SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX

Обзор

SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX are space-saving and at the same time very rugged industrial PC systems for economical entry into process automation with SIMATIC PCS 7. They are available as compact systems with SIMATIC PCS 7 functionality for engineering (ES), automation (AS), operator control and monitoring (OS), and also as OS Runtime systems without an engineering component.

SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX for operation as a client in an operator system or in SIMATIC BATCH can be found in the section "Industrial Workstation/IPC" under "SIMATIC BOX PC".

Product versions

The first criterion for choosing the offered SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX product versions is the decision between integrated or swapped-out automation functionality (AS):

• AS integrated:
  SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX with internal WinAC RTX software controller and Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (32-bit) operating system
• AS separate:
  SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64-bit) operating system and external controller:
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 AS RTX Microbox automation system
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 AS mEC RTX automation system
  • Modular automation system of the S7-400 series as AS single station or AS redundancy station

This selection is associated with the decision for a specific controller type. It depends on the price/performance ratio as well as on the hardware and software functions that are possible with the various controller combinations (see table in the "Function�? section).

Depending on the integration of the engineering component (ES) in the system functionality, there is then a further differentiation within the preselection:

• ES/OS system:
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX with ES + OS + AS functionality
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with ES + OS functionality
• OS Runtime system:
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX with OS + AS functionality
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with OS functionality

System overview of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX compact systems

A complete process control system for small applications can be implemented by expanding further with process I/O:

• Distributed process I/O at PROFIBUS: Sensors/actuators on ET 200M, ET 200iSP, ET 200S and ET 200pro remote I/O stations, as well as directly connected field devices/process devices (with WinAC RTX and in combination with PCS 7 AS RTX or AS S7‑400)
• Field devices/process devices at FOUNDATION Fieldbus
  (in combination with AS S7‑400)
• Distributed process I/O at PROFINET: Sensors/actuators on ET 200M and ET 200SP remote I/O stations, as well as directly connected field devices/process devices (with WinAC RTX and in combination with AS S7‑400 or PCS 7 AS mEC RTX)
• Sensors/actuators on S7‑300 I/O modules directly on the AS (in combination with PCS 7 AS mEC RTX)