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Siemens Simulation Center

SIMIT
Plant and Process Simulation
for Engineering,Test and Training

Industrial Solutions and Services

Your Success is our Goal
 Table of Contents

SIMIT innovative and economical 5

An enormous spectrum of product benefits 6

Easy planning 6
Faster engineering 6
Test without risk 7
Train for the exact goal 7
Operate efficiently 7
Convince customers 7

The individual solution for you 8

Comprehensive and flexible 8
Technology independent basic configuration 9
Sophisticated process models 9

Simulation made simple - SIMIT and its standard features 10

How a model is created 10
Operator control and monitoring 10
Open all round 11
 Siemens Simulation Center

SIMIT: The modular simulation concept 12

SIMIT Basic, the basic system 12
Component type editor: Expand libraries yourself 12
Hardware interfaces: Online test at the PLC 13
MPI coupling: The economical PLC coupling 13
HW-Config import: Configuration at the push of a button 13
OPC interface: The connection to your operator control system 13
Animated graphics: The pictures have learnt how to walk 13
Trend and messaging: The analysis of your simulation 13
FlowNet library: The introduction to the process simulation 13

The high performance solution: SIMIT VME 14

SIMIT VME in the plant test 14
The power in focus 14
SIMIT VME Master: The multi-user variant 14

Our service for you 15

SIMIT innovative and economical
SIMIT allows you to enter a com-
pletely new dimension in plant
construction.

SIMIT belongs to the innovative

generation of IT solutions from
Siemens that make use of the
enormous potential of modern
computer simulation for the pro-
cess and manufacturing industry:
improves quality and efficiency –
all of this with ease.

These advantages also save

money. And SIMIT is not expen-
sive. Our simulation platform is
designed so that you can custo-
mize its functionality and scope
to your individual requirements.
Irrespective of whether you wish
to simulate small or large plants,
simple or complex processes:
the modular structure of SIMIT
ensures that you only need to
procure what you actually use.

And this is what makes modern

computer simulation affordable.
In particular for small companies.
 An enormous
spectrum of product benefits
SIMIT offers you an enormous Easy planning
product and service spectrum. Thus SIMIT is the ideal tool for
On the one hand, you can test you, even during the planning
your PLC program using simple phase of a plant. The simple
models. On the other hand, SIMIT handling allows you to develop
can reproduce arbitrarily complex your ideas on the screen quickly
process and industry procedures and easily.
and simulate complete plants in You can:
real-time. • Vary solution concepts at will
The special feature: SIMIT sup- and test their effects immediately
ports you during all phases of a • Recognize errors early
plant life, from the planning, inclu- • Reuse data from completed
ding the engineering and plant planning in new projects.
test, through to the actual opera-
tion.
Validate with SIMIT:
Long before completion, you operate the
plant on the simulator by simulating the
process and automation in SIMIT.
Faster engineering
Long before commissioning,
SIMIT provides a real-time simu-
lation of your plant under original
conditions.
For this purpose the results of pro-
cess and automation engineering
are simply combined. Open inter-
faces ensure that you can also
import data from other enginee-
ring tools.
This means:
• The simulation discovers plan-
ning errors in the process engi-
neering and automation system.
They can be rectified still in
the engineering phase. This brings
the goal of zero-error enginee-
ring within reach.
• You can now test extreme situ-
ations that would excessively
load a real plant or are too expen-
sive.
Small, but powerful:
A complete plant fits in the training simu-
lator. Also make use of the enormous
potential of SIMIT to train your employees
efficiently and tailored for the exact goal.
Test without risk
In the plant test the developed
automation software is tested to
see whether it can correctly con-
trol the plant process. SIMIT gives
you the option to perform these
test runs before delivery of the
automation software. SIMIT is
coupled to the automation system
and supplies it with original pro-
cess data via simulation.
This allows all control functions
to be verified systematically.
Benefits:
• The automation engineering
results at delivery have a de-
fined and documented quality
level
• Save valuable time during the
commissioning phase
• Avoid wear on the machinery.
Train for the exact goal
If you have already used SIMIT for
engineering, the real-time simula-
tion provides an ideal training
instrument for the technical plant
personnel long before commissio-
ning. And this without additional
cost. Some benefits of simulator Convince customers
training are:
• Optimally-trained personnel: SIMIT does not only allow for the
The plant runs economically optimum planning and operation
from the beginning, wear-prone of plants. SIMIT is also a valuable
incorrect operation is avoided. acquisition instrument that you
• Extreme situations and failures can use to convince your custo-
can be trained in advance, for mers with
SIMIT can place the virtual plant • Variable models:
in any desired state. You can quickly provide a plant
design that meets your custo-
Operate efficiently
The SIMIT model is still valuable mers requirements and that can
be easily modified and extended.
even after commissioning.
• Impressive real-time simula-
Coupled to control engineering,
tions:
SIMIT delivers important decision-
You can demonstrate to your
making aids with regard to the fol-
customers in conditions near to
lowing questions:
reality how their plant will ope-
• You wish to change the method
rate eventually.
of operation of your plant: The
• Reliable economic and run time
simulation enables you to test
forecasts.
which measures are economical
under which general conditions.
• You wish to extend or modernize
your plant: Then simply expand
the existing simulation and test in
advance how your goals can be
best achieved.You have planning
security and do not take any un-
necessary risks.
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The individual
solution for you
Time and cost savings coupled
with quality improvement: these
arguments are convincing reasons
for using the potential of modern
computer simulation in plant con-
struction.
Every plant project confronts
you with different conditions, and
an adequate and thus meaningful
simulation demands a consider-
able degree of flexibility.
Comprehensive and flexible
Right here lies one of the great
strengths of SIMIT. SIMIT gives
you the freedom to model a plant
under the perspective that is
appropriate for your project.
Generally, SIMIT allows you to
simulate all function levels of the
process, the automation and the
control and monitoring of a plant -
individually and in cooperation.
And SIMIT does not place any
restrictions on the choice of the
complexity either: from simple
models based on characteristic
curves through to complex dyna-
mic models that contain a physi-
cal-mathematical description,
everything is possible.
Technology independent
basic configuration
Industrial plants are usually auto-
mated using programmable logic
controllers (PLC). For example, at
the automation level, you can use
SIMIT to test your PLC programs,
irrespective of the associated
industry sector.
SIMIT gives you the capability to
check the correct addressing of
signals from the automation engi-
neering in the form of input and
output tests. In the first case, you
use SIMIT to send virtual periphe-
ral signals to the PLC; in the
second case, you transmit control
signals from the PLC to the virtual
plant.
Because SIMIT can also simulate
the controlled drives together with
their switch-on behavior, actuator-
sensor tests are also possible.
When you switch on a motor via
the PLC, you must receive a
motor feedback after a configur-
able switch-on time. If this does
not happen, you have discovered
an error in the automation system.
You can also produce models for
the plant test that cater for several
actuators and describe what
effects they have on the process.
We have provided SIMIT with the
required automation modules in
the form of a library. It contains all
common open- and closed-loop
control functions that occur in
modern plants.
Sophisticated process
models
If you wish to represent the tech-
nical process behavior of a plant
more exactly, SIMIT can demon-
strate its full potential: the physi-
cal-mathematical modeling of
technological components. You can
leave it to SIMIT to calculate the
process behavior, you merely spe-
cify the process model.
For this purpose, we deliver SIMIT
with a comprehensive library for
continuous flow processes. It con-
tains components, such as pipes,
fittings, tanks and heat exchangers,
that can be configured in their
physical properties. If you require
additional industry-specific pro-
cess components, we would be
happy to develop them together
with you.
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Simulation made simple
- SIMIT and its standard features
SIMIT makes everything as simple
as possible for you. Although a
computer simulation is a very com-
plex affair, you do not need to be a
specialist to work efficiently with
SIMIT. You merely operate the gra-
phical user interface of the pro-
gram.
SIMIT runs hidden in the back-
ground to perform all physical,
mathematical and information pro-
cedures on the way to the virtual
plant.
How a model is created
As usual for Windows applica-
tions, all important functions in
SIMIT are only a mouse-click away.
To create a new project, just drag
the required modules from the
corresponding libraries, set their
parameters and connect them to
form a complete plant. You do not
need to do anything else.
The "Code Generator" converts
your model to the real-time simu-
lation. It uses differential equa-
tions and reduces the data volume
to such an extent that even stan-
dard computers are capable of
displaying real-time models.
For complex plants (highly detailed,
high volume of signals) we offer
SIMIT VME, a multiprocessor sys-
tem, that can operate in
realtime.
Operator control
and monitoring
Once you have completed your
virtual plant, you have several pos-
sibilities to control and monitor the
processes:
• Control simulation process:
A fully-graphical user interface
allows you to individually configure
the simulation process. Depending
on need, the process can be stop-
ped, executed step by step or re-
peated. Individual components can
also be directly controlled and
manipulated.
• Analyze processes:
We have given SIMIT two additio-
nal functions that support the
analysis. All process quantities –
analog or binary – are converted to
curve pictures that can be indivi-
dually configured and archived.
The internal message system is
designed to supply you with addi-
tional information about defined
events – from the simple success
message to error message – in
the plant. The definition of the
events and the layout of the mes-
sage text lies entirely in your
hands.

• Work under live conditions:

Based on real plant operation,
SIMIT provides various operator
control and monitoring pictures
from which you can control the
virtual process under live condi-
tions. Interfaces also allow
existing visualization systems
to be coupled to SIMIT.
All this makes SIMIT a valuable
analysis instrument with which
you can analyze and display all
levels of a plant, systematically
and formalized.
Open all round
SIMIT is used in an environment
with a wide range of data formats
and data systems. Consequently,
we have intentionally kept it open
to other systems. Special software
and hardware interfaces ensure all
round compatibility.
• Software interfaces:
SIMIT allows the transfer of data
from other engineering tools or to
output SIMIT data for the further
processing in other systems. This
data transfer is particularly simple
when you have already worked
with Siemens applications, such
as SIMATIC S7, for the peripheral
configuring (HWConfig).
Operator control and monitoring:
• In addition, SIMIT is import
The charts (above) provide you continually
and export compatible with data with information about the process data.
stored in tabular form and the data This guarantees that you do not miss any-
thing during the analysis.
format of the future: XML.
Use the operator control pictures (below)
• SIMIT can also cooperate with to control the simulation. You always have
operator control and monitoring the capability to intervene in the process
programs, such as WinCC, via its and to manipulate it at will.
OPC interface. Of course, you can
exchange data between several
SIMIT applications without a pro-
blem. This applies to individual
library components and complete
models.
• Hardware interfaces:
You need hardware interfaces
when you wish to connect SIMIT
to original automation devices.

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SIMIT: the modular
simulation concept
You pay only for what you need:
from a pure PC simulator in the
design phase through to complex
real-time simulators.
The basic system
SIMIT Basic
SIMIT Basic introduces you to
the world of real-time simulation.
SIMIT Basic is the ideal tool for
the offline simulation in the plan-
ning phase. It also forms the plat-
form for the utilization of exten-
sion modules.
Macro components:
Easily create new com-
ponents
Library components are combined
to form function units and integra-
ted as reusable macro components
in the library. Interconnect existing
components on a macro plan in
the usual manner. Define which
connection points are to be visible
externally and store these new
macro components in the library.
You can now use these macro
components as often as necessa-
ry in your models and configure
them individually.
Component-type editor:
Expand your libraries your-
self
The component-type editor is the
proper tool to create new base
components. All component pro-
perties are freely configurable.
These include: connections, para-
meters, state variables quantities,
graphical symbols, operator con-
trol window and the model beha-
vior.
Virtual plant – original operator environment:
The standardized OPC interface makes this
attractive combination possible. An optimum
basis for training simulations.
Hardware interfaces:
Online test on the PLC
We offer several solutions to
couple your PLC to SIMIT. Choose
from a variety of interface boards
that allow SIMIT to simulate arbi-
trary Profibus DP slaves, and that
for any Profibus Master. This gives
you all capabilities, independent of
the PLC type.
MPI coupling: The economi-
cal PLC coupling
Connect SIMIT with the SIMATIC-
S7 via the MPI interface. The only
additional hardware you need is
your MPI card in the PC. With the
MPI interface the complete I/O pro-
cess image of the SIMATIC PLC is
accessible for the simulation.
HWConfig import:
Configuration at the push of
a button
SIMIT can import the hardware
configuration from the SIMATIC
Manager and create an appropriate
peripheral model fully automatical-
ly. This gives you a powerful test
environment for your PLC program
at the press of a button. When you
work with symbol tables, your
input and output signals are de-
signated with symbolic names on
the operator control pictures auto-
matically generated by SIMIT.
OPC interface:
The connection to your
operator control system
The standardized OPC interface in
SIMIT allows you to connect any
OPC-compatible operator control
and monitoring systems, such as
WinCC.You use your original opera-
tor control system to interact with
the simulation. This, for example,
automatically gives you a training
system environment. Or use this
configuration to test your operator
control and monitoring application.
Animated graphics:
The pictures have learnt how
to walk
The SIMIT graphical editor allows
you to create sophisticated opera-
tor control pictures. In addition
to all common geometric base ele-
ments, including Bezier curves,
you can include and animate arbi-
trary pictures.Your modeling brings
life to the graphics: this allows
all graphical elements to be moved,
rotated, displayed or removed
dynamically.
Trend and messaging:
The analysis of your
simulation
The message system and charts
permit the user-friendly analysis
and archiving of the simulation
results. Consider, for example,
your test documentation in accor-
dance with DIN EN ISO 9001!
Events created by your model are
recognized, displayed and archived
in the message system. This allows
you, for example, to report error
states. Thus you are immediately
informed without your needing to
continually monitor all signals. You
can display the trend charts for
analog and binary values of your
simulation in graphical form.
FlowNet library:
The entry to the process
simulation
The FlowNet library contains
components for process models
of continuous flow processes.
Compose your model graphically
by simply combining the available
tanks, pipes, valves, drives, heat
exchangers and gauges. Configure
the components with the plant-
specific quantities. SIMIT creates
the process model for you.
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 The high performance solution:
SIMIT VME
SIMIT VME:
An external computer unit which can be
equipped with one or more processors,
depending on the requirements, calculates
your simulation.
The simulation of complex proces-
ses and large signal quantities is
implemented with SIMIT VME.
Operate SIMIT from your PC to
which the SIMIT VME unit is con-
nected.
SIMIT VME in the plant test
The connections to the automa-
tion devices for the plant test run
via the VME computer. This allows
large volumes of I/O signals from
SIMIT to be represented in real-
time. A comprehensive I/O boards
spectrum is available for the con-
nection of the peripheral signals.
The power in focus
Depending on the data volume,
SIMIT VME can be expanded
from a single-processor system
to a multiprocessor solution.
SIMIT VME Master:
The multi-user variant
If desired, we can build client-
server solutions where you can
operate a central SIMIT com-
puter from several workstations.
Our service for you
As an industrially-oriented IT
Solution Provider with decades of
experience, it is obvious that we
offer our customers a broad ser-
vice spectrum:
• topic-oriented seminars and
workshops for SIMIT introductory
seminars
• Installation and integration of
SIMIT in your work environment
• Modeling of customer-specific
component types from plant
segments through to complete
plants
• Integration of SIMIT in your plant
test environment, execution of
plant tests
• set up of training simulations,
implementation of simulation
solutions

Do you need more detailed infor-

mation about SIMIT or would you
like to speak directly with us?
Do not hesitate to contact our
SIMIT team.

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