Siemens Welding System ST PCS 7 User Manual

OS archiving

Siemens ST PCS 7 · November 2007

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StoragePlus is a program package for long-term archiving of 
• OS archive data (process values and messages), 
• OS reports and 
• batch data of the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system. 
StoragePlus manages the process values and messages ex-

ported from the OS archives, the OS reports as well as batch 

data from SIMATIC BATCH in a central database. All these data 

can be visualized in a graphic and clear manner using the Inter-

net Explorer.

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StoragePlus can be used for long-term archiving of process val-

ues and messages, OS reports and SIMATIC BATCH data from 

up to 4 single stations/servers/pairs of servers of the SIMATIC 

PCS 7 V7.0 process control system. For this purpose Storage-

Plus has to be installed on a separate computer with Windows 

XP Professional oder Windows Server 2003 (see page 2/14) 

which is connected by terminal bus to the OS and batch serv-

ers/single stations of the SIMATIC PCS 7 system.

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StoragePlus manages the process values, messages and OS re-

ports which are swapped out of the OS archives, as well as 

batch data from SIMATIC BATCH, in a central database and 

makes these data available independent of the PCS 7 runtime 

systems:
• All data can be visualized in a graphic and clear manner using 

the Internet Explorer, selection of the data is selected by inte-

grated filter functions. 

• Messages and process values can be shown in table form, 

and process values also in graphic form. 

• Tables of process values can be exported in CSV format for 

processing in other Windows applications, e.g. Microsoft 

Excel.

The data managed by StoragePlus and the cataloging can be 

swapped out onto all commercially available storage media. You 

require additional hardware and software for this which support 

the StoragePlus operating system, e.g. DVD writer with appropri-

ate writer software.
StoragePlus is able to read in data which were swapped out 

using StoragePlus V1.0 / V1.1 and to convert the data into the SI-

MATIC PCS 7 V7.0 (StoragePlus V1.2) data format.
Overview of functions
• Archiving of messages, process values and reports of the SI-

MATIC PCS 7 V7.0

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operator systems

• Archiving of batch data from SIMATIC BATCH V7.0
• Cataloging of all StoragePlus data
• Swapping out of all StoragePlus data as well as the cataloging 

onto external storage media

• Reading-in of the swapped-out StoragePlus data and catalog-

ing from external storage media

• Parameterizing of views (display windows and masks) includ-

ing the selection criteria for displaying the data

• Visualizing of messages in table form dependent on filter func-

tions

• Displaying of process values in table or graphic form depen-

dent on filter functions

• Exporting of process values in CSV format, e.g. to Microsoft 

Excel

• Visualizing a batch overview (selecting the detailed protocol 

of a batch from the batch overview is possible)

• Web-based presentation of data
• Access protection with user-specific rights
• Migration of messages and measurement values from Stor-

agePlus V1.0 / V1.1

OS clients

Automation
systems

Batch server
(redundant)

StoragePlus
(separate
computer)

OS server
(redundant)

OS-LAN

Plant bus

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