Advanced Process Functions SP1 improvements

Improvements

• The APF is installed via a PCS 7 compliant setup frame
• The APF provides a new HMI and workflow for the engineering.
• ConfiHuratJon settings are now fully covered by the new Engineering Tool; no manual editing with an editor like notepad is required
• WinCC Textlibrary IDs for APF texts edited via the engineering tool is created automatically
• Compatible interface changes (for example parameter name changes without type changes) require full compile but delta download only
• The APF Engineering Tool provides enhanced logging mechanisms for fault diagnostics during the engineering
• The APF function blocks generated via the Engineering Tool contain a unique version of information created during engineering and block generation. This version information is available for consistency check in the ES (CFC, Process Object View) and on the OS (FB_Numbers.ini)
• To ensure data consistency simultaneous start of multiple instances of the Engineering Tool is prevented
• Manually edited User Archive names are no longer supported; usage of existing (migrated) User Archives with names differing from the standard is possible
• In APF V1.2 materials had to be created within a material type. In APF1.4 materials can be created without creating or using any types. There is only one User Archive for all material types. However, due to backward compatibility, at least one type still has to be created
• The number of selectable materials in the HMI has increased
• The I/Os of the APF function blocks are available in the Process Object View