Notes on configuration and operation
5.6 Data transfer between communications partners
CP 1242-7 V2
Operating Instructions, 05/2014, C79000-G8976-C311-00
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5.6
Data transfer between communications partners
5.6.1
Sending from station to station
Sending to a station with CP 1242-7 GPRS V2
After data has been transferred from the CPU (TC_SEND) to the CP, the CP sends the data
to the remote communications partner immediately using GPRS. This applies to the following
stations:
Stations that can be reached via the telecontrol server.
CP in "Telecontrol" mode
Stations, that can be reached directly.
CP in "GPRS direct" mode
5.7
Main and substitute telecontrol server
Telecontrol server: Main and substitute server
If TCSB is installed as the main and substitute server, two parallel systems are installed by
TCSB and these are independent of each other. Both systems have their own database and
the complete communications functions of TCSB. The two TCSB systems do not monitor
each other.
Configuration of the main and substitute server
Make sure that the configuration data on the two systems are consistent with each other.
You can achieve this by entering all the configuration data twice manually or after configuring
the main system, by copying the database of the main system to the substitute system using
operating system tools. Follow the steps outlined below:
1.
Copy the database file from the following directory of the main system:
Programdata > Siemens > Automation > TCS Basic > Data > "Smsc.sqlite"
2.
Insert the database file at the same location in the file system of the substitute system.
The existing "Smsc.sqlite" file on the substitute system is overwritten.
3.
If necessary, adapt the addressing of the database server in the configuration of the
substitute server under "Settings" if CMT and the database in the main system are
installed on different computers.
Copying ensures the consistency of the configuration data. Since the system parameters of
the main and substitute system can be configured in the CMT, following copying no editing of
the system parameters of the substitute system is necessary.
