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SIMATIC Microbox 427B-RTX/ -HMI/RTX and Panel PC 477B-HMI/ -HMI/RTX

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SIMATIC

Microbox 427B-RTX/ -HMI/RTX and

Panel PC 477B-HMI/ -HMI/RTX

Manual

12/2007

A5E01217837-01

Summary of Contents for SIMATIC 427B-HMI/RTX

Page 1: ...X HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX ______________ ______________ ______________ Preface Product Overview 1 User Tasks 2 Tools 3 SIMATIC Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX Manual 12 2007 A5E01217837 01 ...

Page 2: ...ion of a device system may only be performed by qualified personnel Within the context of the safety notes in this documentation qualified persons are defined as persons who are authorized to commission ground and label devices systems and circuits in accordance with established safety practices and standards Prescribed Usage Note the following WARNING This device may only be used for the applicat...

Page 3: ...l who have a general knowledge of programmable logic controllers Persons using this documentation also need knowledge of Windows XP Windows XPembedded operating systems STEP 7 programming and PC based automation with WinAC RTX Scope This document describes the features and the operation of the Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX products Changes Compared to the Previous Version...

Page 4: ...untime consists of a collection of utilities and tools that allow you to control RTSS processes measure performance for applications modify the behavior of RTSS applications and manage devices controlled by RTX SIMATIC Industrial PC System Tool XPembedded This manual describes the System Tool XPembedded an easy to use graphical user interface for managing the Enhanced Write Filter EWF and Logon fu...

Page 5: ...tech doku portal The online catalog and order system is found under http mall automation siemens com For additional assistance in answering technical questions for training on this product or for ordering contact your Siemens distributor or sales office North America and South America Europe and Africa Asia and Pacific region Telephone 1 800 333 7421 Telephone 49 0 180 5050 222 Telephone 86 10 64 ...

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Page 7: ...onfigured SIMATIC Panel PC 477B HMI 24 1 6 Additional information about WinAC RTX 26 1 7 Additional information about WinCC flexible RT 28 2 User Tasks 31 2 1 Creating and configuring the STEP 7 Project 32 2 2 Configuring the Windows Ethernet Interface 37 2 3 Configuring the WinCC flexible Project 43 2 4 Managing the Enhanced Write Filter 46 2 5 Creating a System Image 48 2 6 Restoring the Initial...

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Page 9: ...Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX Manual 12 2007 A5E01217837 01 9 1 Product Overview 1 ...

Page 10: ...with WinAC RTX are now available New for WinAC RTX 2005 SP2 The following new WinAC RTX 2005 SP2 feature is of special interest Support of Isochronous Mode with the CP 5611 WinAC RTX 2005 SP2 extends support of isochronous mode to the CP 5611 Prior to this release only the CP 5613 cards supported isochronous mode Use of LEDs on SIMATIC Microbox PC 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI RTX WinAC R...

Page 11: ...OFTNET S7 Lean Edition 2006 license keys pre installed on every CompactFlash card No user action is necessary no transfer of license keys is necessary After booting the Microbox and Panel PCs the pre installed software WinAC RTX WinCC flexible RT 2007 and SIMATIC NET starts with their license keys The license keys can be deleted or moved with the Automation License Manager ALM To use the restore C...

Page 12: ...MI RTX The SIMATIC Microbox 427B HMI RTX is a SIMATIC Microbox PC 427B that includes the Windows XP Embedded operating system WinCC flexible RT 2007 WinAC RTX 2005 SP2 and built in CP 5611 and Industrial Ethernet communication interfaces All software is pre installed on your SIMATIC Microbox PC 427B HMI RTX and pre configured You do not have to perform any additional installation or configuration ...

Page 13: ...Controller of WinAC RTX 2005 in index 2 of the PC station Built in CP 5611 configured as a WinLC RTX submodule in IF1 available for PROFIBUS DP communication Second on board Industrial Ethernet interface Ethernet 2 configured as IE_General in index 3 of the PC Station WinCC flexible RT in index 4 of the PC Station NOTICE The Windows Firewall is enabled All necessary SIMATIC protocols are registere...

Page 14: ... Editor and WinLC Properties appears below Figure 1 2 Station Configuration Editor Microbox 427B HMI RTX NOTICE If for any reason you need to re configure your PC Station with the Station Configuration Editor you must choose IE General for the Industrial Ethernet interface You can connect other devices such as a mouse keyboard or storage device to SIMATIC Microbox 427B HMI RTX through the USB port...

Page 15: ...ect your system with an Uninterruptable Power Supply UPS Typically you use the Enhanced Write Filter EWF to protect the C drive of the CompactFlash card however you must take care to manage the EWF Page 46 if you use the C drive for any file storage For WinCC flexible RT a D drive on the CompactFlash card with the EWF disabled is required The section Storing Retentive Data Configuring WinAC Data S...

Page 16: ...Microbox 427B RTX The SIMATIC Microbox 427B RTX is a SIMATIC Microbox PC 427B that includes the Windows XP Embedded operating system WinAC RTX 2005 SP2 and built in CP 5611 and Industrial Ethernet communication interfaces All software is pre installed on your SIMATIC Microbox PC 427B RTX and pre configured You do not have to perform any additional installation or configuration ...

Page 17: ...C RTX Windows Logic Controller of WinAC RTX 2005 in index 2 of the PC station Built in CP 5611 configured as a WinLC RTX submodule in IF1 available for PROFIBUS DP communication Second on board Industrial Ethernet interface Ethernet 2 configured as IE_General in index 3 of the PC Station NOTICE The Windows Firewall is enabled All necessary SIMATIC protocols are registered as exceptions You can use...

Page 18: ...nfiguration as represented in the Station Configuration Editor and WinLC Properties appears below Figure 1 4 Station Configuration Editor Microbox 427B RTX NOTICE If for any reason you need to re configure your PC Station with the Station Configuration Editor you must choose IE General for the Industrial Ethernet interface You can connect other devices such as a mouse keyboard or storage device to...

Page 19: ...ive data in a power loss situation protect your system with an Uninterruptable Power Supply UPS Typically you use the Enhanced Write Filter EWF to protect the C drive of the CompactFlash card however you must take care to manage the EWF Page 46 if you use the C drive for any file storage Typically you leave the EWF disabled for the D drive File storage on the D drive thus requires no special handl...

Page 20: ...owever you can use the SIMATIC PC Panel Wizard to adjust your Panel PC display preferences HMI RTX Configuration The initial configuration of SIMATIC Panel PC 477B HMI RTX as shown below includes the following components OPC Server in index 1 of the PC station WinLC RTX Windows Logic Controller of WinAC RTX 2005 in index 2 of the PC station Built in CP 5611 configured as a WinLC RTX submodule in I...

Page 21: ... A5E01217837 01 21 The SIMATIC Panel PC 477B HMI RTX is available on the following versions of the SIMATIC Panel PC 477B 12 Touch 12 Key 15 Touch 15 Key 19 Touch The following picture shows the communications capabilities of the SIMATIC Panel PC 477B HMI RTX using a 12 Touch model as an example Figure 1 5 Panel PC 477B HMI RTX Overview ...

Page 22: ...es Figure 1 6 Station Configuration Editor Panel PC 477B HMI RTX NOTICE If for any reason you need to re configure your PC Station with the Station Configuration Editor you must choose IE General for the Industrial Ethernet interface You can connect other devices such as a mouse keyboard or storage device to SIMATIC Panel PC 477B HMI RTX through the USB ports A USB mouse and USB keyboard are neces...

Page 23: ...ect your system with an Uninterruptable Power Supply UPS Typically you use the Enhanced Write Filter EWF to protect the C drive of the CompactFlash card however you must take care to manage the EWF Page 46 if you use the C drive for any file storage For WinCC flexible RT a D drive on the CompactFlash card with the EWF disabled is required The section Storing Retentive Data Configuring WinAC Data S...

Page 24: ...ed You do not have to perform any additional installation or configuration however you can use the SIMATIC PC Panel Wizard to adjust your Panel PC display preferences HMI Configuration The SIMATIC Panel PC 477B HMI does not include a Station Configuration Editor configuration You transfer WinCC flexible projects directly from the engineering station to the WinCC flexible RT 2007 on the Panel PC 47...

Page 25: ...50 you need a USB CD ROM drive You do not need these USB devices for general operation The SIMATIC Panel PC 477B HMI uses a CompactFlash card for data storage Typically you use the Enhanced Write Filter EWF to protect the C drive of the CompactFlash card however you must take care to manage the EWF Page 46 if you use the C drive for any file storage For WinCC flexible RT a D drive on the CompactFl...

Page 26: ...RTX use in WinAC RTX and Embedded Bundles SIMATIC Embedded PC WinAC RTX Installation Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI RTX includes the WinAC RTX installation No further installation is necessary The First Boot Agent of Windows XP embedded runs the first time you start the PC and finalizes the installation You do not have to perform any additional configuration After the First Boot A...

Page 27: ...ring Communication Interfaces section of the Getting Started chapter of the WinAC RTX documentation are not necessary for Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI RTX The setup installs WinLC RTX in index 2 of the Station Configuration Editor You use the Station Configuration Editor to configure any other components of the PC Station that you require for your application For DP I O you must...

Page 28: ...n an Embedded Bundles PC and a PC WinCC flexible RT in a SIMATIC Embedded PC WinCC flexible RT in a PC Installation Microbox 427B HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX includes the WinCC flexible RT installation No further installation is necessary The First Boot Agent of Windows XP embedded runs the first time you start the PC and finalizes the installation You do not have to perform any addition...

Page 29: ...for Microbox 427B HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX WinCC flexible RT will not be inserted automatically into the Station Configuration Editor A Station Configuration Editor is not necessary for WinCC flexible RT The WinCC flexible Communication 2007 Part 1 and Part 2 User s Manuals describe this configuration process Main Memory Handling WinCC flexible RT requires a D drive on the CompactFlas...

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Page 31: ...Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX Manual 12 2007 A5E01217837 01 31 2 User Tasks 2 ...

Page 32: ...ware configuration to correspond to the default configuration of the Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI RTX You do not need to configure hardware in STEP 7 for the Panel PC 477B HMI NOTICE You can find some basic projects for your RTX HMI and HMI RTX configurations in the root of the SIMATIC Embedded PC Manual Collection CD To use the project import the file Microbox in the SIMATIC Ma...

Page 33: ... RTX 2005 in index 2 of the PC station Built in CP 5611 configured as a WinLC RTX submodule in IF1 available for PROFIBUS DP communication Second on board Industrial Ethernet interface Ethernet 2 configured as IE_General in index 3 of the PC Station WinCC flexible RT in index 4 of the PC station The picture below shows the STEP 7 configuration for the Microbox 427B HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI RT...

Page 34: ...Ethernet interface Ethernet 2 configured as IE_General in index 3 of the PC Station The picture below shows the STEP 7 configuration for the Microbox 427B RTX Figure 2 2 Microbox 427B RTX STEP 7 Configuration To change property settings for any object in the PC Station right click the object in the PC Station and select the Object Properties menu command STEP 7 displays a properties dialog from wh...

Page 35: ...iguration you can download the PLC program at any time Download configuration data of WinLC RTX and the CP 5611 With the standard configuration you can download the configuration data of WinAC RTX at any time If some of the configuration data may affect configuration information of the complete PC Station such as changing address and bus settings of the PROFIBUS interface associated with WinAC RTX...

Page 36: ...User Tasks 2 1 Creating and configuring the STEP 7 Project Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX 36 Manual 12 2007 A5E01217837 01 See also Downloading PC Station components Page 51 ...

Page 37: ... between the Microbox 427B and Panel PC 477B Pre configuration of the Ethernet connections however is identical for both PCs Microbox 427B The Microbox 427B has two built in Industrial Ethernet interfaces The pre configuration Page 12 specifies that the rightmost Ethernet connection Ethernet 2 is associated with the IE_General of the PC Station in index 3 and is pre configured for Industrial Ether...

Page 38: ...strial Ethernet interfaces The pre configuration Page 20 specifies that the lower Ethernet connection Ethernet 2 is associated with the IE_General of the PC Station in index 3 and is pre configured for Industrial Ethernet communication You must configure the IP address of the Industrial Ethernet interface in Windows XPe as configured in the STEP 7 project Figure 2 4 Panel PC 477B Ethernet connecti...

Page 39: ...figuration Usage IP Address 192 168 2 1 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 1 SIMATIC communication Not used For standard Windows Ethernet communication only IP Address 192 168 1 2 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 2 SIMATIC communication IE General in Index 3 of the PC Station For SIMATIC PG or SIMATIC HMI access For standard Windows Ethernet communication Note The user interface for Windows XP embedded is English...

Page 40: ...ies button on the Local Area Connection Status dialog 4 Scroll to and double click the Internet Protocol TCP IP connection from the list 5 On the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog select the button for Use the following IP address and enter the required IP address and subnet mask the default values are 192 168 1 2 for the field IP address and 255 255 255 0 for the field Subnet mask Figure...

Page 41: ...nd for the IE General properties in STEP 7 To configure the IP address in STEP 7 follow these steps 1 Right click the IE General in PC Station index 3 in the hardware configuration of your STEP 7 project 2 Select Object Properties from the context menu 3 Click the Properties button from the General tab of the Properties IE General dialog 4 Enter the IP address from the Parameters tab of the Proper...

Page 42: ...s 2 2 Configuring the Windows Ethernet Interface Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX 42 Manual 12 2007 A5E01217837 01 Panel PC 477B HMI RTX Figure 2 7 STEP 7 IP Address Panel PC 477B HMI RTX ...

Page 43: ...ion computer to WinCC flexible RT 2007 on the Microbox 427B or Panel PC 477B WinCC flexible ES is a separate product and is not included with the Microbox 427B HMI RTX or Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX The runtime configuration file settings for the default administrator user Administrator are pre configured to D locations If you create a new Windows user on the Microbox 427B or Panel PC 477B the new u...

Page 44: ...ile and Configuration backup file to D drive locations but do not modify the Autostart application location Figure 2 8 WinCC flexible 2007 RT Loader Settings 4 Click OK Your runtime settings are now configured to persist after a reboot NOTICE If you ever restore your Microbox 427B HMI RTX or Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX from a custom system image CD Page 48 or from the Restore CD Page 50 and subseque...

Page 45: ...robox 427B RTX HMI RTX and Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX Manual 12 2007 A5E01217837 01 45 D drive also Refer to the WinCC flexible Engineering Station documentation for help with configuring recipes and archives See also Managing the Enhanced Write Filter Page 46 ...

Page 46: ...u disable the EWF all file writes go to the CompactFlash card This does result in the persistence of all data after a power loss however it causes the most stress over time to the CompactFlash card NOTICE The Enhanced Write Filter default setting of the D and C drive on the Microbox PCs and Panel PCs is Disabled To protect the CompactFlast card from early failure due to continuous writes enable th...

Page 47: ...mgr commands to take effect The ewfmgr commands that are applicable appear below as applied to the C drive Enable the EWF Commit Data to CompactFlash Commit Data to CompactFlash and Disable the EWF Note that the initial state of the Enhanced Write Filter is disabled Following a commitanddisable command use the enable command to protect the CompactFlash card All subsequent data writes will go to vi...

Page 48: ...fication of the initial configuration from the Station Configuration Editor Installation of any custom software or data files NOTICE You cannot recover the pre installed WinAC RTX license key on the Microbox 427B or Panel PC 477B from the custom restore CD Use the Automation License Manager to remove the WinAC RTX license key as well as any other SIMATIC license keys prior to making a custom resto...

Page 49: ...C 477B HMI RTX Restore CD This system image on a custom restore CD is useful if you need to restore all of the files and registry settings for your application You can also use the BIOS Manager tool to save BIOS settings if you changed them from the initial settings If your system hardware fails you can then restore your application from this system image custom restore CD and if applicable restor...

Page 50: ...ing a System Image Page 48 Otherwise the restore CD included with the Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX or Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX restores the system to the initial configuration Restore Process To restore your initial configuration from the Microbox 427B RTX HMI RTX or Panel PC 477B HMI HMI RTX restore CD follow these steps 1 Use the Automation License Manager to transfer your WinCC flexible license k...

Page 51: ...and disable the Enhanced Write Filter EWF by entering the following command from a command prompt ewfmgr c commitanddisable 2 Reboot your computer 3 Click the Enable Station button in the Station Configuration Editor If the Station Configuration Editor displays a Disable Station button then the Station is already enabled 4 From STEP 7 download the PC Station or PC Station components for your proje...

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Page 54: ...use graphical user interface for managing the Enhanced Write Filter EWF and Logon functions This tool along with accompanying documentation is located in the Tools folder of the Doku_CD For the EWF the System Tool XPembedded is an alternative to using the ewfmgr commands from the Windows command prompt See the System Tool XPembedded user manual for a description of the functionality and for usage ...

Page 55: ... restore CD 48 Customer service 3 D Data storage 15 19 23 Differences from WinAC RTX 26 Differences from WinCC flexible RT 28 Documentation 3 usage 26 28 Downloading PC Station Components 51 E E mail addresses Siemens 3 Enable EWF command 46 Enhanced Write Filter 46 Ethernet configuration 37 Europe customer support 3 EWF 46 Ewfmgr commands 46 F File storage retentive data 15 19 23 G Gateway 41 H H...

Page 56: ...ial configuration 50 Retentive data configuring storage 15 19 23 Router 41 S Siemens contact information 3 SIMATIC PC PG Image and Partition Creator 48 South America customer support 3 SRAM 15 19 23 Station configuration 14 18 22 27 29 STEP 7 Project configuration 32 Storing retentive data configuring 15 19 23 Subnet mask 35 39 Support 3 System image creating 48 System Tool XPembedded 54 T TCP IP ...

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