Siemens ST PCS 7 User Manual

Engineering Process Safety

Siemens ST PCS 7 · November 2007

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The SIMATIC Safety Matrix which can be used in addition to the 

CFC is an innovative safety lifecycle tool from Siemens that can 

be used not only for user-friendly configuration of safety applica-

tions, but also for their operation and service. The tool, which is 

based on the proven principle of a cause & effect matrix, is ide-

ally suited to processes where defined statuses require specific 

safety reactions.
The SIMATIC Safety Matrix not only means that programming of 

the safety logic is significantly simpler and more convenient, but 

also much faster than in the conventional manner. During the risk 

analysis of a plant, the configuration engineer can assign exactly 

defined reactions (effects) to events (causes) which may occur 

during a process.

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The advantages of the SIMATIC Safety Matrix in the implementa-

tion phase:

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Simple programming using Cause&Effect method

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No programming knowledge required

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Automatic generation of CFCs including driver blocks

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Automatic version tracking

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integrated change tracking

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1-to-1 printout of Cause&Effect matrix

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In the context of SIMATIC PCS 7, the following individual prod-

ucts are offered for the SIMATIC Safety Matrix:
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for configuration of safety functions on the SIMATIC PCS 7 en-

gineering system 

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for creating and debugging the Safety Matrix logic in an exter-

nal computer, independent of the engineering system (can be 

optionally used additive to the SIMATIC Safety Matrix Tool)

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for operation and monitoring of the SIMATIC Safety Matrix us-

ing the SIMATIC PCS 7 operator system (for ordering data, re-

fer to page 5/15)

The SIMATIC Safety Matrix Editor offers the advantage that the 

Safety Matrix can also be created, processed further and de-

bugged outside the SIMATIC PCS 7 engineering system. The 

SIMATIC Safety Matrix Editor can be used on a computer with 

Windows 2000 Professional SP2 or higher or Windows XP Pro-

fessional. However, generation of the safety-related CFC pro-

gram as well as compilation and downloading to the automation 

system are only possible by means of the SIMATIC engineering 

system with the SIMATIC Safety Matrix Tool.

SIMATIC Safety Matrix 

Tool

SIMATIC PCS 7 

AS 412H/F/FH, 

AS 414H/F/FH or 

AS 417H/F/FH 
(S7 F Systems 

RT license is inte-

grated in the case 

of F/FH systems)

SIMATIC PCS 7 V6.0 SP2 

or higher, 

S7 F Systems V5.2 HF 2 

or higher with S7 F-Lib 

V1.2

SIMATIC Safety Matrix 

Editor

Windows 2000 Profes-

sional SP2 or higher or 

Windows XP Professional

SIMATIC Safety Matrix 

Viewer

SIMATIC PCS 7 

AS 412H/F/FH, 

AS 414H/F/FH or 

AS 417H/F/FH 
(S7 F Systems 

RT license is inte-

grated in the case 

of F/FH systems)

SIMATIC PCS 7-OS V6.0 

SP2 or higher

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