1. Automation and Drives
PC-
based
Control
All about SIMATIC WinAC

2. Innovation in PC technology
Automation technology will participate in the rapid innovation in PC technology!
Why PC-based
Automation?
PC performance is increasing extremely rapidly!
With the standard controllers, we have a doubling in performance approximately every 5 years, and for the PCs approximately every 1-2 years.
Intel stated that there will be a 22 GHz processor by 2008, i.e. 2.2 GHz in 2001! Ten times the performance in 7 years, with standard controllers a maximum of three times in the same period.
It can therefore be envisaged that the PC with its permanently increasing performance can be used in more and more applications with increasing complexity. This will be possible with constant/falling costs at the same time.
Statement from Intel: „22 Ghz in 2008“

3. Integration of automation solution on a hardware platform
Cost reduction through integration of
Why PC-based
Automation?
Visualization
Control
Data processing
Networks
PCs are already present in most machines and plants today anyway.
Since PC performance is becoming increasingly better, it is always cheaper to execute all automation applications on one hardware platform (PC).
Hyper-threading is on everyone's lips at the moment. With this technology, the processor can then really execute several processes in parallel (e.g. open-loop controls and visualization), where one application does not influence the timing of the other one.
Extract from Intel.com:
The principle is extremely simple: with hyper-threading, the operating system (e.g. Windows XP) and the programs make better use of the CPU resources than possible with conventional technology, quasi generating a further "virtual processor". This is as if the computer were equipped with several CPUs. The advantage: each of these CPUs can execute tasks independent of the others. The result: there are no more pauses when switching over between programs or when working in one program while a second one is being executed in the background. With the same clock frequency, such a processor operates up to 25% more effectively than previous models.
on one single PC

4. Openness of PC technology
Increased flexibility through use of
Why PC-based
Automation?
Office
Control application
An OPC server and activeX elements are supplied along with WinAC. For even faster OPC communication, it is also possible to use the SIMATIC NET OPC server. The SIMATIC NET OPC server is supplied as standard with WinAC from version 4.1 onwards.
Using the ODK it is possible to link C++ applications into the control program. It is additionally possible to write any type of drivers for PC cards or software. Those without C++ know-how can also obtain support from our PC-based Automation Competence Centers.
WinAC executes on standard Windows operating systems.
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Professional
open standards

5. Totally Integrated Automation
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Totally Integrated Automation
Control
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
MES Solutions
Inbound Logistics
Process
Discrete
Outbound Logistics
Production Workflow
Design and Engineering
Installation and Commissioning
Operation
Maintenance
Modernization and Upgrade
Production Life Cycle
PC-based Control with SIMATIC
Our offer for increasing productivity is called Totally Integrated Automation, represented using the three dimensions already mentioned: Production Life Cycle, Production Workflow and Vertical Integration
Within Production Workflow, particular attention is paid to the production sequences within the company
Commencing with the incoming goods (Inbound Logistics), where the preparation and supply for the subsequent process sequences takes place, e.g. hops, malt, bottles, labels and crown caps in the case of beer production.
This is followed by the process sequence of the production. In the case of beer production, this would be the brewing process, consisting of the brewing room, fermentation and storage cellar, and filtration.
In turn, this is followed by the classical production sequence (discrete). In the case of beer production, this would be the filling and packaging.
Finally comes the outgoing goods department (Outbound Logistics) with warehouse and shipping
Totally Integrated Automation offers you a uniform range of products and systems including sensors and actuators, networks such as Profibus and PROFInet, the Simatic S7 controllers, Simatic PCS7 process control systems, Simotion motion control and Sinumerik CNC. Covering all of this, Simatic IT in the MES level combines the four production sections.

6. Engineering with STEP 7 Re-use of available SIMATIC Know how
SIMATIC S7/C7
PC based
Control
Embedded Control
Version 5.3
PC-based Control with SIMATIC
Alle SIMATIC Controller S7-300, S7-400 sowie WinAC und WinAC MP sind mit den SIMATIC Engineeringtools programmierbar.
Ein bereits bestehendes Projekt kann ganz einfach auf eine andere Hardware portiert werden. Die Controller sind somit codekompatibel.
D.H. das Software KnowHow und somit sein Softwareinvestment bleibt dem Kunden mit einer SIMATIC Steuerung unabhängig von der Bauform (Classic, Soft, Slot) erhalten.
Save your software investment
Technische Folien

7. Standard interface inclusive
Production visualization SIMATIC WinCC flexible
Process visualization SIMATIC WinCC
Visualization system on Windows rd party
                                                                                                                                                              
PC-based Control with SIMATIC
                                                                   
SIMATIC
communication
WinAC also provides an OPC server!
Using the OPC server it is possible e.g. to link own visualization functions (e.g. produced using Visual Basic) to the WinAC.
It is also possible to link any OPC client to the WinAC.
Most manufacturers of visualization systems can also carry out OPC communication.
WinAC
Flexibility through use of open standards
Technical slides

8. SIMATIC NET OPC … Improved Performance (about 5x – 10x)
PC with Windows
Improved Performance (about 5x – 10x)
Improved Configuration with STEP7
Variable-Browsing
OPC-Interfaces:
Data Access
Alarms&Events
Successor of SIMATIC Computing
PC Internal
WinAC CP …
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
Unified OPC-Solution for SIMATIC

9. Multi-PLC Support Reduced HW-cost, reduced space (less PCs)
Communication using BSEND/BRCV
Distributed control power
< 4 WinAC Slot PLC
1 WinAC Software PLC + < 3 WinAC Slot PLC
External Power Supply: 1 PS Extension Board per WinAC Slot required
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
More compact and cost-effective Automation Solution

10. More Motion Solutions with WinAC Slot
FM 353/354
Support of additional FMs:
FM 353: Stepper Motor
FM 354: Servo Motor
Point to point positioning
Complex traversing patterns
Motion control solutions with SIMOVERT MASTERDRIVES
Electronic Gear
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
ET200M
MASTERDRIVES
Motion with WinAC

11. Operation with Simple PC User Privileges
Installation:
Admin or Local Admin privileges required
Operation:
User or Power User privileges sufficient
RUN/STOP/MRES
Read diagnostic buffer
Restoring of archive files
Tuning
Safety:
Panel pass word
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
Simplified Operation, Maintenance and Service

12. Firmware-Update via File
Start FW update via menu command
No more memory card needed
No more creation of „update memory card“ with STEP7
Note: new HW release 3 required
Upgrade of HW for existing WinAC Slot PLCs required
FW Update ...
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
Simplified Maintenance and Service

13. WinAC PN Option für WinAC Basis
Modular, distributed Automation with WinAC Basis
Integration of PROFInet into WinAC standard products
Used for Component based Automation
Replacement of WinAC PN V1.1
Option package for WinAC Basis
Ethernet
PROFIBUS
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
Components with distributed I/O on PROFIBUS
Innovations and Trends with PC based Control Products

14. Performance for WinAC Software PLCs
Notes for Measurement:
32000 Operations (32 loops à 1000)
Performance values depending on processor type!
Performance values depending on program structure!
1,2 GHz Celeron
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
Performance
x 2
3 GHz Xeon (P4)

15. Integration of T-Kit und ODK: WinAC ODK V4.1
One C/C++ engineering package forr WinAC Software and Slot PLCs
Wizard supported programming for run-time interfaces for WinAC Software and Slot PLCs:
ODK V4.1
Microsoft Visual Studio
Custom Code Extension („ODK-Interface“) 
Shared Memory Extension („T-Kit-Interface“)
Controller Management Interface (NEW)
Soft
Slot
Wizard
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
Integration of Custom Functions

16. WinAC ODK V4.1 WinAC ODK V4.0 WinAC Slot T-Kit V3.3 WinAC ODK V4.1 CCX
Custom Application (C/C++)
Custom Application (C/C++)
WinAC ODK V4.1
Custom Application (C/C++)
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
T-Kit DLL
CCX
CMI
SMX
CMI
SMX
WinAC Software PLC
V4.1
WinAC Slot PLC
V3.4

17. CCX: Custom Code Extension Interface
Backward compatible to existing ODK Interface
New:
Operand Access –access to WinAC data at any time
Programming with Visual Developer‘s Studio .net
Compatibility
WinAC ODK V4.0 can still be used with WinAC Basis/RTX V4.1
Applications created with WinAC ODK V4.0 can be used with WinAC Basis/RTX V4.1 without any restrictions
Applications created with WinAC Basis/RTX ODK V3.0 can be used with WinAC V4.1 with the same restrictions as with WinAC Basis/RTX V4.0
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
Extend your PLC funktionality

18. SMX: Shared Memory Extension Iterface
Enhancement of T-Kit interface
New:
Simplified DLL interface
Supports Multi-CPU operation
Support of WinAC Software PLCs planed
Compatibility:
WinAC Slot T-Kit V3.3 can be used with WinAC Slot V3.4
Applications created with WinAC Slot T-Kit V3.3 can be used with WinAC Slot V3.4 w/o restrictions; WinAC Slot will provide a “Compatibility DLL”
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
High performance data interchange between Windows-applications and SIMATIC WinAC

19. CMI: Controller Management Interface
New: enables integration of WinAC CPU Panel functionality into a custom application
RUN/STOP/LED-status
Archiving/reloading of PLC programs
Start and shutdown of the PLC
Examples:
Complete integration of CPU Panel functions into a HMI application („Service- und Maintenance pages“)
Remote CPU Panel
Implementation of specific user rights
Automatic reloading of PLC program updates
New SIMATIC
WinAC features
Flexible operation of the PLC´s

20. Overview new WinAC Features
WinAC Soft
WinAC Slot
Integration of SIMATIC NET OPC Server 
Multi-CPU Support
More Motion Solutions
Operation with Simple PC User Privileges
Firmware-Update via File
PROFInet Support (CbA)
Performance x2
Integration of T-Kit into WinAC ODK V4.1
New SIMATIC
WinAC features

21. SIMATIC WinAC Basis V4.1 Based on native Windows standard
I/O connection via PROFIBUS-DP (12 Mbit/s)
Retentive data with UPS support (UPS = uninterruptible power supply)
Full utilization of PC memory
Saving of data and program on hard disk
Highest flexibility for the automation solution through integration of windows-applications
Product overview
For more details, see technical slides using InfoLink!
For data-intensive tasks
Technical slides

22. SIMATIC WinAC RTX V4.1
For applications with high requirements to determinism and real-time behavior
Based on standard Windows NT and Real Time eXtension from VenturCom
I/O connection using PROFIBUS DP card (12 Mbit/s)
Up to four PROFIBUS lines possible
Retentive data with UPS support (UPS = uninterruptible power supply)
Utilization of PC main memory
Saving of data and program on hard disk
Product overview
For more details, see technical slides using InfoLink!
For real-time tasks
Technical slides

23. SIMATIC WinAC Slot V3.4
Available in two versions: WinAC Slot 412-2DP (128 kB per code/data) WinAC Slot 416-2DP (1.6 MB per code/data)
Control independent of Windows 2000 or Windows XP
Set of commands and performance correspond to the powerful S7-400 CPUs
Data retention through battery backup
Two DP interfaces onboard
Optional 24 V power supply
Product overview
For more details, see technical slides using InfoLink!
With own safety on board
Technical slides

24. SIMATIC WinAC ODK 4.1
SIMATIC WinAC ODK is an engineering package which supports the development of C/C++ applications for WinAC Software and Slot PLCs.
OB 1
LAD,STL,
CSL
CFC,
Graph7,
Higraph
SCL
C++
WinAC range
Extend the WinAC control-functionality
Accelerate the Data-Interchange
Integration of PC-Soft and Hardware into WinAC
Product overview
For more details, see technical slides using InfoLink!
improve the productivity through Integration of C++ applications
Technical slides

25. World of PC-based Automation
Pictures appear in the following order:
Controller
Technology
Engineering software
Industrial PCs
Operating systems
Visualization
World of PC-based Automation
The complete PC-based solution from one source!

26. 3rd party add-ons
Other vendors use WinAC's openness to achieve integration into the SIMATIC automation concept!
Incorporation of other
fieldbuses
Integration of various
data formats
Linking of automation
technology and instrumentation
WinAC's openness is of course also used by other vendors of automation technology.
Messrs. Hilscher offer drivers for WinAC and their fieldbus cards on their Internet site. With a Hilscher card, WinAC can therefore also be used with Can-Bus, Device-Net, etc. or with the Phönix driver Interbus-S, for customers where the bus system is absolutely essential, and is a good argument for us to use WinAC to gain access and to offer a SIMATIC controller. Hilscher developed the drivers with the ODK itself, without cooperation with Siemens.
The Industrial DataBridge of the I&S colleagues permits interconnection of various data formats.
Cooperation and drivers exist with National Instruments in order to link NI signal cards of the E range directly into WinAC.
This is carried out using the Data Socket interface from LabView and of course again with the ODK of WinAC. In the future, one will also progress together on the ProfiNet path, i.e. NI and Siemens components can then be networked using ProfiNet.
World of PC-based Automation
Integration of 3rd party add on´s

27. PC-based Competence Centers
Worldwide project support for implementation of your solution from feasibility analysis up to implementation!
Detroit
Milan
Cologne
Shanghai
There are currently four Competence Centers worldwide for WinAC and PC-based Automation.
The Competence Centers look after a project from the feasibility analysis up to C++ programming.
A technical contact partner (hotline) has been provided in the Competence Center in Cologne for PC-based solutions.
Our knowledge base already includes many implemented applications and a variety of information.
Worldwide Competence in PC-based automation
Support

28. Internet / knowledge base
Here you can find all the latest news on PC-based Automation from Siemens, the most important products, solutions, events, etc.
The latest information
on PC-based Automation
from Siemens can always be found here
Support

29. PC- based Control The Integration-Plattform for your PC-based Solution
Automation and Drives
PC-
based
Control
The Integration-Plattform for your
PC-based Solution