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1 Security information 1 Overview 2 Operating system requirements 3 Software requirements 4 Plant Automation Accelerator 2.1 Readme (Online) Readme Setup contents 5 Installation on Citrix 6 Start parameter 7 Do not use "Run as administrator" 8 Installing PAA over an existing COMOS installation 9 Installing COMOS patches 10 Known issues 11 11/2018 A5E AA

2 Legal information Warning notice system This manual contains notices you have to observe in order to ensure your personal safety, as well as to prevent damage to property. The notices referring to your personal safety are highlighted in the manual by a safety alert symbol, notices referring only to property damage have no safety alert symbol. These notices shown below are graded according to the degree of danger. DANGER indicates that death or severe personal injury will result if proper precautions are not taken. WARNING indicates that death or severe personal injury may result if proper precautions are not taken. CAUTION indicates that minor personal injury can result if proper precautions are not taken. NOTICE indicates that property damage can result if proper precautions are not taken. If more than one degree of danger is present, the warning notice representing the highest degree of danger will be used. A notice warning of injury to persons with a safety alert symbol may also include a warning relating to property damage. Qualified Personnel The product/system described in this documentation may be operated only by personnel qualified for the specific task in accordance with the relevant documentation, in particular its warning notices and safety instructions. Qualified personnel are those who, based on their training and experience, are capable of identifying risks and avoiding potential hazards when working with these products/systems. Proper use of Siemens products Note the following: Trademarks WARNING Siemens products may only be used for the applications described in the catalog and in the relevant technical documentation. If products and components from other manufacturers are used, these must be recommended or approved by Siemens. Proper transport, storage, installation, assembly, commissioning, operation and maintenance are required to ensure that the products operate safely and without any problems. The permissible ambient conditions must be complied with. The information in the relevant documentation must be observed. All names identified by are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. The remaining trademarks in this publication may be trademarks whose use by third parties for their own purposes could violate the rights of the owner. Disclaimer of Liability We have reviewed the contents of this publication to ensure consistency with the hardware and software described. Since variance cannot be precluded entirely, we cannot guarantee full consistency. However, the information in this publication is reviewed regularly and any necessary corrections are included in subsequent editions. Siemens AG Division Process Industries and Drives Postfach NÜRNBERG GERMANY A5E AA P 11/2018 Subject to change Copyright Siemens AG All rights reserved

3 Table of contents 1 Security information Overview Operating system requirements Software requirements Setup contents Installation on Citrix Start parameter Do not use "Run as administrator" Installing PAA over an existing COMOS installation Installing COMOS patches Known issues PAA help system Use of server operating systems Update of PAA Dongle driver Project settings Logic blocks GSD interface Exporting PA slaves under CFU with IO cards to PCS New HW configuration tool Limited use of assemblies Limitation on characters of PROFINET device name Potential groups for ET 200SP HA Import / Export PCS 7 plugin Import/Export of CFU with PA slaves Import/Export of ET 200SP HA extended HW parameters Working with central enumeration types Renaming Sub-CMs Optional functions in CMTs References on types (CM/EM) Working with Function diagrams...31 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 3

4 Table of contents Working with functions Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

5 Security information 1 Siemens provides products and solutions with industrial security functions that support the secure operation of plants, systems, machines, and networks. In order to protect plants, systems, machines and networks against cyber threats, it is necessary to implement and continuously maintain a holistic, state-of-the-art industrial security concept. Siemens products and solutions only form one element of such a concept. Customer is responsible to prevent unauthorized access to its plants, systems, machines and networks. Systems, machines and components should only be connected to the enterprise network or the internet if and to the extent necessary and with appropriate security measures (e.g. use of firewalls and network segmentation) in place. Additionally, Siemens guidance on appropriate security measures should be taken into account. You can find more information about industrial security by visiting: Siemens products and solutions undergo continuous development to make them more secure. Siemens strongly recommends you apply product updates as soon as available and always use the latest product versions. Use of product versions that are no longer supported, and failure to apply latest updates may increase customer s exposure to cyber threats. To stay informed about product updates, subscribe to the Siemens Industrial Security RSS Feed under Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 5

6 Security information 6 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

7 Overview 2 Readme SIMATIC PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator (PAA) Installation and usage notes Note Please read through the readme carefully, as it contains important information and additions for PAA. The statements made in the Readme file take precedence over statements made in the PAA manual. Manuals on PAA are available in the Siemens Portal under the SIMATIC PCS 7 Manual Overview ( All information on working with PAA is available in the documentation: SIMATIC PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator (Software Manuals > SIMATIC PCS 7 Product Documentation > Engineering Tools > SIMATIC PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator) You will find information about the data transfer dialog in the documentation: Help on data transfer dialog Also see the PCS 7 and COMOS documentation for more information. The SIMATIC Customer Support is available on the Internet at: service&support ( Note Before you start installing or using PAA, you must read the information in the latest version of the COMOS Release Notes (online). Note Changes in the base objects can cause these changes to be lost in a subsequent database and lead to data inconsistencies in the engineering projects. We recommend keeping changes to base objects in a separate working layer. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 7

8 Overview 8 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

9 Operating system requirements 3 Released operating systems The following operating systems are supported in PAA: Windows 7 Ultimate / Enterprise SP1 (64 Bit) Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB (64 Bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 Bit) Windows Server 2016 (64 Bit) Note Released processor architectures Only the x64 platform is used for processor architectures which support 64-bit memory addressing. Systems with Intel Itanium CPU architecture (IA64) are not supported. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 9

10 Operating system requirements 10 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

11 Software requirements 4 Mandatory softwares for PAA must be installed: COMOS * (idb V PAA Content Layer V2.1) or PAA DB V2.1* SIMATIC XML Transfer V9.0.2* STEP 7 V5.6.0 CFC V9.0.2 *can be installed via PAA setup Note To install PAA on an existing COMOS version, it is mandatory that the COMOS version should be installed via setup and not via COMOS Update Center. Optional, if common installation on one workstation is required: PCS 7 V9.0.1 In addition: CFC V9.0.2 STEP 7 V5.6.0 For more information on latest PCS 7 software updates, see SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 SP1 Software Updates ( Note Compatibility tool The know the compatible versions of the SIMATIC components or COMOS with the current PAA version click Compatibility tool ( main/index.jsf). Excel import Use Office 2010, 2013 or 2016 if you want to work with the "Excel import" plugin. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 11

12 Software requirements 12 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

13 Setup contents 5 You can install the following components with the setup program: COMOS If COMOS is already installed, this option is not available. If an older version is installed, select the option to install the version you need. Please note that existing COMOS versions will be overwritten if necessary. PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator These components have to be installed if you want to install additional PCS 7 Add-on functions in COMOS. SIMATIC XML Transfer These components have to be installed if you want to install the additional software components for data exchange with PCS 7. Database (idb+pcs 7 Plant Automation Accelerator Content Layer) The database must be installed. A complete database, as well as an integration layer for the import of an existing database, are created. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 13

14 Setup contents 14 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

15 Installation on Citrix 6 You have the option to install PAA on a Citrix server. PCS 7 is not approved for installation on the server. Install PCS 7 on a local PC. When you install PAA on a Citrix server, always use the import/export via XML files for data exchange with PCS 7. You need a minimal installation for this. You can also find additional information on the basic requirements for data exchange between COMOS and SIMATIC PCS 7 in section Installing PAA over an existing COMOS installation (Page 21). The PAA licenses must be made available through the COMOS license server. Citrix version Only use Citrix version For more information on Citrix version refer the "COMOS Installation and setup" manual, keyword "Compatibility matrix". Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 15

16 Installation on Citrix 16 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

17 Start parameter 7 /MD:PAA Note Use desktop link When you start PAA after the installation with the desktop link, the start parameter is already set. You can also start COMOS with user-specific settings. Specify these settings through the start parameters. When you transfer "/MD:PAA" as start parameter, the menu file for PAA is loaded when you start COMOS. You can find more information on this topic in the "COMOS Administration" manual, keyword Reference of start parameters and in the "COMOS Operation" manual, keyword Setting up COMOS start with user-specific settings. Principles of start parameters In general: The start parameters are optional. You can assign any number of start parameters, but each start parameter only once. Delimiters between start parameters: Space Use the following notation for each start parameter: /<Start parameter name>:<parameter value> When start parameters are assigned, they overwrite the quick launch settings. Setting the start parameter 1. Open the Comos.exe properties or a link to Comos.exe. You can find the path to Comos.exe in the "Target" field. 2. Insert a space after the path. 3. Enter the following start parameter: /MD:PAA 4. Confirm your entries. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 17

18 Start parameter 18 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

19 Do not use "Run as administrator" 8 Do not use "Run as administrator" Note Data loss If starting PAA from the shortcut menu "Run as administrator", data loss can sometimes occur in the PCS 7 Automation Interface. Do not start PAA as administrator if you want to use the PCS 7 Automation Interface. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 19

20 Do not use "Run as administrator" 20 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

21 Installing PAA over an existing COMOS installation 9 Requirements You are using COMOS version (COMOS should be installed via setup and not updated via COMOS Update Center) You have the option to use the COMOS Network login. Procedure 1. Run the setup. 2. Select the available components. COMOS If the latest COMOS is already installed, this option is not available. If an older version is installed, select the option to install the version you need. Please note that existing COMOS versions will be overwritten if necessary. PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator These components have to be installed if you want to install additional PCS 7 Add-on functions in COMOS. SIMATIC XML Transfer These components have to be installed if you want to install the additional software components for data exchange with PCS 7. Database (idb+pcs 7 Plant Automation Accelerator Content Layer) The database must be installed. A complete database, as well as an integration layer for the import of an existing database, are created. Required manual adjustments Make the following adjustments manually if you want to use your existing COMOS installation with the additional PAA functions: 1. Ensure that the latest COMOS patch is installed. You will find this in the PA Accelerator delivery in the path < \InstData\COMOS\Setup\Service Pack\COMOS_10.2.X.X.X.zip>. 2. Install PAA via the setup. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 21

22 Installing PAA over an existing COMOS installation 3. Replace the main.xml. After installation of the PAA components, the "main.xml" file is located here: "C: \ProgramData\Siemens\PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator\menu". Rename the existing file "<COMOS Installation directory>\current\config\menu\main.xml" in your COMOS installation and save the new file at the same time. This will add the entries for PAA to the COMOS standard menu. 4. You have installed the integration layer for PAA via the setup program. After the installation, you can find the integration layer here: "C:\ProgramData\Siemens \PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator\DataBase". If you want to integrate the PAA functions in your existing COMOS database, import the integration layer for PAA via the working layer import. Copy the two folders "X00" and "X01" from the "SO1" directory of the Content Layer (C: \ProgramData\Siemens\PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator\DataBase\X01_Content \X01\SO1) to the "SO1" folder in your COMOS database. Note Check the manifest file Make sure that the ComosCommon.manifest contains the following reference to the PABase.manifest: <dependency> <dependentassembly> <assemblyidentity type="win32" name="pabase" version=" "/> </dependentassembly> </dependency> Note Link to base project To have access to all functions, share the integration layer in your base project or always link new projects and working layers with the integration layer. Note If there are inconsistencies in the working layer display mode after the import of integration layer, you can accept these inconsistencies if no changes were made to the database by the user. COMOS documentation After installation of PAA, you can open the PAA help system in the menu bar with the command "Help". If you want to access the COMOS help system following the installation of PAA, open it from the COMOS installation directory: <Installation directory>\help 22 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

23 Installing PAA over an existing COMOS installation Supported languages The PAA user interface and database are available in English and German. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 23

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25 Installing COMOS patches 10 Requirements You are using COMOS version with PCS 7 Plant Automation Accelerator V2.1. Procedure 1. Run COMOS Update Center. 2. The "Update Center" dialog opens. 3. Follow the instructions on the "COMOS Update Center" dialog. For more information on COMOS Update Center, refer the "COMOS Installation and setup" manual, keyword "Installing COMOS updates". Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 25

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27 Known issues PAA help system For the scenario where COMOS is already installed and PAA is installed afterwards, the PAA help system is not installed. In that case, the help system can be extracted from the zip file in the following path: "InstData\COMOS\Setup\Service Pack\COMOS_ zip" Use of server operating systems When using a server operating system, the license server has to be installed. The license server can be installed with the setup program. You start the installation manually. You can find additional information on this topic in the COMOS Platform Administration manual, keyword "COMOS License Management (COMOS LM)" Update of PAA Import/Export dialog after updating via the UpdateCenter If you have updated PAA via the Update Center, access problems may occur at the PCS 7 interface. The Import/Export dialog no longer displays any content. To correct access problems, proceed as follows: 1. Open the Windows command prompt. 2. To open the "Local Group Policy Editor", enter the command "gpedit.msc". 3. Navigate to the setting "User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Attachment Manager > Do not preserve zone information in file attachments". 4. Set the value to "Enabled" Dongle driver The use of a dongle does not work automatically. A new driver needs to be installed for this purpose. You will find this at the following path: s=&c=all&p=hasp4&o=windows&t=all&l=all Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 27

28 Known issues 11.7 GSD interface 11.5 Project settings When using the COMOS database together with the PAA integration layer you have to set the following options manually: Open the project settings: Deactivate the option "General settings > Standard > Static link > Change from dynamic to static on first change" Activate the option "Automation > EI&C > Settings > Use search via classification for loops". Select "Create connection objects for connector types "E" and "I" (from 10.2 SP1)" from "Automation > EI&C > Connections > Connection mode" Symbolic address calculation and unusable database Note Unusable database caused by switching base objects to static Be sure to disable the following project options, otherwise the complete database will be unusable due to irreversible conversion of base and engineering objects. Clear the project option "General settings > Standard > Static link > Change from dynamic to static on first change" Logic blocks Data loss when using standard logic blocks The logic blocks used in COMOS are no longer used in PAA. Instead, use the PAA functions GSD interface The GSD interface evaluates text information as it is stored in the GSD file. For some GSD files it is possible that the module name, for example, has leading or trailing spaces that are applied in COMOS. During data exchange with other systems problems can arise if the spaces are filtered by the system. In SIMATIC PCS 7 this results in a replacement of the modules not being possible (for example: PA GSD). Note Exporting GSD file from PAA to PCS 7 The following characters should be removed from the GSD base object description. &, \, *,?, <, >, :, ", Ι 28 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

29 Known issues Potential groups for ET 200SP HA 11.8 Exporting PA slaves under CFU with IO cards to PCS 7 When same PA slave profile is available at two places in PCS 7 (HW Config > Hardware catalogue) that is known for the user which GSD file is used to import from PAA. Recommendation: Import the GSD file only once New HW configuration tool The new HW configuration tool is not supported yet for some of the following functions/ components: For ET 200SP HA Spare I/O Channel calculation is not yet supported by below I/O cards AI-DI16/DQ16X24VDC HART (MLFB: 6DL EW00-0PH1) DI16/DQ16X24VDC (MLFB: 6DL EW00-0PH1) AI 16XTC/8XRTD 2-/3-/4-WIRE (MLFB: 6DL JH00-0PH1) I/O Channel Redundancy is not supported For ET 200iSP Selection of connecting type for Terminal modules used for Electronic modules is not available yet PCS 7 Licenses cannot be configured by the HW configuration tool in this version of PAA Limited use of assemblies The assembly 6ES RF00-0AB0 is supported in DI mode. The COUNT mode is not supported Limitation on characters of PROFINET device name The IM name (Interface module) will shrink to 24 characters in PCS 7 when user imports IM (with more than 24 characters) at PAA first and then export it again to PCS 7. It results in change in name of IM stations in PCS 7. It is advised to have the names of the PROFINET devices upto 24 characters only Potential groups for ET 200SP HA Potential groups for ET 200SP HA are not created automatically via the hardware configurator tool or import from PCS 7 and Excel Import. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 29

30 Known issues Renaming Sub-CMs Import / Export PCS 7 plugin The S7 400 series FM (Function modules) and IM (Interface modules) doesn t support Import / Export PCS 7 functionality in PAA 2.1. PAA is currently handling I/O configuration with active bus modules and not with passive bus modules during import/export, for ET 200M and ET 200PA SMART Import/Export of CFU with PA slaves Installaltion of PCS 7 V is mandatory to import or export CFU with PA slaves in PAA Import/Export of ET 200SP HA extended HW parameters Extended Attributes Affected IO Modules Issue DIAGNOS TICS_TRANSDUC ER_SUPPLY Interference frequency suppression Low limit 1 Low limit 2 High limit 1 High limit 2 Conductor resistance [Ohm] DI16/DQ16 x 24VDC HA DI, 6DL EW00-0PH1 AI 16XI 2-WIRE HART HA, 6DL TH00-0PH1 AI-DI16/DQ16 HART HA, HART: 6DL EW00-0PH1 AI 16XI 2-WIRE HART HA, 6DL TH00-0PH1 AI16 x TC/8xRTD HA, 6DL JH00-0PH1 AI16 x TC/8xRTD HA, 6DL JH00-0PH1 Currently a wrong data type is used. Solution: For this issue use the Hardware Support Package (HSP) of PCS During Import/Export, 10 Hz value is not exchangeable During Import from PCS 7 to PAA, values are transferred as "Raw values" instead of "Scaled values" During Import from PCS 7 to PAA, value is not exchangeable Working with central enumeration types If you wish to work with a central enumeration library, create this in the base project. Export the enumeration types by means of the XML export and then import these into your engineering project. You can define further enumeration types in the engineering project Renaming Sub-CMs Renaming Sub-CMs below CM instances are not allowed in PAA. Import of renamed Sub-CMs from PCS 7 is not supported. 30 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

31 Known issues Working with functions Optional functions in CMTs Optional functions in CMTs are not allowed in PAA. You cannot create variants out of this. This is only possible in PCS References on types (CM/EM) References on types (CM/EM) are not supported in the function diagram yet Working with Function diagrams Reference path can not be edited on Function diagram, it can be only edited at the object attribute on chapter card "Automation Interface" Working with functions To rename functions use the Navigator, do not change names on the Function diagram icon. If name is changed at Function diagram the owner of the funtion will be changed. Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA 31

32 Known issues Working with functions 32 Readme, 11/2018, A5E AA

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