SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX are space-saving and at the same time very rugged industrial PC systems for economical entry into process automation with SIMATIC PCS 7. They are available as compact systems with SIMATIC PCS 7 functionality for engineering (ES), automation (AS), operator control and monitoring (OS), and also as OS Runtime systems without an engineering component.

SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX for operation as a client in an operator system or in SIMATIC BATCH can be found in the section "Industrial Workstation/IPC" under "SIMATIC BOX PC".

Product versions

The first criterion for choosing the offered SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX product versions is the decision between integrated or swapped-out automation functionality (AS):

• AS integrated:
  SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX with internal WinAC RTX software controller and Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (32-bit) operating system
• AS separate:
  SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64-bit) operating system and external controller:
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 AS RTX Microbox automation system
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 AS mEC RTX automation system
  • Modular automation system of the S7-400 series as AS single station or AS redundancy station

This selection is associated with the decision for a specific controller type. It depends on the price/performance ratio as well as on the hardware and software functions that are possible with the various controller combinations (see table in the "Function?? section).

Depending on the integration of the engineering component (ES) in the system functionality, there is then a further differentiation within the preselection:

• ES/OS system:
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX with ES + OS + AS functionality
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with ES + OS functionality
• OS Runtime system:
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX RTX with OS + AS functionality
  • SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX with OS functionality

System overview of SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX compact systems

A complete process control system for small applications can be implemented by expanding further with process I/O:

• Distributed process I/O at PROFIBUS: Sensors/actuators on ET 200M, ET 200iSP, ET 200S and ET 200pro remote I/O stations, as well as directly connected field devices/process devices (with WinAC RTX and in combination with PCS 7 AS RTX or AS S7?400)
• Field devices/process devices at FOUNDATION Fieldbus
  (in combination with AS S7?400)
• Distributed process I/O at PROFINET: Sensors/actuators on ET 200M and ET 200SP remote I/O stations, as well as directly connected field devices/process devices (with WinAC RTX and in combination with AS S7?400 or PCS 7 AS mEC RTX)
• Sensors/actuators on S7?300 I/O modules directly on the AS (in combination with PCS 7 AS mEC RTX)