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Table of contents
1 Security information......................................................................................................................................7
2 Preface.........................................................................................................................................................9
3 Use and Areas of Application.....................................................................................................................15
3.1
Usage of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX.....................................................................................15
3.2 Using SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with PCS 7 AS mEC RTX.........................................................17
3.3 Using SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with AS RTX.............................................................................19
3.4 Using SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with S7-400..............................................................................20
4 WinAC RTX................................................................................................................................................23
5 Web Option for OS with SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX..........................................................................................25
6 Structure of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX.....................................................................................................27
6.1
Introduction............................................................................................................................27
6.2 Hardware and software components of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX......................................28
6.2.1 Hardware components...........................................................................................................28
6.2.2 Software components............................................................................................................29
6.2.3 Compatibility to SIMATIC PCS 7............................................................................................32
6.2.4 Optional modules...................................................................................................................32
6.3 Configurations with SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX.....................................................................34
6.3.1 Configuration options.............................................................................................................34
6.3.2 SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX as a single-station system..................................................................35
6.3.3 SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with external engineering....................................................................36
6.3.4 SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX in the PCS 7 network..........................................................................38
6.4 Connection options for SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX...............................................................41
6.4.1 Connection to PROFIBUS DP................................................................................................41
6.4.2 Connection of intelligent field devices....................................................................................41
6.4.3 Network connection to Industrial Ethernet.............................................................................42
6.5 Operator panel of the CPU.....................................................................................................43
6.5.1 Operator panel of the CPU.....................................................................................................43
7 Commissioning and configuration of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX...............................................................45
7.1
Introduction............................................................................................................................45
7.2 Requirements for loading the BOX PC..................................................................................46
7.3 Configuring SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX for a single-station system......................................47
7.3.1 Overview of configuration tasks.............................................................................................47
7.3.2 How to create a new PCS 7 project.......................................................................................48
7.3.3 How to rename the SIMATIC PC station................................................................................49
7.3.4 How to edit the hardware configuration of the BOX PC.........................................................50
7.3.5 How to check the setting of the access point for the PG/PC interface...................................50
7.3.6 How to configure the SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX..................................................................51
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