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Alarm configuration
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Critical process events
Alarming is used within the overall system to draw attention to
critical process events and to support the user in localizing and
eliminating them.
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History of changes
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Documentation of the engineering, Audit
trail
The history of changes serves for complete documentation of the
phase of engineering. The changes (e.g. change, delete, create)
that are done are logged.
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Archive Server
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Recording process data
The objective of archiving is the recording and free multi-stage
summarising (average, total, maximum and/or minimum) of the process
data in connection with a flexible and user-friendly editing level
conforming to the system.
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Automatic Line Coloring (ALC)
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Topologic coloring of lines
The automatic line coloring allows easy automatic dynamizing of
tubes in technology (for media) as well as in the energy
distribution (for electricity).
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User administration
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Password system
zenon supports an user administration for the Editor (chapter
Project) and for the online operation (Runtime). With its password
system it supports the requirements of the FDA (Food and Drug
Administration, Part 11).
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Creating picture
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The main element of a project is the
pictures which are to provide the operator with the most
comprehensive level of information about the plants that are
operated.
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Chronologic Event List
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Operation journal, audit trail
All process and system events as well as user inputs can be logged
in the Chronologic Event List.
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File
Structure
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Information for system administrators, who
directly want to edit the ini files.
System files, zenOn6.ini, project.ini, nbflist.ini, varibales file,
dBase import file
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Dynamic picture elements/ Vector picture elements
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Vector and dynamic elements
zenon offers two kinds of picture elements: Vector and dynamic
picture elements. All elements can be dynamized.
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Editor
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Development environment
The control system consists of Editor and Runtime: The development
environment, the Editor, and the online display, the Runtime.
Projects are created in the Editor, oberation and monitoring is
done in the Runtime.
Detailed description of the zenon engineering system, the
Editor.
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Extended Trend
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Trend representation of values
The extended trend serves for the representation of the online (HD
management) and historical values (archive values) of process
variables and derived process variables.
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Functions
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Pre-defined macros that can easily be used
and parameterized by the engineer and allow the operation of
zenon
The user can influence zenon via user-defined project functions.
All functions used in a project are based on the system
functions.
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HTML
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Displaying HTML pages
The use of a picture for the display of HTML pages offers all the
possibilities of the Microsoft Internet-Explorer.
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Import / Export
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Parts of a project can be imported to
zenon resp. exported from zenon. The format of the export file is
*.XML.
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Industrial Maintenance Manager
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Administration of maintenance tasks
The Industrial Maintenance Manager administers machine and
maintenance data. Service intervals can comfortably be planned and
administered. At a glance you will see, which device, equipment,
machine, etc. has to be maintained today / this week / next month
etc. Additionally service work done in the past is logged.
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Industrial Performance Analyzer
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Alarm analysis
The Industrial Performance Analyzer locates and minimizes weak
points (downtimes) of equipments.
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Keyboard
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Virtual keyboard
Using a picture of the picture type Keyboard allows to create a
freely definable virtual keyboard.
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List
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Protocols and lists
The list picture displays protocols and text files derived from
database queries or text files.
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Menu
administration
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The menu editor allows creating Windows
compliant menus.
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Message Control
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Sending of messages via SMS, Voive Message
or eMail
The task of this module is to send messages to different
recipients.
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Monitor configuration
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Multi-monitor system
With the monitor administration of the control system you can
define for each workplace if the target system of the project is
equipped with one or multiple monitors.
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Network
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Client-server-model
The control system works as a client/server system or as a
multi-hierarchical system in network environment.
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OPC
Server
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The OPC server makes the variables of the
project available for standard OPC client tools.
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PLC Diagnosis
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With the PLC Diagnosis program details of
a PLC can be displayed directly in a picture of the control system.
Depending on the PLC different functionalities are available. At
the moment the Simatic S7 Graph step chain analysis for the display
of step chain information of S7 PLCs and the straton Monitoring
Viewer zur Darstellung for the display of all programs being
executed in the STRATON Runtime are available.
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Process Control Engine (PCE)
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Programming cyclic tasks
The Process Control Engine (PCE) offers the possibility to develop
cyclic application flows in VB Script or Java Script. The PCE is
especially suitable for long-lasting functions that run in the
background (e.g. extensive export functions). Contrary to VBA VB
Script supports multi-threading.
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Process Gateway
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The Process Gateway serves as a coupling
to higher-level systems. Parts of the zenon process image of other
applications can be made available and be updated.
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Production and Facility Scheduler
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Schedules, switching clocks
The Production & Facility Scheduler (PFS) allows executiong
actions (e.g. changing of a variable's set value, executing a
function) for a period of time or in a time grid.
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Project configuration
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Information on project creation, project
administration
Save, restore projects, global projects, configuration, Remote
Transport
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Process data model and variable definition
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Variables are the interface between the
data source (PLC, field bus, etc.) and zenon.
Variables, datatypes, drivers, reaction matrices
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Cross reference list
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Project overview
The Cross Reference List serves to generate a project overview in
table format. E.g. In the Cross Referenct List one can see which
variables are used in what pictures.
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Report Generator
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The Report Generator (option) serves for
the creation of reports on the basis of online and archive
data.
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Recipes
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Parameter lists for set values and
commands
Recipes serve for the assembling of input lists for setpoint values
and commands which in online operation are executed with a function
call.
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Recipegroup Manager
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Additional to the standard recipes the
Recipegroup Manager offers more functionalities, like e.g. free
layout, free grouping.
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Runtime
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Online operation, Runtime
The control system consists of Editor and Runtime: The development
environment, the Editor, and the online display, the Runtime.
Projects are created in the Editor, oberation and monitoring is
done in the Runtime.
Online operation in the Runtime
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Runtime Help
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zenon offers the possibility to create a
context-sensitive help for projects running in the Runtime.
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Scheduler
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Time triggered function calls
The Scheduler is loaded, if the module PFS is not licensed. Its
functionality is similar to the PFS, but the functional range is
limited. The Scheduler allows the automatic execution of actions at
a defined time.
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Fonts
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Fonts existing in the operating system can
be used in zenon.
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Script
administration
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Function sequence
If several user defined functions should be connected in a
sequence, they must be combined into a script.
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language switch
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The language change functionality allows
to switch the language of text information between different
languages in the Runtime. This functionality is essential for the
realisation of international projects.
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Status processing
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Attributes for variables
With the status administration it is possible to define own
attributes for each variable. Altogether there are 32 stati /
attributes. The most common are spontaneous, invalid, manual value
and alternate value.
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straton Runtime
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The straton Runtime interprets the
compiled code (PLC code) of the STRATON Workbench. The Runtime runs
on Windows 2000, XP and XP embedded PCs and Windows CE
platforms.
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straton Workbench
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straton is an IEC 61131-3 programming
environment. With straton development environmant - the Workbench -
PLCs can be engineered and programmed in the five defined languages
of the IEC 61131-3.
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VBA
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Extension of zenon
You can use VBA in order to extend zenon functionality.
The possibilities of VBA in zenon are described in form of examples
of special solutions.
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Interlockings
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Access control
Interlockings control the access to certain zenon objects during
Runtime via variables.
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Distributed engineering
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Multi-user administration, multi-station
capability
The zenon multi-user function makes it possible that multiple users
concurrently work at the same project.
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Video
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.avi files in zenon
Online and stored video recordings (*.avi) can be displayed by
using a picture for the representation of videos.
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What offers zenon under CE?
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The zenon CE Runtime can run on different
CE hardware platforms. Generally, the CE version of zenon offers
the same functionalities as the PC version of zenon, however with
some limitations which result from the lower hardware
resources.
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Web Server and Web Server Pro
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The WEB server gets projects to the
intranet or internet. For the transfer no project adaptations are
required. Contrary to the Web Server Pro, the Web Server only
offers viewing functionality.
The Web Server Pro offers complete viewing and operating
functionality. It is possible to directly engage in processes over
the web.
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wizards
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Assistants, engineering support
In order to be able to handle recurring tasks in the engineering
phase easily and expeditiously, zenon offers wizards for different
tasks. Users can create wizards for individual tasks.
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worldview
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Scrollong and zooming in large
pictures
By using the picture type "Worldview overview" it is possible to
scroll in standard pictures that are larger than the screen
resolution. Here it is also possible to zoom and depending on the
zoom steps to show and hide detail information in the picture.
(Zooming, panning, decluttering).
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Allocations
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Value transmission
The routing of the current value of a process variable to a second
process variable within a driver or across drivers is implemented
with the use of allocations.
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