SIMATIC WinCC Unified System - from visualization to vertical integration
WinCC UnifiedSiemens
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Screen Engineering
- Comprehensive dynamization of screen elements without scripting
- Configuration of expressions or bitmasking depending on process state
- Mass configuration of colors
- Object and color property overview
- Quick and easy change of colors for multiple objects
- Mass change of object color
- Direct text input of Unicode and other special characters
- Dynamization via configurable multiple expressions for screen or screen element properties using logical expressions
- Formatted text for screen elements
- Dynamic content with tags and text list field info
- Handling of properties
- Intuitive naming and grouping of properties
- Pre-selected favorites view available - select your frequently used properties
- Export your favorite settings
- Grouping of objects for common configurations
- Combine individual elements into a group object
- Expand the group by dragging and dropping objects
- Dynamization and use in runtime
- Options for multiple object selection
- Resize together
- Change common properties
- Apply alignment methods to selected objects
- Centralized naming of layers
- Grid for unified engineering
- Display of the grid on screen editors
- Configurable grid size.
- Snap objects to the nearest grid point during layout creation.
- Search and replace
- Exchange of graphics depending on process values at runtime
- Drag & drop of objects into the function list
- Configuration of hotkeys for buttons on screens and control objects.
- Configuration of a preconfigured screen size
- Support of large screens (20,000 * 20,000 pixels)
Standardization in engineering
- faceplates
- Display of online and historical trends (curve display)
- Display of alarms (message display)
- Hierarchical faceplates
- Creation of faceplates in faceplates
- Automated connection of Sub UDTs
- Central handling of in the TIA library
- Event driven interaction
- Definition of events in faceplate types
- Triggering of events in the parent screens via the faceplate instance (e.g. a change of a screen)
- Faceplate internal tags
- Definition of a necessary runtime version for the faceplate type
- Assignment of multilingual texts in a faceplate instance
- Support of HMI UDT
- Support of arrays of a simple type or UDTs
- Support of structured UDTs including STRUCT and arrays
- Use of system functions
- Library and versioning
- Centralized management of faceplates, graphics, global scripts and dynamic SVGs
Automated engineering
- Mass data import/export
- Use and extend tags and alarms outside TIA Portal
- Export to a simplified, readable text format (YAML)
- Access via scripting and ODK to all screen objects
- Creation and dynamization of screen objects, including access to their properties
- Support of groups in screens and of tag tables
Functional extension in RT scripting
- Accelerated creation of triggers in scripts through automated TagTrigger configuration in local scripts
- Improved file access via Java scripts
- Functions for directory access via java scripts
- Listing (browsing) of files in directories
Runtime functionality
- The multitouch function in image windows has been extended
- Scaling of image windows (Zoom-In, Zoom.Out)
- Following the zoom focus with the mouse position
- Moving the scaled image windows (Panning)
- Visibility of layers in Runtime
- Switching the visibility of layers via scripting
- Switching layer visibility depending on configurable scaling factor (decluttering)
- Session-specific internal variables
- Internal variables that are only valid for the current session (open WebClient Operate or Monitor).
- Used e.g. to build a navigation structure, as an internal counter, for session-internal calculations or for custom recipe screens
- System diagnostics
- Support of matrix view
- Support of the diagnostic buffer view
- Login via RFID
- When using a local user management, WinCC Unified supports logon via RFID.
- OPC UA Server Settings in Engineering
- Port, Subscription Settings, Security Policies, Authentication (user / anonymous)
SIMATIC WinCC Unified V18 - PC Runtime Software
Notes on SIMATIC WinCC Unified V18: ReadMe (785.2 KB)
Besides the general improvements in version 18, additional functional enhancement are available:
- RT Openness
- GraphQL
- New web-based technology to access WinCC Unified data via a web-based interface and to display it in own web applications (e.g. own web dashboards)
- Option "Process Diagnostics" (PDiag) (new)
- Comprehensive error monitoring of the production process
- Preconfigured generic controls: S7-GRAPH Overview and PLC Code View for S7-GRAPH
- Jump option to the control "PLC Code View" or to the TIA Portal
Updates of WinCC Unified PC Runtime are provided here: 109807124
SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels
SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels are the latest generation of high-end operator panels from 7 to 22 inches.
- A glass front with multi-touch technology, expandable with apps as well as visualization "powered by WinCC Unified" are just some of the highlights of this new generation of devices.
Besides the general improvements in version 18, additional functional enhancements are available:
- New option "Monitor Client" and "Operate Client" to the Unified Comfort Panels.
- Improved scaling of images and image windows
- Connection of network drives
- System functions for file access
- Alarm display
- Improved column sorting order
- Display of statistical calculations for archived messages
- Curve display
- Support of the compression mode "Min Max
- In a curve display with several curves, a curve can be selected via the legend.
- The Unified Comfort Panels already include a "Client Operate" and a "Client Monitor" license.
- Additional "Client Operate" licenses can be purchased (up to a maximum of three clients)
Important note for Unified Comfort Panels:
SIMATIC WinCCView-of-Things (VoT)
- Easy configuration, integrated tools and full integration into your S7 controller:
- With WinCC Unified View of Things you can now also use the controller for visualization.
- View of Things benefits from many new features of WinCC Unified V18 engineering such as layer handling or hotkeys.
Besides general improvements in version 18, additional functional enhancements are available:
