-39
switching .................................................... 9-5 Valves...........................................................5-10
SIMV ............................................ 5-9, 5-13, 5-14 resetting....................................................5-10

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SIMATIC Configuring the Hardware 2

Configuring the PCS 7 OS 8

Note the following:

Purpose of the Manual

Scope of the Manual

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

Guide to the Manual

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

1 Preparation for Getting Started - Part 2 .......................................................................1-1

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

5 Configuring CFC Charts Using Efficient Functions....................................................5-1

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

6 Configuring SFC Charts Using Efficient Functions ....................................................6-1

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

9 Operator Control and Monitoring in Process Mode....................................................9-1

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

1.1 Requirements for Performing Getting Started - Part 2

1.1.1 Required hardware for Getting Started - Part 2

Hardware components Equipment for Getting Started Other variants

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

Hardware components Equipment for Getting Started Other variants possible

1.1.2 Required software for Getting Started

The following software must be installed in any case:

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

1.2 Introduction to the Overall Project for the

1.2.1 Structure of the Plant for the 'color_gs' Project

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

1.2.2 Introduction to the Overall Project

Phase I – Raw materials

Phase III – Holding

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

What exactly is configured in Getting Started – Part 2?

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

Graphical representation of the "REAC1" and "REAC2" units

Hot water RMT2

NK314 NP311 NK315

NK324 NP321 NK325

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

1.2.3 Tasks Definitions for Getting Started - Part 2

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

1.3.1 Overview of Default Settings

This Getting Started documentation represents a continuation of the project

Settings for the supplied sample project

1.3.1.1 How to Retrieve the Project

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

Follow the steps outlined below...

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

1.3.1.2 How to Adapt the MAC Address

Adapt MAC address

Process Control System PCS 7, Getting Started - Part 2

1.3.1.3 How to Adapt the Name of the OS

Adapting the name of the OS

6. Click the "OK" button.