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WinCC Information System
WinCC V7.5 SP1 Installation / Release SIMATIC HMI WinCC V7.5 SP1 WinCC Information System
Notes
First Information
Working with WinCC
Communication  
Process communication Document: WinCC Information System (11/2019, English)
OPC Channel Type of topic: Action
OPC UA WinCC Channel
Allen Bradley - Ethernet IP
Mitsubishi Ethernet How to configure AS structures
Modbus TCPIP
SIMATIC S5 Introduction
SIMATIC S7 Protocol Suite
SIMATIC S7-1200, S7-1500 Channel If you load AS symbols, the structures of the control system are also imported.
 "SIMATIC S7-1200, S7-1500
Channel" channel The procedure depends on the communication channel:
 Overview of the supported data
SIMATIC S7 Protocol Suite:
types - Load from file
Configuring the channel SIMATIC S7-1200, S7-1500 Channel
 Configuration of the "SIMATIC - Load from file
S7-1200, S7-1500 Channel" - Load from AS
channel
 Configuring raw data tags AS structures in Tag Management
 How to configure a connection
 How to configure a tag without
The AS structures are displayed in the default view and in the "Symbols" view on the "AS
structures" tab.
optimized block access
 How to configure a tag with You have the following possibilities to use the AS structures in WinCC:
optimized block access
 How to download AS symbols Create a WinCC structure type for the AS structure tag.
offline
The structure is created as a structure type under "Structure tags" in the WinCC Tag
 How to configure AS
Management.
structures
 How to export AS project data A structure type element is also created for each contained "Tag type member".
 Redundant System S7-1500R/H
Assign a WinCC structure type to the AS structure tag.
 Configuring redundant control
systems Then select a structure type element of the selected structure type for each "Tag type
 Software redundancy for S7- member".
1500R/H
You change the name of the WinCC structure type and the structure type elements in the Tag
SIMATIC 505 Management. The assignment of the AS structure is automatically adjusted.
SIMOTION
System Info Requirement
Communication - Diagnostics
You have access to the configuration data of the PLC by one of the following methods:
Configurations - A connection to the PLC is established in Runtime.
Diagnostics of WinCC with APDiag - The exported configuration data is available, for example, as a zip file.
SmartTools A connection is created in the "SIMATIC S7-1200, S7-1500 Channel" or "SIMATIC S7
Options Protocol Suite".
Interfaces
Procedure
Licensing
Performance Data 1. Load the AS symbols via "Read from AS" or "Load from file".

The loaded messages are displayed in the "Symbols" Tag Management view.

The loaded structures are displayed on the "AS structures" tab.

When loading from the AS, the structure names are not transferred. The ID is displayed as
the name of the "Structure tag type".

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2. Click "AS structures".

To display the elements of a structure, click the arrow in front of the structure name.

3. Select the entire row of a structure and select the "Create structure" entry in the shortcut
menu.

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Alternatively, select a structure type that has already been created in the WinCC Tag
Management.

Then assign a structure type element to the "Tag type member".

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A structure type is created in the WinCC Tag Management for each "Structure tag type" of
the AS structures.

A structure type element is created for each "Tag type member".

4. Select the "AS Symbols" tab in the "Tag Management" view.
5. To only have structure tags and member tags displayed, filter for the desired AS structure in
the "Structure type name" column.

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6. To access an AS structure tag in the WinCC Tag Management, activate the "Access" field.

The contained member tags are automatically activated.

The AS structure tag is created as a structure tag in the WinCC Tag Management.

Result

Through the structure types and structure tags in WinCC Tag Management you have access to
the AS structure tags.

In this way you can, for example, access AS structures in WinCC faceplate types and represent
them in faceplate instances.

See also

How to download AS symbols offline (mdm/109772961?c=114063933451&lc=en-ww&dl=en)

How to export AS project data (mdm/109772961?c=114064912395&lc=en-ww&dl=en)

How to configure a tag with optimized block access (mdm/109772961?

c=113668578955&lc=en-ww&dl=en)

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