A large manufacturing plant has several production lines, each with its own energy consumption patterns. The plant manager wants to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs but is not sure where to start.
By implementing SIMATIC Energy Suite, the plant manager is able to monitor energy consumption in real-time and track energy use by the production line. The system provides detailed data and analysis on energy usage, helping the manager identify areas of inefficiency and potential cost savings.
For example, the manager discovers that one of the production lines is using significantly more energy than others. After further investigation, the manager realizes that this is due to a malfunctioning piece of equipment. By fixing the equipment, the manager is able to reduce energy consumption and save money on energy costs.
OPC UA - Standard Server Interface
This is Part 1 of the series, to start by demonstrating what OPC UA is and how to activate a server. OPC UA client (Part 2), and OPC UA server methods (Part 3) will help complete the discussion of the available interfaces. The final section will demonstrate "tuning" these servers and clients, in order to optimize communication loads. Within this video, the PLC is quickly parameterized and launched. SiOME is used as a client browser. The Simatic interface is used for example. In the next video, a custom server interface is built.
Starting with firmware V2.6 of the SIMATIC S7-1500 PLC family, an OPC UA client is available. With this extension, you can fully implement M2M communication via OPC UA on a SIMATIC S7-1500 controller. Unlike the controller's OPC UA server, the OPC UA client is programmed with a variety of system function blocks rather than simply configured. The client supports all common security policies and modes, as well as user authentication using a username and password or anonymously.
Simatic Logon is this link between Active Directory controlled by the domain and a WinCC runtime system in the many forms. Ultimately this is a tool that helps simplify the validation of plants in conformity to FDA 21 CFR Part 11.
Simulate Unified Comfort Panel
I have seen a lot of inquiries on the internet requesting info on how to simulate a Unified Comfort Panel. The Unified runtime manager is used to still show the status of the simulation and to run the program. So, set up the configuration, create a user to log in, and press the simulate button. The localhost is accessed via HTTPS or alternatives can be found in the Unified Configurator. You cannot use Internet Explorer to access Runtime. Here I found that chrome and Firefox worked the best.
Unified Comfort Panel Buttons and Events
Review of buttons, and scripts. Here I found plenty of possibilities with scripting or using the traditional Comfort panel parameterization methods. This allows quite a lot of possibilities. Multiple scripts can be run on multiple properties. No more only calling scripts with on event triggers. I really like the right-click code snippets available in the JavaScript editor window. This helps me understand what instructions are available without having to go look them up or finger peck my way through them.