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1. 0 32767 pointsource Fo PtAccess o PW QT WT PtGroup piadmin PtOwner piadmin Shutdown n m0 Step n am OPC Item Prefix Insert keyword ItemlD Windows Integrated Security WIS for the PI Server D DataSecurity PtSecurity For the following attributes of the configuration standard values may be defined archiving compmax compmin e compressing DataAccess DataGroup DataOwner e excmax excmin location1 location3 pointsource PtAccess PtGroup PtOwner Shutdown PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 29 of 62 e Step OPC Item Prefix A detailed description of the fields may be found in the OSIsoft PI System documentation resp in the documentation of the Siemens Pl Connect OPC Interface Select Insert Keyword ltemiD if you use the old Siemens OPC interface do not select if PI CONNECT OPC is in use Select WIS for the Pl server if the user authentication of the target system is done via Windows accounts If selected please insert the Pl access strings for data and point security for the used accounts With the parameter Background Colour for User Changes you have the possibility to define the background colour of user inputs done in the dialogues Project Create complete configuration resp Project gt Create Delta Configuration Choosing the Archive Recovery aktivieren
2. The installer will install PES 7 CONMECT CONFIG to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program Files Siemens P C5 7 CONMECT CONFIG Browse Disk Cost Install PCS CONNECT CONFIG for pourself or for anyone who uses this computer C Everyone Just me Cancel lt Back PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 13 of 62 11 Confirm the installation with Next gt E PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG g PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 14 of 62 13 Finish the installation by clicking the Close button of the installation wizard ji PCS 7 CONNECT CONFIG E xj Installation Complete PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Please use Windows Update to check for any critical updates to the NET Framework Hint For a correct installation on Windows XP the user must have write access to the registry 2 3 Licensing Please start the program CreateUMI PCS7ConnectConfig exe contained on the installation CD on the PC where PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG shall be licensed T CreateUMI_PCS ConnectConfig B xj Select 05 Servers PESABDRE O PLE Additional 05 Servers host name or IP adress NewPCS Server Add Create UMI Please select the PCS7 OS servers you want to connect To do this s
3. PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG stores the read structure types and provides them for the creation of the filter definitions see also next chapter PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 38 of 62 3 11 Filter definition Definition of a filter rule is only possible after the structure information has been read out of PCS7 To define a new filter rule select the menu Filter New 12 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG testi el E3 File Edit Filter View Project Tools D GF dla New Ctri N Filter Definition Delete De Select All Ctrl A Eng unit Description Exception Compression Point type Digital set Qj Show Invalid 3 Import Export Info In the display a new filter line is shown 12 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG test1 File Edit Filter View Project OG W O 4 Ga Xx Filter Definitions Log Structure Tag Parameter Eng unit Description Exception Compression Point type Digital set standard y standard x float32 xl In the column Structure Tag first select a structure type in the drop down list Thereafter the Parameter may be selected PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 39 of 62 In the columns XA XE Eng unit and Description the existing parameters may be chosen from the drop down lists or a constant value may be put in In case of a constant value is put in all instances of this line get the same value The set
4. Cancel As well the measuring point type detection can be defined by a regular expression in the project properties Edit Tag Pattern h E Parameter Tag Name Ta TOF FA4712 H PV in Pattern 018 210 1 O0 3 3 4177 7 Replacement Result Modified Character String DENEN Result uccesstul conversion OR Cancel PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 55 of 62 Example for a tag name Tag Name TA1107 FA712 RH PV IN parsed by a regular expression Pattern A Z 1 0 9 3 4 V by the Replacement string Replacement 1 the measuring point type Type F recognized If not all characters of the PCS7 variable name are used to build the new name for the external archiving system it could happen that non unique names of the measuring points are built This normally forces an error importing the configuration data from the tool Therefore non unique names have to be eliminated by the user We recommend using all details of the PCS7 tag name for the building of the new tag names In the example above the substring TA1107 is not used for the building of the new tag name Therefore the user has to be sure that no variable e g with the name TA1108 F4712 R PV IN exists in PCS7 Changes of the settings of the TagnameComposer do not have impacts on filter rules which are already done The settings of the Standard TagnameComposer should be done before the first initial run a
5. 1 Faulty filter rules will not be recognized by the creation of a configuration and are signed with a symbol Moving the curser on the symbol an error text will be shown r PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG testi File Edit Filter View Project Tools Quid e Filter Definitions Log Structure Tag Parameter Eng unit Description Exception Compression Point type Digital set PV INttunit comment standard y float32 x Ev PV INttunit comment standard x float32 x In this example project two filter rules for the same parameter PV_IN and the same Structure Tag PID SC are defined Moreover the start of measurement XA in the second rule is higher than the end of Measurement XE 3 12 Deleting a filter rule To delete a filter rule select the according line and chose the menu Filter gt Delete 3 13 Show invalid filters In the menu Filter Show Invalid of the filter menu the user may get the set of filter entries which are part of the project but deactivated This happens if there is no instance reference of the PCS7 project to a defined structure tag in the filter That means that the structure tag does not exist e g because another library is used With the Delete button the invalid filter entries can be deleted PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 41 of 62 3 14 Extended Information to a filter rule By marking a filter rule und choosing the menu Filter gt I
6. 62 4 Restrictions Hints 4 1 Equality of tag names In huge plants with several PCS7 OS servers and their interfaces which feed one destination system e g OSIsoft Pl the user has to take care that the tag names in the destination system are unique Please note that it is possible that instances were moved to other OS servers If all source systems are read with the same filter and the same name conversion it is possible that the configurations for two of the source systems have equal tag names for the destination system Importing both configurations would cause an error or would overwrite the first tag configuration of the archiving system In such cases where the user is not knowing details of the plant changes it is recommended to have a structured behavior inserting the generated tag configuration Target systems which allow distinguishing between create and update of a tag when you insert the new tag configuration we recommend inserting all the tags with Create for the first time In this case the target system will give a message if a tag name already exists The tags which are mentioned in the message should become checked by the user where the equality comes from Possible reasons are a not suitable name conversion or a name equality of two different tags in different source systems For Delta runs all tags which are declared as new tags should be inserted with the procedure mentioned above Changed tags should b
7. Example Alarm Oben MO PVHR AND Alarm Unten 1 3 To define a condition the parameters themselves see example or constant values can be used Constant values need the as a separator for the post decimal position As an operator lt gt and lt gt are valid Strings must be defined with inverted commas For logical operations AND and OR are possible Expressions can be structured by brackets Hint for the use To see all characters of the last field Enabled it is necessary to use the scrollbar to go to the very right position and then to make a double click on the right border of this column Enabled Hint Each parameter of a structure tag which shall be archived in the external archiving system needs a single filter line Hint Changing the Structure Tag of filter rule line resets all other colums of this filter rule Hint Not for each Parameter a parameter exists for start of measurement end of measurement engineering units and comment All digital process values for example and some analogue values do not have parameters for start of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 40 of 62 measurement end of measurement engineering units For those cases a constant value may be provided in the filter which is used for instances For digital values we recommend to set the start of measurement value to 0 and the end of measurement value to
8. names Add Remove Permissions for SELBST Allow Deny Local Access Remote Access Add the Administrators group by clicking the button Add Select Users or Groups Ed Fo Select this object type Users Groups or Built in security principals Object Types From this location Es Locations Enter the object names to select examples ES1 4dministrators Check Names ok toma LZ Thereafter activate Local Access and Remote Access for the Administrators group Access Permission ea E3 Default Security Group or user names 8 Administrators ES1 Administrators Add Remove Permissions for Administrators Allow Deny Local amp ccess Remote Access Repeat these Steps for Access Permissions Edit Default for Launch and Activation Permissions Edit Limits and for Launch and Activation Permissions Edit Default PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 20 of 62 Confirm the changes and leave the dialog My Computer Properties by clicking the OK Button and closing the Component Management For further configuration possibilities please refer to the OPC foundation and the help function of the operation system Please keep in mind that the OPC server may not use the standard configuration In this case please check also the DCOM settings of the OPC server as follows Please start Start gt Run gt dcomcnfg exe Check the settings
9. option the tool will add the needed parameters for an Archive Recovery OPC HDA of the WinCC archives during the run to generate a configuration To activate the Export Bad Tags option in the Error Handling section all variables which are read with error e g because the AS systems are nit available and therefore no measuring span can be read are not considered in the configuration With the decimal separator you define the decimal sign for an export in a CSV file PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 30 of 62 3 7 2 Project type OSIsoft OPC Interface For the project type OSIsoft OPC Interface additional constant attributes are available which should be set e g access rights PointSource etc These attributes are valid for all measuring points For the configuration the following dialogue is used M Default Values Error Handling archiving ha 0 1 Export Bad Tags compmax 28800 4 0 2147483647 _coy EST compmin o 0 2147483647 Decimal Separator compressing h 0 1 Display Data ccess Jo rw gr wr Background color for user changes DataGroup piadmin DataOwner piadmin excmax son 0 2147483647 excmin o 0 2147483647 location hh 4 0 32767 location3 ho 0 32767 pointsource PtAccess Jowarwr PtGroup piadmin PtOwner piadmin Shutdown lo 2m Step o ss J OPC Item Pr
10. specifies security at the packet level Default Authentication Level Connect The impersonation level specifies whether applications can determine who iz calling them and whether the application can do operations using the client s identity Default Impersonation Level Identify m Security for reference tracking can be provided if authentication is used and that the default impersonation level le nat anonymous Provide additional security for reference tracking cancel o Switch to the Folder COM Security My Computer Properties EZI Ea General Options Default Properties Default Protocols MSDTC COM Security amp ccess Permissions Y ou may edit who is allowed default access to applications You may also set limits on applications that determine their own permissions E dit Limits Launch and Activation Permissions You may edit who is allowed by default to launch applications or activate objects Y ou may also set limits on applications that determine their own permissions E dit Limits Edit Default Edit and check the settings for Access Permissions and Launch and Activation Permission Press the button Edit Limits in the Access Permissions The actual access permissions will be displayed PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 19 of 62 Access Permission x Default Security Group or user
11. to check that the user under which the tool runs has login rights to the SQL server PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 21 of 62 3 Usage 3 1 Starting the Application To start the application go to Start Programs PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG starts with an empty workplace 3 2 Reading the installed components In the menu Tools Plugins you can detect which versions of the components for the different output formats and project types are installed Plugins Installed Plugins Description Version Type Parameter CTBdisT agQutputPlugin BOIS Tag Interface Output 1 0 0 0 Output CTO siDpclnterfaceDlutputPlugin OS OPC Interface Output 1 0 0 0 Outpt CTPiConnect pcPlusDutputPlugin Pl CONNECT OPC Interfa 1 0 0 0 Outpt 3 3 Dialog language PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG is multilingual The switch to another language is possible in the menu Tools Customize You will then receive the available languages and can select one of them Finish your selection with the OK button Language Deutsch de ET English en Cancel PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 22 of 62 3 4 Creating a new project After starting the application an new project may be created by choosing File gt New In a project all data like e g connection parameters to the PCS7 source system or filter data to create the tag conf
12. to the SQL Server of the PCS7 system is done via Windows authentication or SQL Server authentication with user and password to be inserted PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 23 of 62 Output The output format of the project determines for which target system the configuration is created Configuration may be created for the following output formats Simatic IT Historian Pl Connect OPC Interface Output OSlsoft OPC Interface Output BDIS Tag Interface target independent P 21 CONNECT CONFIG O Parameter Output Q in preparation Hint Depending on the output format the contents of this working area may vary 3 5 Open an existing project With the dialog File gt Open an existing project may be loaded Open Ed x Look in G Test o 2 em My Recent Documents Desktop My Documents My Computer LY My Network File name confiatool ctp Y Places Files of type Project files ctp Cancel You are asked to select the according project file configtool cfg In File gt Recent projects alternatively to the dialog menu above the projects which are used at least are listed for activation by selecting one of them 12 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG oix File Edit View Tools New Strg N LS Open Strg 0 Close pm Save Strg S Recent Projects 1 D PCS Config configtool ctp Exit XX Clear Recent Project List PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document
13. with the assigned cycle Each new table automatically has a parameter set for the identifier Instances which do not meet another identifier will be configured with this scan cycle This identifier may be modified but can not be deleted PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 37 of 62 3 10 Read structure tag definitions Before filter rules may be defined in a project primarily the structure type and parameter information from PCS7 In addition the instance must be determined To do so use the menu Project gt Read Structure Tag Definitions 1 PCS 7 CONNECT CONFIG testi File Edit Filter View Project Tools D eal Sig Read Structure Tag Definitions Filter Definitions Log Create Complete Configuration 01 Create Delta Configuratio E Structure Tag P bs dcdit Eng unit Description Exception Compression Point type Digital set Edit Configuration l Compression Parameter Scan Cycle Definition Output Settings Properties PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG reads the data via the OPC DA connection out of the PCS7 server Read Structure Tag Definitions xl Connecting to OPC Server HB VM1 DPCSereer win E During this reading additional resources on the PCS 7 server are necessary An Initial or Delta run should not be done during a PCS7 OS server synchronization or when the plant is in a critical state Bulk messages Shutdown of a redundant PCS7 server
14. 02 T001 PV ANA Q PV A0008 BBB FSL BS0003 Q001 PV DIG PV IN A0009 AAA FSL BS0003 0001 PV DIG Q PV A0010 BBB With this function the instances which are detected via the tool filters were set like the values in the CSV XLS file In the example the field Tag of the tag FSL BS0001 Q001 PV DIG PV IN issetto A0001 indicating a renaming of this tag Each field which is named in the header line of the CSV file is changed The names in the header line of the CSV file must match the names of the columns in the configuration table Empty entries in the CSV file will force empty fields in the configuration table Hint You can specify a column named Select where the user activates or deactivates the configuration line If there s no such column then all rows are marked as activated Attention All fields which are named in the header line of the XLS CSV file or a valid mapping exists are written over This function is like the manual set of an entity using the menu Edit configuration If the values once are stored in the target system and shall be kept also in further configuration runs the user has the possibility to deselect the tag explicitly for further changes of the configuration by unsetting the check box see also the following example PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 49 of 62 In the following example in line 5 the tag name and the value for archiving were changed The same tag name is used
15. 13 07 2012 opatz V 2 0 3 Detailing of the delta run and Load user settings 03 08 2012 opatz V 2 2 0 Equality of tag names filter import and export to migrate the tool 02 10 2012 V2 2 0a Specials for Windows 7 14 02 2014 opatz V2 5 1 Additional functions inside the dialogs of creating the configuration Additional output format of BDIS output 24 02 2014 V2 5 1a Load Userdata changed p 47 ff 24 04 2014 V2 5 2 Release for V2 5 2 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2
16. 6 of 62 Using regular expressions see also chapter 3 21 Regular expressions in the Default Tagname Composer field may be defined how the tag name of the destination system is created out of the OPC variable name This pattern and the replacement will be copied to the columns Pattern and Replacement when a filter is defined The button Test allows the user to check if the regular expression delivers the right result Hint For further information about Tagname Composer and Measuring Point Type Detection please refer to chapter Example for the creation of a tag name out of the source tag name Source tag name Teilanlage9 T4711 R PV IN Regular expression A Z 1 2 0 9 3 4 Replacement 1 REG 3 Result tag name T4711 REG PV IN In the field Measuring Point Type Detection is defined how the measuring point type is calculated out of the OPC variable name also using regular expressions The button Test allows the user to check if the regular expression delivers the right result Example for a measurement type recognition Source tag name Teilanlage9 T4711 R PV IN Regular expression A Z 1 2 0 9 3 4 Replacement 1 Result type T The field Scan Cycles is used to define the scan cycles and the assignment to the project specific WinCC scan cycles Scan cycles are defined in seconds In field Engineering Unit you can define whether a translation table has to be used for the eng
17. Compression i 0 5 1 cor Examples A replacement table Messwert is defined Instances which do not meet the list of identifiers will be configured with the deadbands Exception 0 5 and Compression 1 Instances with the measurement type F will be configured with Exception 1 and Compression 2 For the instance used in the example TA1107 F4712 R PV_IN those compressing parameters would be used PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 36 of 62 Instances with the measurement type G will be configured wit the absolute values for Exception 0 5 und Compression 1 3 9 Scan cycles With the menu Project gt Scan Cycle Definition replacement tables may be defined Hint This function is not available in the output format Parameter Output Scan cycle xl Tablez Parameter List of tables Parameters defined Table Identifier Scan cycle Analagwert LC E Biniaerwert m Mame Analogwert Add Delete Identifier Cancel Section Tables With the button Add in the section Tables a new replacement table may be defined The Add button is activated if a valid and not yet existing table name is put in The table name is definable and multiple replacement tables may be defined Section Parameter The identifier represents here a substring of the name of the instances Variables whose name matches the substring were configured
18. Computer L umm File name Places Files of type Fiter files ml Cancel EZ Ya exportfilter xml 3 16 2 Import of filters from the former PCS7 Config tool till version 7 3 0 1 In the former version a filter export was not possible Nevertheless it is possible to read these filter sets directly from the database file and to migrate them To import filter rules from a former PCS7 Config tool make sure that the file type mdb is selected PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 44 of 62 1x Look in O PCS Config O F 9 fae My Recent Documents Desktop My Documents My Computer d My Network File name Konfig mdb Y Places Files of type PCS7Config database mdb Cancel Me Navigate to the output directory of the PCS7 CONFIG tool former config tool and select the file Konfig mdb In the following dialog you will see all projects of the PCS7 CONFIG tool Select the project from which the filter rules shall be imported Optional you also are able to import the compressing parameters and scan cycles To do this the check boxes must to be selected Otherwise the standard parameters for the compression and the scan cycles were moved to the project The import procedure is completed with the OK button 3 17 Viewing the Logging information During the activities in the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG tool a Log file is written with th
19. IG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page of 62 A rule defined in the filter is always valid for all instances of a structiure type It is possible to migrate the filter data out of the PCS7 Configuration tool which is a former version of the current tool For each filter entity it is possible to define a condition which will be interpreted at run time The result is bool true false In case of a false value the tag will not be part of the generated tag configuration Function Parameter Enabled For each filter entity 2 parameters or 1 parameter and 1 constant value can be defined These will be compared by the operators lt und gt and lead to a binary result True False If the result is False the tag will not be bullt Example A structure type has 4 alarm limits HH H LL L which shall be archived in the target system if the structure type uses these alarms If not the alarm limits in the DCS are very often configured outside the measuring range The HH alarm limit value is then above the upper measuring range Comparing the limit value with the measuring range both values are readable values out of the PCS7 OS server at runtime the tool decides if a value has to be archived or not Possible negative effects using Parameter Enabled If the alarm function of a structure type is not switched on or off by configuration but during the runtime by manual input each following run of the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG
20. IG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 16 of 62 Please send this file to info rhm industry siemens com Thereafter you will receive the according license file The license consists of 2 files UMIL TXT and UMIL DAT Please copy these files to the installation directory of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Without a license you can use the tool for test issues with the restriction of 5 instances 2 4 Uninstallation To remove the software do the following steps In Start Settings Control Panel Add and Remove Software search and mark the entry PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG PS Add or Remove Programs Al ES G Currently installed programs Show updates Sort by Name Change or Remove Programs Click here For support information Used occasionally Last Used On 2 9 2011 stall To change this program or remove it From your computer click Change or Remove Ta i PEZIP Server For Windows 12 00 0014 7 17MB n mne PowerDVD 32 84MB Pra YE Primary Setup Tool 1 76MB A Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 47 5 7MB m iSi Sc Library v7 1 pen iiS SC Library V7 1 OCX Faceplates Defaults Lj Siemens Automation License Manager 44 0 SP3 27 41MB A SIMATIC STEP 7 5 4 SP4 HFG 665 00ME e SIMATIC A5 O5 Engineering V 1 12 13MB E SIMATIC BATCH Base V7 1 SP1 331 00mB E SIMATIC BATCH Blocks v7 1 SP1 2 85MB ET SIMATIC BATCH Builder v7 1 SP1 1 41MB ET SIMATIC BATCH Getting Started v7 1 5P1 70 68ME Click the Button Remove The
21. IS Tag Interface For the following attributes of the configuration standard values may be edited PLS Selector PCS7 Variable name possibly concatenated with a server prefix Area constant value for all Tags of the project PLS Scanner constant value for all Tags of the project Background color for user changes Decimal separator x Default Values Display PLS Selector Background color for user changes eS Area fo l ESV Export PLS Scanner Decimal Separator Format C Format 1 Format 2 Cancel With the decimal separator you define this for the export in a CSV file The output of the tool is in a CSV file format Each BDIS tag is assigned to one row in the CSV file Format 1 and Format 2 define the structure of the elements written in the output file Format 1 e Name Tag name PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 32 of 62 OBJ Type PCS7 typical Type Data type Analog integer binary or digital respectively digital sets DIGITALSET Name of the Digital set PLS SELECTOR PCS variable name as shown in the WinCC Data manager XA Start of the measurement range XE End of the measurement range ENGUNIT engineering unit DESCRIPTION description out of PCS7 POINTSOURCE Pointsource PLS SCANNER Prefix for all tags of the project EXDEV Absolut compression parameter of the horizontal dead band COMPDEV Absolut compression parameter of the ver
22. SIEMENS PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG User manual V2 5 2 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 2 of 62 Version V2 5 2 as of 24 04 2014 Contact Phone 0621 456 2303 Fax 0621 456 3334 Email info rhm industry Osiemens com Address Siemens AG GER CS MTE MHM SD Dynamostr 4 D 68165 Mannheim Germany Subject to change without further notice 2000 2014 Siemens RC DE CS MTE MHM All rights reserved Dynamostr 4 D 68165 Mannheim Germany Registered trademarks Pl is a registered trademark of OSIsoft Inc IP 21 is a registered trademark of AspenTech Microsoft EXCEL and Microsoft Windows XP or 7 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 3 of 62 Content ToO VOFVIO Wo rosae A A 5 2 Installaionaha Unihstallstloh assess e ed eo dd eget 10 2 1 Pee QUISO Spa sudat dana orar 10 2 2 INSTA M a a o 10 2 3 LIGOTISING usura in rr 14 2 4 RIN Stata dd e dl Pn 16 25 PCS7 OS Server access of the TOO liisi a a 16 29 1 OPO DASeIVeElad6cess vicum E I pda LM IM MM M LM IECIT MEI eens 16 252 O SA 20 A e e eo o o Y O O wx M 21 3 1 SIMUNTT SAD o dl li 21 3 2 Reading the installed components ocoocccocccocncoconoconnconoconnconoconnronnronnronnronnronnronnnonoss 21 3 3 DIalOG Hangar dal 21 34 Xreaunga NOW Proje Olsson bc unus bo SERE sa Raices 22 95 sOpenanexisung pDrOIeG see moru
23. ange of a value New measuring point Additionally to the filter settings of the initial configuration additional filters Unchanged Changed New are available By means of these filters all entries with this status in comparison to the Initial configuration or the last delta configuration can be displayed PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 52 of 62 l User edits a CE G3 In a delta configuration run a subdirectory is created in the project directory whose name is set out of the current date time and the string Delta The following 4 files of the configuration will be generated delete csv deleted points in PCS7 edit csv changed points in PCS7 new csv new points in PCS7 ename csv points with changed names in the process data information system Deleted measuring points will be shown in a separate tab Hint Not every output format supports a delta run A delta run is provided for SIMATIC IT Historian for the long term archive of Siemens PI CONNECT OPC Interface f r das Zielsystem PI von OSIsoft BDIS Configuration mit einem vom Zielsystem unabh ngigen Ausgabeformat OSIsoft OPC Interface 3 18 3 Edit Configuration An existing configuration can be edited via the menu Project Edit Configuration Hint This function is not available in the output format Parameter Output Measuring points which were deselected in an initial run can be reactivated
24. at which can be used to configure the target process data information system via their available tools e g PI SMT in OSI Pl Changes in the PCS7 project can be detected via a Delta configuration run of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG which recognizes new changed and deleted instances Thus the tool synchronizes the PCS7 variables with the tag configuration of the target process data information system The tool determines the existing structure types and their variables readable in the WinCC data manager Out of this data the variables of the structure types for the tag configuration of the selected interface are detected For each parameter of a structure type the assigned data like engineering unit describing text compression cycle etc have to be defined This happens very efficiently when those data are readable out of other variables of the structure types because they can be read for each instance directly out of the PCS7 project e g for the structure type MEAS MON the unit of the set point U is readable out of the parameter U Units If those data are not readable out of the variables of the structure type they can be defined by a constant value for all instances of this structured type PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG tool uses methods to read the configuration data out of the PCS7 which causes only a small load on the PCS7 OS servers PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 6 of 62 Further features of PCS7 Connect Config
25. be available on the installation computer 6 NET Framework 2 0 will be installed if necessary F POS7 CONNECT CONFIG Setup xj i Installing MET Framework 2 0 86 Cancel 7 Windows Installer 3 1 will be installed if necessary F PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Setup x 15 Installing Windows Installer 3 1 8 Areboot of the PC may be necessary after installation of NET framework 2 0 or Windows Installer 3 1 Installation will be continued automatically after reboot F PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Setup 3 xj i Setup must reboot before proceeding Choose res to reboot now or No to manually reboot later te mw PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 12 of 62 9 The installation assistant of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG will be started Please click Next gt 2 PCS 7 CONNECT CONFIG l x Welcome to the PCS CONNECT CONFIG Setup Wizard The installer will guide vou through the steps required to install PCS CONNECT CONFIG an your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prozecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Cancel Back 10 You will be asked for the installation directory ig PES 7 CONNECT CONFIG joj x Select Installation Folder
26. can be selected or deselected Single values also can be changed manually Values changed by the user will be displayed colored To show and to recover the original value select the field and use the right mouse click Cells with error are shown with a symbol The visualized entries may be filtered using the check boxes below Using the filter User edits all lines are shown which were changed by the B User edits user The filter Errors selects all lines with error Filter PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 47 of 62 If the selection of the filters is changed the filter symbol changes his representation to o To activate the filter selection push the Apply button With the Save row filter button ll the filter selection may be stored With both buttons beside filter lines may be deleted or added If a new filter has to be created the selection criteria may be defined in the box right beside inserting the source one of the displayed columns the operator and a value The name of the filter can be changed selecting the field where the name is displayed Criteria m Source B H 3 Pe hb J 4 Filter Apply Plants with existing tag configurations in the process data information system before the first configuration run are special situations If this tag configuration should be kept and not be overwritten by PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG the user has the possibi
27. e For each PCS7 Server pair one project is installed It consists of the following data o Filter Rule set for the structure type parameters to be read with the assigned structure types and depending replacement tables for the reading cycle and the compression o Connection parameters to PCS7 o Valid constants for all tags to be placed in certain columns in the output file Area PLC Scanner Prefix for the PCS7 variable names o Status of the last config run as a basic data set for a delta run e Special constellations like existing tag configurations done manually which must be kept are covered by the tool An EXCEL import to load the existing configuration parameters is available and will be considered in any configuration run e An automatic run which creates an initial configuration for one project is possible To launch the automatic run the tool is called with parameters in a scheduled task If more than one project exist you have to install for every project a scheduled task e For each filter entity set of rules for one parameter which has to be read it is possible to define a Tagname Composer to built the tagname The functionality is near to that of the Tagname Replacer of older tool versions which was defined global for all Tags The current Tagname Composer can be defined per filter entity With the help of the Composer a PCS variable can be validated split concatenated and completed by constant strings The user is
28. e mentioned in the message should become checked by the user where the equality comes from For Delta runs all tags which are declared as new tags should be inserted with the procedure mentioned above In target systems which do not allow the user to distinguish between create and Update of a tag configuration the user should check explicitly all new tags 4 3 Change of the typical Changing a typical measurement e g to closed loop control automatically new tags from the new typical and tags to be deleted from the old typical will appear If the user wants to keep the old measurement all tags to be deleted have to be checked for this characteristic and to be ignored if necessary Otherwise the tags with their history will be deleted New tags are not critical 4 4 Migration Migration of a further version PCS7 Konfig tool till version V7 3 0 1 Generally the update of an existing PCS7 Konfig tool to this version is possible A migration of tag configurations which are built with older versions is not possible Due to that no comparison with former data sets is possible Delta run Therefore please perform a Delta run to do the necessary changes in the destination system before the update is done Please perform the following steps Perform with the old tool version a delta run in order to actualize the tag configuration in the target system Uninstall the old PI Konfig tool Install then the new
29. e most important information The information can be viewed in the tag Log in the area below the menu bar or via the menu View gt Log The tag Log exists if it is selected before in the menu View gt Toolbar A PCS 7 CONNECT CONFIG e File Edit Daa Filter Definition cule Toolbar Tools Project Filter Definitions Lag File istratorsLokale Einstellungen s amp mwendu 2012 14 05 14 07 38 243 2052 1 Started 14 05 2012 14 07 32 0012 14 05 14 07 40 587 280521 License error ERR TIME LIMIT 0012 14 05 14 07 43 618 8052 1 Running in DEMO mode 2012 15 05 09 06 37 434 S5340 1 ConfigToolGui V2 0 2 7 There are information about the license and the selected project types etc With the button Folder the user moves to the directory with the Log file and can then e g copy the file PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 45 of 62 3 18 Create a configuration The tag configuration is written in a CSV file Opening this file with EXCEL could cause that special strings are not recognized as strings by EXCEL but as a formula Example BI 2 can be interpreted as value of cell Bl minus 2 Please regard this fact 3 18 1 Create complete configuration After definition of the filter an initial configuration is created To create the configuration file select the menu Project gt Create Complete Configuration 12 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Bdis Test ME ml xl File Edit Fi
30. e not critical Tags of a source system to be deleted are critical if they are moved to another PCS7 source system because the tag history of the target system is lost when a user is deleting the tag Therefore the names of the tags to be deleted have to be checked in the existing tag configuration of the target system In target systems which do not allow the user to distinguish between create and Update of a tag configuration the user should check explicitly all new tags and tags to be deleted 4 2 Moving a variable to another OS In huge plants with several PCS7 OS servers and their interfaces which feed one destination system e g OSIsoft PI the user has to take care that the tag names in the destination system are unique Please note that it is possible that instances were moved to other OS servers A movement of a instance of a variable in another OS server is nearly not to detect automatically by the tool Therefore it is recommended to have a structured behavior inserting the generated tag configuration where the user is not knowing details of the plant changes Target systems which allow distinguishing between create and update of a tag when you insert the new tag configuration we recommend inserting all the tags with Create for the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 60 of 62 first time In this case the target system will give a message if a tag name already exists The tags which ar
31. eeccsececeeecceeeceueeceuecceeecsueensueesusessueeseeesaeenaess 45 3 18 2 Create a Delta configuration sissi cererea i e naa E aa a i aa 51 218 3 EAL Goffigblr atio is orusisepbvesu esce ita Aot 52 3 19 Tagname Composer and measuring point type detection 53 3205 Ae IUNCTA ica 56 320 GTC IIT T e ee ee 56 9 20 2 edle q RR ene ee ree oe ee E ee eee 56 320 S PAD OUI E E o A 56 S221 Regular expressions ao ue aitor ahaa anaes 57 3 22 Command line mode Non interactive mode occcocccccocnccnccnconcnccnncncnncnnnnncnnnncnnnnannos 57 3 29 Gnda Mers nnn a a 58 Se HaC renon A a O 58 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 4 of 62 aai cei gw att ERO TEUER 59 4 1 Eua OTSEag Mames oa a dd cc 59 4 2 Moving a variable to another OS ooocccccccnccccncccccnononnnnonnnonnnnconnnononenonanononnnnnnnnnnnnncnos 59 43 MANO SOM Me DIC weisen tes Eau tii dle cnE 60 4 4 MIG ATOM daa 60 5 REVISION MSTO ccisactinersncitnctsaattnans a inane Neb tra dA E ett nc De ba KO abun N D epa ini 62 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 5 of 62 1 Overview PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG allows creating a tag configuration for several external process information systems in a comfortable way To achieve the target tag configuration the variables of a PCS7 OS server are read by predefined rules The result of a configuration run of the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG tool is a tag configuration in CSV form
32. efix Windows Integrated Security WIS for the PI Server D DataSecurity PtSecurity Cancel For the following attributes of the configuration standard values may be defined e archiving e compmax e compmin e compressing e DataAccess e DataGroup e DataOwner excmax excmin location location3 pointsource e PtAccess e PtGroup e PtOwner e Shutdown Step e OPC Item Prefix PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 31 of 62 A detailed description of the fields may be found in the OSlsoft PI System documentation resp in the documentation of the Siemens OPC Interface Select WIS for the Pl server if the user authentication of the target system is done via Windows accounts If selected please insert the Pl access strings for data and point security for the used accounts With the parameter Background Colour for User Changes you have the possibility to define the background colour of user inputs done in the dialogues Project Create complete configuration resp Project gt Create Delta Configuration To activate the Export Bad Tags option in the Error Handling section all variables which are read with error e g because the AS systems are nit available and therefore no measuring span can be read are not considered in the configuration With the decimal separator you define the decimal sign for an export in a CSV file 3 7 3 Project type BD
33. elect the line with the server name and then click into the check box PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 15 of 62 If you want to connect a server which is not listed you can insert the name at the bottom of the form and select the Add button Please keep in mind that this server must be accessible Otherwise the following message will be shown 05 Server add info x ES Os Server not Found To create the needed information push the Create UMP button After that the file UMI PCS7ConnectConfig dat is created and shown in the Windows browser after the success message is acknowledged by the user successful NE x Writing UMI Eo i C Dokumente und Einstellungen Administrator Anwendungsdaten CreateUMI_PCS7ConnectConfig UMI_PCS 7ConnectConfig dat f C Dokumente und Einstellungen Administrator Anwendungsdaten CreabellMI PCS7ConnectConfig Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras Y zur ck gt m J _ Suchen i Ordner HBL Adresse e Cipokumente und Einstellungen administrator 4nwendungsdaten CreateUM_PCS ConnectConfig Wechseln zu D Ge ndert am 1 KE DAT Datei zB 03 2012 16 33 Datei und Ordneraufgaben x UMI PCS7CannectConfig dat c Neuen Ordner erstellen e Ordner im Web ver ffentlichen E Ordner freigeben Andere Orte A cj Anwendungsdaten E Eigene Dateien Gemeinsame Dokumente y Arbeitsplatz Metzwerkumgebung Details Y PCS7 CONNECT CONF
34. here That means that the projecting of the measuring point is generated if the measuring point is selected Points which were deselected will be deleted in the project file If the configuration is acknowledged by the user a sub folder is generated in the project path The name of the folder will be built out of the current date the time and the word History The following 4 files of the configuration will be generated delete csv deleted points in PCS7 edit csv changed points in PCS7 new csv new points in PCS7 ename csv points with changed names in the process data information system PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 53 of 62 3 19 Tagname Composer and measuring point type detection The Tag name Composer allows to build the name of a measuring point for the external archiving system very flexible out of the PCS7 variable name following special rules and to complete it by constant strings The Pattern and the Replacement are set in the properties Project Properties Each new filter rule gets this standard definition Project Properties xi Default Tagname Composer Pattern v Test Replacement Measurement Point Type Detection Pattern Test Replacement Engineering Unit Use Engineering Unit Mapping Iv Show Mapping DK Cancel Using the Test button the user can check his regular expressions
35. iguration of one source system also for a redundant PCS7 server pair are managed and stored A project will be created once and can be used multiple times to create a tag configuration Also changes e g of the filter settings are possible In the dialog New Project the following information must be provided to define a new project Mew Project Mame IC SN Location E Prikte ss Browse Project type ps7 E Use Instance Indexing Host Ham OPC Server DPCSewerWinC ss Browse SOL Server Use Windows Authentification Use SOL Server Authentification User name Password Output Parameter Output Cancel Name Name of the project and path to be created to store the project data Location Name of the directory where the project file and the data are stored Via the button Browse the location may be selected and created Project type Defines the source system with the system version Use Instance Indexing If this option is selected an index is added to the target tag name starting with 01 if the name appears more then one time out of the rules of the TagNameComposer Once the index is created the index and the names which were created are kept alive for the instances even when the instances are deleted in PCS7 Host Node name or IP address of the PCS7 server OPC Server Name or ProgID of the OPC Server Normally OPCServer WinCC SQL Server Determines whether the login
36. in Console root Component Services Computer My Computer DCOM Config Only necessary for Windows XP Make sure the simple file sharing in the folder options of the Windows explorer is deactivated To check this start the Windows Explorer and choose Tools Folder Options View Advanced settings Folder Options Ed General View File Types Offline Files Falder views rou can apply the view such as Details ar Tiles that E you are using for this folder to all folders Apply to All Folders Beset All Folders Advanced settings Do not show hidden files and folders 9 Show hidden files and folders O Hide extensions for known file types O Hide protected operating system files Recommended O Launch folder windows in a separate process O Remember each folder s view settings Restore previous folder windows at logon O Show Control Panel in My Computer O Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color eae UE iL UIT E mE ES Restore Default OF Cancel Apply 2 5 2 Microsoft SQL Server access The following prerequisites are needed fort he access to the MS SQL Server of the PCS7 OS servers Standard SQL Server port 1433 UPD TCP is not blocked by the firewall The user the tool is running has to have login rights to the SQL Server The right to login is given if the tool runs with the same user as the PCS7 OS server is logged in If the users are different you have
37. in a test scenario Edit Tag Pattern El Parameter Tag Name A Druck P REAL Pattern amp Z F LOC CLIE Replacement 1 2 3 5 Result Modified Character String PD ruck REAL Result F conversion DK Cancel The name of the variable in PCS7 as shown in the data manger is the input for the generated name of the external archive system Tag name TA1107 FA712 RH PV IN parsed by a regular expression see also chapter 3 21 Regular expressions Pattern A Z 1 0 9 3 4 V the syntax of the variable name can be checked and divided into a few substrings By the Replacement string PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 54 of 62 Replacement TASTD 1 24 3 These substrings combined with constant strings are building the new variable name for the external archive system New variable name TASTD F4712 RHZPV IN Selecting Edit Tag Composer of a filter entry it is possible to change the Tag name Composer customer specific wincC 1 4 Az UC CUIU 51525345 WINCC 1 le zu KC 151524345 For a simple check of the TagComposer the user can select an instance inside the test dialogue Edit Tag Pattern E Parameter Tag Name l H Druck P REAL Pattern H Drucklstmenge P REAL H EndeAbbruch P REAL jets m R EndeReg P REAL wW Gependelt P REAL Result Modified Character String Result OR
38. in line 4 and 5 and therefore the referenced cells are marked as faulty Edit Configuration Updated tag la Ga W Gependek P A 1 R Duck PW RE R DiuckRESL lI F Drucklstmeng R_Drucklstmeng 1 RLEndelibbruch R Endedbbruch 1 R EndeFleg PV_ R EndeRegREAL 1 Ii Gependek PY Ww GependekiNT 1 1 1 1 1 1 P Drack PVINT P_OruckINT A_Drcklsimeng R_Oiuckistmeng A _Endeibiuch R_EndeAbbruch ALEndeRea PV R EndeFlegiNT Tap 12 Paral Typ Il Paral 01 P Conai 36a P Contro HEr 1 IR Cono ai F Centrol13474 1 P Conn P Control H7 1 cricojoicojoicojcoioijico jco ucio c c cz E dl M al 4 If some measuring points should not be included in the output they can be deselected by the check box in the first column The following delta runs do not include these deselected measuring points If the CheckBox Export Bad tags see chapter 3 7 1 is selected and structure type definitions could not be read the target variables will be created but the fields which could not be read are signed with undefined To reactivate these deselected measuring points use the menu Project Edit Configuration Via the dropdown menu filter you can specify if you want to see all measuring points the changed measu
39. ineering units Using the Advanced Process Library of PCS7 V7 1 or later the engineering units for an analogue value are no more a string but an ID Via the ID the according engineering unit is found in a mapping table In the field Engineering Unit you select that the mapping shall be used The Mapping table may be shown with the button Show Mapping 3 6 3 Scan cycles These settings are only displayed if the selected output format supports scan cycles Here you can see the standard WinCC scan cycles and define additional cycles which shall be used Hint This function is not available in the output format Parameter Output PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 27 of 62 Project Properties Fa W injCC standard cycles EEE 1000 3 WinCE Custom cycles Crt 11 IE s E 000 z UTE 12 iG Se f 000 z Ec Ia UTE 14 Cre 4 UTE 15 EE ae CYE B Ce r DTE E Enea CYC 10 3 7 Project output settings In the menu Project gt Output Settings the parameters for the output that means standard values for the creation of the tag configuration of the selected project type may be set The available parameters depend on the project type If tags rise with the same name during the configuration run which are not corrected by the user or are there reading errors for one tag which are not corrected by the user the data for the outp
40. ion like range of measurement engineering units and comments If supported by the external archiving system additional attributes like compression and scan frequency can be defined A rule defined in this way is valid for all instances of a structure tag A new filter line is needed to read another parameter of the same structure type Example If the process value input PV IN and the operation mode QMAN OUT of a PID control shall be read two rules have to be defined If there are 120 instances of the PID control defined in the PCS7 project 240 archiving variables will result PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 9 of 62 Schematic diagram Data management PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG PCS Interface Destination syste m Transfer of the configuration with tools of the destination system pa Tag configuration from PCS CONNECT CONFIG Reading the piojecting out of the PCS OS server Terminal bus redundant PCS OS servers PCS project System bus Automation systems PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 10 of 62 2 Installation and Uninstallation 2 1 Prerequisites PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG needs PCS7 Version V6 or newer as a source system Older versions on request To create the full tag configuration the PCS7 system including the PLCs must be completely built up and accessible Only those variables which are mapped into the WinCC data manager can be read F
41. lity to select a CSV file using the button Load user settings where source tag names and assigned configuration parameters from the existing tag configuration are defined These parameters then will be taken over 1 1 and not validated to the new configuration Load user settings Mapping between the source column from the file Compmin importing and the destination columns of PCS7 anpi Connect Config There must exist at least a mapping for the destination Souce Compmax PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 48 of 62 Example of an Excel 97 file ao a PA c B 1 OPCItem Tag Descriptor 2 FSL BS0001 QO01 PV DIG PV IN A0001 AAA 3 S0001 Q001 PV DIG Q PV A0002 BBB gy 4 S0001 TOO1 PV ANA PV IN A0003 AAA 5 SO001 TOO1 PV ANA Q PV A0004 BBB j 6 iS0002 Q001 PV DIG PV IN A0005 AAA 7 FSL BS0002 QO001 PV DlIG Q PV A0006 BBE 8 FSL BS0002 TOO1 PV ANA PV IN A0007 AAA 9 FSL BSO002 TOO1 PV ANA Q PV A0008 BBB 10 FSL BSOD03 QO001 PV DIG PV IN A0009 AAA 11 FSL B50003 O001 PV DIG O PV A0010 BBB I 4 k Fl Tablel Table Table3 2 Example of a CSV file entry OPCItem Tag Descriptor FSL BS0001 Q001 PV DIG PV IN A0001 AAA kPOLeBSUODI QOQLIAPV DIG Q PV A0002 eee FSL BS0001 TOO1 PV ANA PV IN A0003 AAA FSL BS0001 T001 PV ANA Q PV A0004 BBB FSL BS0002 Q001 PV DIG PV IN A0005 AAA FSL BS0002 Q001 PV DIG Q PV A0006 BBB FSL BS0002 TO01 PV ANA PV IN A0007 AAA FSL BS00
42. lter View Project Tools t d n id 9 FS Read Structure Tag Definitions Filter Definitions Log E Create Complete Configuration Structure Tag P Point type Digital set z di fi i MEAS sin pia piel R y Hunit y Hcommer t xl standard y standard y Analog M Compression Parameter i Create Delta Configuration Scan Cycle Definition Explorer Output Settings Properties lf there is still user input e g deactivating a tag or manually edited configuration data the user will be asked if these changes have to be considered or ignored Do your choice selecting Yes or No PI CONNECT OPC Interface Output X Benutzereingaben ausgew hlte Tags manuell ge nderte Konfiguration verwerfen win As a result of the initial configuration the application supports all the data as new variables to be archived PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 46 of 62 Create Complete Configuration BE l B x Updated tag list aL G Load user settings r E FTT ae ERE DataGiroup dl e L 4180 M PV IN L 4180 M PV IN 1 28 Gn gr wr scd Number of Rows 2 Displayed Rows 2 Selected Rows 1 Criteria User edits The user has now the possibility to edit the configuration m Via the buttons E I all measured values can be selected or deselected Via the check boxes beside the entries single parameters
43. me Composer Each filter line holds a specific number of instances If the names of the instances follow a construction rule and contain the measurement type the application is able to extract this measurement type using regular expressions refer to Project Settings chapter 3 6 2 and use it for setting the compression and scan cycle depending on the measurement type PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 35 of 62 Example Pressure Measurement start with a P levels with L flows with F temperatures with T etc In the project regular expressions and replacements for the tag name definition and recognition of the measurement type are assigned Example for the creation of a tag name out of the source tag name Source tag name Teilanlage9 T4711 R PV IN Regular expression A Z 1 2 0 9 3 4 Replacement 1 REG 3 Result tag name T4711 REG PV IN Example for measurement type recognition Source tag name Teilanlage9 T4711 R PV IN Regular expression A Z 1 2 0 9 3 4 Replacement 1 Result type T In a project normally temperatures changing slowly are archived with other compression settings than pressures changing fast The possibility of using different compression settings is realized as follows Compression Parameter Tables List of tables Parameters defined Parameter Identifier Messwert Add Delete Identifier Exception
44. meter the project specific compression settings which may be advised to specific measurement types can be set For a new project a parameter set high low and standard is predefined which may be changed but not deleted Lompression Parameter Tables Parameter List of tables Parameters defined Identifier Exception Compression add g 1x D E M Deere Identifier Exception Compression d E z 2X Cancel The compression parameters can be absolute or percentage values A percentage value is always assigned to the measuring range of a variable maximum minus minimum Section Tables With the button Add in the section Tables a new table can be added The button Add is active if a valid and not yet existing name is set in the field Name By selecting a table from the list Tables its entries are shown in the Section Parameters and may also be changed With the button Delete an existing table may be deleted The button is only activated if a user defined table is selected The system tables high low and standard can not be deleted Section Parameter The button Modify allows modifying an existing entry Actual settings for Exception and Compression may be entered in 96 of the range of measurement or in absolute values With the button Delete an existing entry may be deleted The number of entries for the compression parameters is not limited Relation to the Standard Tagna
45. nd should not be changed afterwards In any case you have to make sure that changes of the settings e g in case of errors which are recognized later will generate the same results for the existing tag names If not the changes in the external archiving system have to be done manually and an initial run is needed Instance indexing The position of the index in case the indexing was selected in the project creation form and equal tag names were generated is defined with the string lt l gt in the replacement Example 1 BO lt l gt OP PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 56 of 62 3 20 Help functionality The help functionalities can be selected in the menu 1 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG q34 File Edit Filter View Project Tools Quid e Contents Filter Definitions Log Inde Q Search Structure Tag Parameter Eng unit About 3 20 1 Contents To see the documentation of the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG tool where you can get information for the installation and deinstallation or hints for the usage please select the Contents menu 3 20 2 Search If you want to search for an issue inside the documentation please select the Search menu 3 20 3 About In the About menu you get the version of the tool and also information about the used license PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 5 of 62 3 21 Regular expressions In computing a reg
46. nfo 12 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG test1 File Edit Filter View Project Tools D GE dc New Ctr N Filter Definition 5 Delete Del Select All Ctri 4 e i 7 a T a bes Eng unit Description Exception Compression Point type Digital set iv PV INitunit v comment v standard 3 Import 9 Export Info structure tag xi Parameter Instances Parameter Data type blocktype Hcomment AUT_ON_OP AUT_ON_OP string_0 AUT_ON_OP string_1 BA_EN DEADB_W Hshortcut DEADB_W Hunit ER ERttunit Ly co uc F43391 R F45331 R F45331 R H53201 1 L46200 R T43202 R T43204 R 143210 R T43211 R T43213 R T45202 R T45210 R T45211 R T45202 R 146210 R T486211 R w52000 R Ww52001 R Ww52002 R Ww52003 R w 52004 R PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 42 of 62 3 15 Filter export A filter export normally is needed to copy the selected variable types from one project to the other or to prepare a migration of the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG tool to a newer version In this case the user does not need to insert again the filter sets With the menu Filter gt Export the filter rules of a project may be exported in XML format 12 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG testi A ES File Edit Filter View Project Tools n gx Hl New Ctr N k Filter Definition Delete PCS CONNECT CONFIG x JJ Filter expo
47. o not need any DCOM settings which are described in the following For DCOM settings login as administrator Start the Management Tool Component Services COM via Start gt Run gt dcomcnfg exe Run El X Type the name of a program folder document ar Internet resource and Windows will open it Far you Cancel Browse The Management Tool will be started Navigate in the tree to Console Root Component Services Computer My Computer i Component Services e File Action View Window Help CI Console Root qa Component Services uber yd E zm Applications CO DCOM Config Distributed Running ag DCOM Config Applications Transacti Pracesses H E Distributed Transaction 2 Running Processes gn Event Viewer Local EE Services Local PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 18 of 62 Open the dialog My Computer Properties by right clicking on context menu of My Computer and select Properties Jump in this dialog to the folder Default Properties and make sure that DCOM is activated My Computer Properties Default Protocols MSDTC COM Security General Options Default Properties e Enable Distributed COM on this computer Boreciouceonooneeeneogenncanoneoocaoponeooadnnnooaoogongaaensoseoaegoceoganogdenaconcadeenopoeong Enable COM Intemet Services on this computer Default Distributed COM Communication Properties The Authentication Level
48. ompression Parameter Scan Cyt Deron xs HA LN CNN m zm s It is possible to do the initial run more than one time To repeat an initial run will overwrite the existing data of this project PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 51 of 62 3 18 2 Create a Delta configuration With Project Create Delta Configuration it is possible to synchronize the current PCS7 project with the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG project and so with the current tag configuration Hint This function is not available in the output format Parameter Output ra PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG USE intem Fie Edt Files View Project Took 38 ld X gs Read Structure Tag Definitions Fites Definitions Log Create Complete Conhguration Output Settings Properties JE Create Deta Configuaion due mem 9 Edit Configuration E lt Compression Parameter mm Scan Cycle Definition Exploser tura E R The following changes will be recognized PCS project An instance of a structure tag was added or deleted PCS project The parameters start range of measurement value end range of measurement value unit or comment of a structure tag were changed PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG project A filter entry was added deleted or changed PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG project The output specific properties were changed The label in the second column indicates the type of changes Ch
49. on init project project path project file Example Config ToolGui exe action init project C Projects Test1 configtool ctp will build a first configuration of the project Test1 The command line mode will install a status file in the project directory after the configuration run has finished The file has the following structure Status OK FAILED Message If Status FAILED the error message Folder Output directory Date Date Time PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 58 of 62 3 23 Configuration The configuration file of the executable Config ToolGui exe config is located in the installation directory of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG It is a file in XML format XML Extended Markup Language is a defined standard following strong policies It is near the same as a HTML file but has not so much possibilities One example HTML is not case sensitive but in XML it is important 3 23 1 Tracing In chapter lt system diagnostics gt settings for the tracing and debugging of the application can be done The switch TraceSwitch controls the trace and the debug output Each debug level has own message classes which are written into the protocol Off Error Warning Detail Verbose Each level includes the messages of the level below e g if level Detail is selected the messages of Error and Warning are included as well PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 59 of
50. or installation of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG your computer must fulfil the following preconditions Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Microsoft Windows 7 Software NET Framework 2 0 and Windows Installer 3 1 The NET framework is a programming platform of Microsoft the Windows Installer is needed to install programs delivered as MSI packages If the NET framework or the Windows Installer 3 1 does not already exist on your computer they will be installed during setup of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG OPC Core Components 3 0 OPC Core Components Redistributable x86 msi Hint lf your computer doesn t have this OPC Core component installation please install it from the delivery CD of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Hardware Computer with minimum Pentium IV Processor und at least 2 GB RAM For the installation administrative rights are necessary To use the tool normally main user rights are enough 2 2 Installation For Installation of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG do the following steps 1 Insert the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG CD ROM into the CD ROM drive 2 Please read the file README TXT if it exists It may contain urgent actual installation hints 3 Start the program SETUP_EN EXE from the CD ROM PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 11 of 62 4 The setup program will lead you through complete installation of PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG 5 he setup program primarily checks for all necessary components to
51. responsible for the uniqueness of the built Tag names Tag names which are not unique can be edited in the provided tool editor The changes were set permanent and are used in future tool runs e During the run of the tool it is possible that OPC reading errors appear e g range of measurement not readable because measuring point is interrupted Also such errors can be corrected by using the editor of the tool The changes were set permanent and are used in future tool runs e The abbreviation of the Tag name to a specific maximum length has to be done by the Tagname Composer or by an abbreviation in the tool editor e f tags exist with the same tag name which are not corrected will be exported with error message or will be not exported depending on the project type e n an editor provided by the tool it is possible to edit any parameter before the export starts The inserted values are stored and used in the following runs The editor can only be used in an interactive mode In the automatic mode the changes which were done in the editor are considered e A rule defined in the filter is always valid for all instances of a structiure type e A defined filter can be exported from a project to a XML file at any time Assigned to the filter also the tables for the reading cycle and the compression which depend on the structure type were exported e An exported filter can be imported in an other existing project PCS7 CONNECT CONF
52. ring points or the measuring points with errors If you cancel the Re Run Nein you can roll back the configuration If you select a Re Run Ja the configuration will be created Create Complete Configuration E J Initial run has already been performed Re run wn As a result of the run of the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG tool the file new csv is generated in a sub folder of the project path The name of the folder will be built out of the date the time and the word Init Siemens OPC Interface Output ES PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 50 of 62 i DAPCS7Configi201 201_09_15_14_24_Init Datei Beabelen Arah Favoden Estas J c bi gt Suchen l Over E TES Matecctl Olhoe Enc 3 Desktop amp LL Eigene Datesen B M beiiplaz amp Y Dikata A E uw Lokales Datentr ger C C3 AAG C3 AX HF ZZ C3 Config Msi I E Dokumente und Einstellungen Hl C3 Programme Ej RECYCLER gt System Volume Information El Sue Dabar Di E C3 irtal El D POS Conhg C3 RECYCLER iC System Volume Information The trailer Init marks the run as the initial run first run With the menu Project Explorer the user is forwarded to the project directory S7 CONNE CT CONFIG USB intern Ele Edt Faer View Project Ioh Big Read Structure Tag Definitions ra PCS Ej Create Complete Configuration esco A O mann EN IS CET i E E C
53. rt to C Projektel Test exportfilter xml was successful Hint Exported were filter rules compressing parameters and scan cycles 3 16 Filter import If a filter is imported all filter lines are deleted and replaced by the imported filter rules If the imported filter has relation to structure types which do not exist in the current source system the assigned filter rules where marked as not valid These entries can then be visualized by using Filter gt Ung ltige anzeigen Additionally after the import the user will get a message Please read first the structure types before you import the filters in order to enable the filter import to check the assignment of the current typicals The filter import is started with the menu Filter Import PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 43 of 62 12 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG testi Al ES Eng unit Description Exception Compression Point type Digital set 3 16 1 Import in XML format from other projects Filters of the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG tool will be exported in XML format and can be reimported again from XML format in order to take over filter entities from other connections or to make filters available again after an upgrade of the tool To import filter rules in XML format make sure that the file type xml is selected El ES Look in E Test F gt mj My Recent Documents Desktop 9 My Documents Sr My
54. s a source system and differ concerning the target process data information system named as target system in the following SIMATIC IT Historian for the target system Simatic IT Historian von Siemens PI CONNECT OPC Interface for the target system Pl of OSIsoft IP 21 CONNECT CONFIG for the target system IP 21 of AspenTech BDIS Configuration with a target system independent output format OSIsoft OPC Interface for the target system PI of OSIsoft Parameter Output with a neutral output format e g for controller optimizations In preparation Typically a PCS7 project consists of multiple instances of modules Each module e g CTRL_PID PID control has type specific parameters e g PV IN controller process value input The modules are realized in WinCC as so called structure tags PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG reads via the OPC Data Access interface and optionally adds via data base access all existing structure tags which have the parameter Zblocktype For these structure tags all parameters which are available in the PCS7 servers tag management are investigated In addition all instances of the structure tags are read This project structure is presented to the user in a comfortable user interface In this surface definitions of a filter are done The filter defines which parameters of a structure tag shall be transmitted to the external archiving system and which parameters of a structure tag hold additional informat
55. s ld eo raodo dll lo 23 3 6 POISE CU DIO GIGS asantan 24 SON Aco rc PERENNE Tm 25 052 SUA INQNIT 25 2303 SCAN eem D e TS 26 3 7 Project output setings racial 27 3 7 1 Project type Pl Connect OPC Interface with option Archive Recovery 28 3 7 2 Project type OsSlsott OPC INtErMace scort rodeo rd 30 3 7 3 Project type BDIS Tag Interface gue oes Ser one Seas 31 3 7 4 Project type Parameter ac cciecieccs sketches uceineencueedenced ee e opus uro ueu dea Onda nnd iN ucec cem Mani LIS P uddu 32 3 8 Compression patalnielels eo nd edt bed tute um tu iUt MD I M UM 34 S2 EE ne 36 3 10 Read structure tag definitions oocccccnccocnoccnnoconocnnnonanononnccnnnonanonnnnonannnnanenaninnons 37 SAA qe iaiogm RE e eee ene eee 38 242 JDeleung a Merle aaa 40 o9 SDOWJInValldBliels aren E a 40 3 14 Extended Information to a filter rule ccoooccconnoccnncocncconnononccnnnonanonnnnocannnnons 41 Seo eo E UU T T 42 21O i es a tao 42 3 16 1 Import in XML format from other projectS coooccconcccnccconccnncnconcncnncconcncnncnnnanconcnnnnos 43 3 16 2 Import of filters from the former PCS7 Config tool till version 7 3 0 1 43 3 17 Viewing the Logging TAO MA ION rra vit telo o ar reap vb dee Ubde redo rb dtd ober mao niet ee 44 9 19 Create a config allODs ascen hans toon oe ragtaa ag tmo coca utut E tutus deed ers 45 3 18 1 Create complete configuration cccc
56. software will be removed automatically 2 5 PCS7 OS Server access of the tool To get the configuration the tool connects the PCS7 OS server The access is done via the following interfaces OPC DA server MS SQL server 2 5 1 OPC DA server access An OPC server is a COM server COM is an object model of to develop divided applications The access is done via Operating System bibliotheca Using the extension of COM called DCOM Distributed COM the access is also possible from to other PCs DCOM is only PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 17 of 62 possible using authenticated access between the PCs Using a firewall you have to keep in mind that DCOM uses a free area of ports It is necessary that the users which are logged in on the PCs provide access rights to each other In addition the client PC machine where PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG is installed and the Server PC PCS7 System must either be member of the same domain or Workgroup Hint In a working group the user is on every machine the same if user name and password are the same Inside a domain both hosts must be part of the domain and can use the same domain user name In any case the machine where PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG and the one where the PCS7 OS server is running must be part of the same domain or working group Normally the tool will be installed on an interface machine with connection to PCS7 e g with OpenPCS7 or WinCC installation In this case you d
57. tical dead band SCAN Scan cycle in milliseconds ERROR OK Replacer Validation error Tag name not unique Format 2 near to the AspenTech IP 21 column structure Name Tag name OBJ Type PCS7 typical IP TAG TYPE Data type e g analog IO TAGNAME Variable name in PCS7 IP GRAPH MINIMUM Start of the measurement range IP GRAPH MAXIMUM End of the measurement range IP ENG UNITS Engineering unit IP DESCRIPTION Description out of PCS7 IP PLANT AREA Fix area name for all tags of the project IO HOST Fix description out of the field PLS Scanner 3 7 4 Project type Parameter For Parameter Output the data were created in a target independent format as a CSV file In the output parameters the name of the output file and the separator for the fields inside the file may be assigned The standard values are parameter csv and Settings Default Values File M ame parameter csv Field Separator Cancel The output of the tool is a file in CSV format Each BDIS tag is assigned to one row in the CSV file PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 33 of 62 Output elements Instance Variable name in PCS7 Parameter Parameter name of the typical Structure Tag PCS7 typical PointT ype Value Value of the parameter Error PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 34 of 62 3 8 Compression parameters Choosing the menu Project Compression Para
58. tings for compressing are done in the two columns Exception and Compression It is possible to put in a constant value absolute or in per cent or a link to a replacement table refer to chapter 3 8 Exception is set for the compression via horizontal deadband and Compression for the vertical deadband compression see also descriptions of the interface programs to the archiving system The column Point type defines the data type float or integer in the archiving system The data type Digital needs the definition of the Digital set field with a digital set of the target archive system In the column Scan cycle the scan rate for the archiving may be chosen The user may either select one of the WinCC Scan classes or a replacement table for the scan cycle In the last case the scan class depends on the kind of measurement Replacement tables are only listed when according tables are available refer to chapter 3 9 The column Use TagComposer determines if a replacement of the tag name for the destination system shall be used With the button Edit TagComposer the settings may be done For details please refer to chapter In the field Enabled the user has the possibility to define a condition which decides if a variable will be part of the tag configuration or not There are no plausibility checks that means that wrong definitions or the use of not existing parameters could lead to wrong output data
59. tool will create new tags in case of alarm activating and will create tags to be deleted in case of alarm deactivating If this happens very often by operator handling it is for sure undesired If this happens only one time during the configuration it will be no issue Function Indexing Once defining the project the indexing of the typicals can be selected Due to that the instance number f r each typical beginning with one will be appended to the name of the typical type Additionally the names of the instance and the parameter can be replaced by plant specific definitions names Example The PCS7 parameter name F4711 CTRL 5 PV IN will be transfered to FA711 REG 1 PV where REG is the replacement for the instance name CTRL 5 1 is the instance number and PV is the replacement of the parameter name PV IN PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 8 of 62 Licensing e One license is required for each interface machine With this license you can read the configuration out of one PCS server pair e Consists a DCS system out of more than one PCS7 OS server pair one additional license is needed for each additional server pair e Not redundant PCS7 OS servers as well as PCS7 OS single stations or redundant pairs of a PCS7 OS station will be handled from the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG point of view like a redundant PCS7 OS server pair PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG is available in 4 variants which all use PCS7 a
60. ular expression provides a concise and flexible means to match specify and recognize strings of text such as particular characters words or patterns of characters A regular expression is written in a formal language that can be interpreted by a regular expression processor which is a program that either serves as a parser generator or examines text and identifies parts that match the provided specification An example fort he use as a filter is the possibility of complex string conversions without naming or converting the source strings explicitly Due to that a efficient and time optimized conversion especially with huge data volumes is possible A detailed description with explanations of the meta characters and examples are located at http en wikipedia org wiki Regular expression Further information about regular expressions you can find e g in http www regenechsen de phpwcms index php regex or http msdn microsoft com with the keyword Introduction to RegularExpression Scripting At http gskinner com RegExr or http regexp tester mediacix de exp regex you will find a tool that allows you to test the conversion of strings by regular expressions 3 22 Command line mode Non interactive mode PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG allows to build a full configuration init run in a non interactive mode automatically This feature is currently only available for the project type BDIS Tag Interface oyntax ConfigToolGui exe acti
61. ut format BDIS Tag Interface is exported with error message For all the other output formats these data sets will be ignored and not created 12 PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Testi Al ES File Edit Filter View Project Tools j n id Read Structure Tag Definitions Filter Definitions Log Create Complete Configuration Structure Tag B Create Delta Configuration Edit Configuration Compression Parameter Scan Cycle Definition Output Settings Properties PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 28 of 62 3 7 1 Project type Pl Connect OPC Interface with option Archive Recovery For the project type Pl Connect OPC Interface additional constant attributes are available which should be set e g access rights PointSource etc These attributes are valid for all measuring points For the configuration the following dialogue is used Output Settings xi Default Values Archive Recovery archiving fi 0 1 Use Archive Recovery D compmax 28800 D 2147483547 Error Handling compmin o ES 0 2147483647 Export Bad Tags J compressing 1 0 1 Display Data ccess fo TW gir wr Background color for user changes DataGroup piadmin ESV Export pr DataDwner pia a Decimal Separator excmax enn 0 2147483647 excmin o 0 2147483647 location 0 32767 location3
62. version Create a new project Import the filter you want to use in the new version The filters can be imported out of the MDB file of the PI Konfig tool The steps are explained in chapter 3 16 2 Import of filters from the former PCS7 Config tool till version 7 3 0 1 At least the user should build also an initial configuration Init run with the new PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG tool This is used as the basic data set for the following Delta runs PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 61 of 62 Only the filter data were transferred during the filter import Compression parameters reading cycles as well as output parameters and properties must still be project specific inserted Migration of a PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG from version V1 0 For the migration of a version 1 x please ask us via the mentioned address above From version 2 0 the PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG projects are compatible that means you do not need any migration activities but select directly the old project files to open the project Please perform the following steps Uninstall the old tool version Install then the new version You can directly access the project files configtool ctp in the project subdirectories of your output folder PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 62 of 62 5 Revision history ome me yen pere 13 04 2012 opatz 2 0 Built new for version 2 0 with huge extensions and changes V O wi
63. version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 24 of 62 3 6 Project properties After a new project has been created the properties of this project should be set first using Project gt Properties 12 PCS 7 CONNECT CONFIG Testi Bal ES File Edit Filter View Project Tools a die 3 Read Structure Tag Definitions Filter Definitions Log Create Complete Configuration 1 Structure Tag RSF Create Delta Configuration Edit Configuration Compression Parameter Scan Cycle Definition Output Settings The dialog Properties is shown PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 25 of 62 3 6 1 General In the register folder General you see a summary of the actual properties Additional information about the project may be added in the input filed Description General Custamize Scan cycles Mame Test Location C Prapecte T esti Created 29 03 2012 10 55 33 Description Host pcs BI OPE Server OPE Server mE Output Format OS OPC Interface Output 3 6 2 Customize The register folder Customize allows to add project wide settings Project Properties E Default Tagname Compozer Pattern ka Test Replacement Measurement Point Type Detection Pattern Test Replacement Engineering Unit Use Engineering Unit Mapping I Show Mapping PCS7 CONNECT CONFIG Document version 2 5 2 SIEMENS Page 2

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