1 Introduction to the components of a PCS7 system both in terms of Hardware
2 Communication networks and the Software including the Automation System (AS) Controller, OS/ES.
3 Introduction to the PCS7 project structure, using the Engineering system (ES) Simatic Manager to showing the Plant Hierarchy, CFC, SCL, SFC and Operator Station.
4 Creating a PCS7 project.
5 Review of FB and FC block structure.
6 Hardware configuration
7 Creating CFC charts.
8 Compiling, downloading and testing a project.
9 PCS7 Standard library for analogue and digital I/O, motors, valves and control loops in CFC charts.
10 Creating SCL function blocks, and then using them in the CFC charts.
11 Sequential Control – SFC. Introduction to the concept of SFC, creating SFC, using the editing, and monitoring tools in working example. As well as step failure action, step timers, parallel branches.
12 Introduction to the Operator Station – OS (WinCC HMI). Understanding the Single/multi OS and AS and the plant hierarchy. Exercise on how to build plant mimics, understanding alarms and messages and security and authorization levels.
13 Alarming, further information including Locks, Areas and types.Trending, adding trending to the operator mimics.
14 Fault finding, using card indication and recovery after power failure.
15 PID control in CFC charts, Backing up a PCS7 system.