SIMATIC Factory Safety

SIMATIC WinAC RTX F – fail-safe S7 software controller

Interviews with TUEV Sued and SIPA Berchi (manufacturer of bottling and filling plants) confirm: Profit from the proven benefits of the fail-safe SIMATIC automation system and the openness of a PC solution with SIMATIC WinAC RTX F.


SIMATIC WinAC RTX F is the fail-safe S7 software controller for PCs with Windows XP.

It enables simple integration of fail-safe systems on PC-based solutions, meets the highest safety requirements, and complies with the relevant standards: EN 954-1 to Cat. 4, IEC 62061 to SIL 3 and EN ISO 13849-1 to PL e.

You can use the same engineering as for the modular controllers: STEP 7 with the option package Distributed Safety for safety applications. Standard- and fail-safe tasks can be solved with one controller.

SIMATIC WinAC RTX F offers an optimized runtime system for handling extensive PC applications in parallel with the control task, and it is especially suitable for tasks that combine high performance, large data volumes, and strict real-time requirements.

The latest technologies, such as Dual Core, are used to optimize utilization, e.g. one core for Windows applications and another core for SIMATIC WinAC RTX F. The ODK (Open Development Kit) provides optimal access to controller runtime data.

SIMATIC WinAC RTX F can be installed on all current x86 hardware platforms (e.g. all SIMATIC PCs), or it is available turnkey especially rugged pre-installed on the safety SIMATIC  Embedded Automation products.

SIMATIC WinAC RTX F can be expanded distributed with the safety I/O modules of the ET 200S, ET 200M, ET 200pro (IP67) or the safety block I/O ET 200eco (IP67) as far as the used hardware platform offers these interfaces.

Overview of the benefits of SIMATIC WinAC RTX F

• System-wide integration of safety into standard technology, even with PC-based solutions:
  

  -	One PC-based controller for standard and fail-safe automation
  -	Engineering in the familiar STEP 7 environment and with the Distributed Safety option package and choice of off-the-shelf, TÜV (German Technical Inspectorate)-certified blocks or your own self-created blocks
  -	Fail-safe communication via the globally field-proven communication standards PROFINET or PROFIBUS, with the PROFIsafe profile
  -	Space-saving design thanks to the combination of fail-safe and standard I/Os in one station

• Installation on all current x86 hardware platforms possible
•  Embedded Automation: Turnkey products, pre-installed with SIMATIC WinAC RTX F and Windows XP Embedded
• Solving of PC typical applications and automation requirements with one platform
• Easy integration of technological applications with C-/C++/C# programm into WinAC RTX programm, e.g. image processing or measurement value logging
• Strict real-time for automation tasks
• Approval for the highest safety requirements, such as Cat. 4 in accordance with EN 954, SIL 3 in accordance with EN 62061 and PL e in accordance with EN ISO 13849-1

Technical data at a glance

	PC-based Controller SIMATIC WinAC RTX F
Dimensions (mm)	-
Order no. stem: 6ES7	671-1RC.0
Memory
Working memory	Depends on PC
Processing times
Bit operation	0,004 µs *)
Wort operation	0,003 µs *)
Fixed-point operation	0,003 µs *)
Floating-point operation	0,004 µs *)
Bit memories / timers / counters
Bit memories	16 KByte
S7 timers / S7 counters	2048 / 2048
IEC timers / IEC counters	•
Address areas
Number of I/Os (bytes)	16348 / 16348
Process image I/O (bytes)	8192 / 8192
Digital channels (central)	-
Analog channels (central)	-
DP interfaces
DP master systems (int./CP)	Depends on PC
DP slave	•
Plug-in interfaces	-
Isochronous mode	-
PROFINET interface
PROFINET CBA	•
PROFINET IO	•
PROFINET with IRT	-
TCP/IP	•
UDP	•
ISO-on-TCP (RFC 1006)	•
Web server	-
Open user communication	-

*) Depends on used PC hardware,
    reference platform Pentium IV; 2,4 GHz