Description

You can obtain individual functional or vertical market extensions to the engineering and runtime software in the form of WinCC flexible options.

Engineering Options

WinCC flexible/ChangeControl

Assuming that you are using WinCC flexible Advanced, you can use the WinCC flexible/ChangeControl option to version-manage configuration data and to track changes in configurations

Runtime Options

WinCC flexible/Archives

Process value and message archiving using WinCC flexible/Archives is for acquiring and processing process data from an industrial plant/machine. In this context, you can document the course of the process; check the rate of utilization or quality of production; or verify repeated error status conditions

WinCC flexible/Recipes

The WinCC flexible/Recipes option is for managing data records that contain connected machine or production data.especially in the context of batch-oriented production in the food or plastics industries.

WinCC flexible/Audit

In operation, the system records all relevant changes to tags and any operator actions in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) as Audit Trails and saves them to a CSV file. You can provide additional prompts for an electronic signature and a commentary in the case of operator actions.

SIMATIC Logon

SIMATIC Logon offers a central, cross-plant user management, integrated in Windows User management providing various security mechanisms on administrator and user level.

WinCC flexible/SmartAccess

The WinCC flexible/SmartAccess option makes available simple client/server mechanisms thus building the basis for innovative concepts in HMI and automation tasks.

WinCC flexible/SmartService

You can use the WinCC flexible/SmartService option for remote control, diagnostics and maintenance concepts.

WinCC flexible/OPC-Server

Using the SIMATIC WinCC flexible/OPC-Server option, you can  can communicate with any OPC-capable application across an Ethernet.

WinCC flexible/ProAgent

SIMATIC WinCC flexible/ProAgent enables precise process diagnostics for machines and plants thanks to complete integration in the world of SIMATIC process diagnostics.