PDM Maintenance

Station V4 – Quick
Setup
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 Table of contents

Table of contents
Legal information .............................................................................................................................. 2
1 Overview .................................................................................................................................. 4
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 Components Used ..................................................................................................... 4
2 Installation of PDM MS V4 ...................................................................................................... 5
3 General Settings...................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Ethernet Settings in Windows:................................................................................... 6
3.2 PDM Settings ............................................................................................................. 8
4 Project Setup ........................................................................................................................... 9
4.1 Project Setup with Example Project .......................................................................... 9
4.2 New Project Setup ...................................................................................................10
4.3 Hardware Configuration (HW-Config) of the PC Station .........................................10
4.4 Hardware Configuration of the PLC.........................................................................13
5 Creating the PDM Network Structure ..................................................................................14
5.1 Basic Network Settings ............................................................................................14
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5.2 Import or Manual Creation of the PDM Data for the Devices ..................................16
6 Engineering Steps for the Maintenance Station ................................................................17
7 Overview of Steps for Changing the Project ......................................................................22
8 Appendix ................................................................................................................................24
8.1 Service and support .................................................................................................24
8.2 Industry Mall ............................................................................................................25
8.3 Links and literature ..................................................................................................25
8.4 Change documentation ...........................................................................................25

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 1 Overview

1 Overview
1.1 Introduction
This document describes the changes for the successor versions, the PDM Maintenance
Station V4.0 or V4.0.1.
The setup for the PDM Maintenance Station V3.0 is described in the application example “PDM
Maintenance Station - Setting up a Project”. Also, the configurations are described in section 3
in this document and many configuration steps are the same. The application example can be
found under the following link:
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109776936
The PDM MS V4.x can be used in the same way as the V3.
With the PDM MS V4, up to 1000 field devices can be monitored; with the PDM MS V3, it is only
a maximum of 500 field devices.
Major changes in the software are the easier handling of changes in the monitored plant project
through many improvements and enhancements in the "Import from HWC station" function.
There is a third option for exporting parameter data with selectable parameters that can be read
online (faster than reading all parameters online).
The PDM MS V4 is based on Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC (instead of Windows 7
Ultimate 32-bit).
There is no extra installation setup like for the PDM MS V3. The PDM MS V4 software is
installed directly from the PCS 7 Media Package.
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The PDM MS V2 contained an IPC 427E with 4GB and the PDM MS V3 contained 8GB main
memory.
PDM MS V4 can in principle be used with the same hardware, but for an update to PDM MS
V4.x, 16GB main memory is recommended, especially for large projects.
Instead of the internal Soft-PLC WinAC RTX 2010 controller, the SIMIT Virtual Controller,
including a dongle for it, is used.

1.2 Components Used

The following hardware and software components were used to create this application example:

Table 1-1
Product Product ID/ Download link
PDM MAINTENANCE 6ES7650-0RJ04-0YX0
STATION BASIC V4.0
SIMATIC PDM, HART 6ES7658-3EX78-2YB5
SERVER V9.2
(optional)
SIMATIC PDM Device Download
Library 1#2021 https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109805356
PDM 1 CLIENT 6ES7658-3UA00-2YB5
(optional)
PDM 10/100/1000 6ES7658-3XC00-2YB5
TAGs (optional) 6ES7658-3XD00-2YB5
6ES7658-3XE00-2YH5

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 2 Installation of PDM MS V4

2 Installation of PDM MS V4
To install the operating system, proceed as follows:
1. Install the new operating system Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC from the restore stick.
Select either “Restore System-Partition (Windows only)” or “Reset to delivery condition” in
the installation process.
2. Install the PDM MS software from the delivered stick or the PCS 7 Media Package:

Figure 2-1
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3. Install the SIMIT Virtual Controller. You will find it below “Additional Products” in the folder
“SIMIT VC”:
Figure 2-2

In case of an update from PDM MS V4.0 to PDM MS V4.0 SP1, install the “old” SIMIT VC
NOTE from the PCS 7 V9.1 Media Package. Then you can use the existing license and dongle.
(There are no new functions with the newer SIMIT VC.)

4. Import the licenses for the PDM MS.

5. Integrate the PDM Device Library
6. Activate the PDM server according to section 4.2 in the application example “PDM
Maintenance Station – Setting up a project”:
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 3 General Settings

3 General Settings
This section describes the general settings to be made in Windows and in the SIMATIC
Manager (after opening/creating the project).

3.1 Ethernet Settings in Windows:

TCP/IP is always used! The ISO protocol cannot be used.

NOTICE => In an existing project, make sure that TCP/IP is already activated on the plant bus before
you connect a PDM MS!

1. Configure a suitable IP address and network mask in the Windows network properties.

Figure 3-1
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Use LAN #02 or LAN #03 for the plant bus (can also be a direct connection to a PROFINET
network).
NOTE
LAN #01 can be used for an optional connection to a terminal bus.

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 3 General Settings

2. Advanced TCP/IP settings of the plant bus network adapter:

Insert a second IP address for the SIMIT Virtual Controller in the same network as the plant
bus!

Figure 3-2
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 3 General Settings

3.2 PDM Settings

1. Navigate in the SIMATIC Manager Menu to “Options > SIMATIC PDM > Settings”.
2. Navigate to the tab “Maintenance Station”:
– Assign the current project (after it has been created)
– Activate the option “Transfer Maintenance Alarm to Maintenance Station”
(otherwise, the diagnostic state of HART devices will not be updated properly)

Figure 3-3
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3. Navigate to the tab “Communication”:

Make sure that the option “SHC mode enabled” is set.
If HART variables are transferred cyclically, the SHC mode (HART Fast Mode) may not be
activated!

Settings for the PDM MS in the plant hierarchy below “Advanced Diagnostic Settings…”
NOTE (export paths, web links, …) or the configuration of the PDM server (secure / unsecure
connection etc.) are the same as for the PCS 7 Maintenance Station.

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 4 Project Setup

4 Project Setup
Either use the example project or create a new project.

4.1 Project Setup with Example Project

1. Open the example project:
Figure 4-1
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Figure 4-2

2. Continue with section 4.3.

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4.2 New Project Setup

1. Insert a PC station for the Maintenance Station and a CPU 410 for the SIMIT Virtual
Controller:

Figure 4-3

2. Change the name of the PC station according to your PDM MS computer name.
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3. Insert a Charts folder into the S7 program folder.

4.3 Hardware Configuration (HW-Config) of the PC Station

1. Open the HW-Config of the PC station.

Figure 4-4

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2. Insert the following objects:

– WinCC Application
– “IE General” for the plant bus
– PDM Application

3. Configure the first IP address on the “IE General” tab of the PC station:

Figure 4-5
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4. Only if SNMP devices (such as PCs, switches and other network objects) are to be
monitored in the PDM MS is it necessary for an OPC server to be inserted here and the
SNMP devices to be added and configured in the SNMP configuration of the OPC server.
5. Save and compile the HW-Config.

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 4 Project Setup

6. Right-click on the PC station and navigate to “PLC > Configure”.

After the settings have been made as shown in the screenshot, click on Configure and then
on Close.

Figure 4-6
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4.4 Hardware Configuration of the PLC

1. Insert the power supply and the CPU 410H into a rack.
2. Configure the second IP address on one of the PROFINET interfaces of the CPU:

Figure 4-7
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3. Save and compile the HW-Config.

4. Open NETPRO.

NOTICE The S7 connection is created automatically. Do not change it.

5. Download the PC station and the AS.

Figure 4-8

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5 Creating the PDM Network Structure

5.1 Basic Network Settings
1. Open the process device network view.
2. Add the top network node (“networks”).
3. Add an Ethernet object for the plant bus (“PROFINET network”).

NOTE The first time a PC station is networked, the local computer name is added automatically.

Figure 5-1

4. Navigate to the Ethernet settings (for the PC station), select “Use network adapter” and any
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of the TCP/IP adapters.

Figure 5-2

5. Optionally: Rename the “PROFINET” network, e.g. to “Plant Bus”.

Figure 5-3

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6. If the associated project with the field devices is an S7 or PCS 7 project:

Change the subnet ID of the plant bus according to the target project (-> Subnet ID can be
found in the network properties in NETPRO or in the HW Configurator).

Figure 5-4

For projects with HART multiplexers or wireless HART gateways

1. Add a HART server network
2. Follow the steps in sections 7 and 8.1.3 in the application example “PDM Maintenance
Station – Setting up a project” under the following link:
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 5 Creating the PDM Network Structure

5.2 Import or Manual Creation of the PDM Data for the Devices
1. Follow the steps in section 8.3 for manual creation or section 8.4 for “Import from HWC
station” in the application example “PDM Maintenance Station – Setting up a project” under
the following link: https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109776936

2. The PDM network structure with all field devices has been created:

Figure 5-5
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If all settings incl. subnet IDs are OK, the user can now communicate with the field devices
using the PDM MS, e.g. update the diagnostic status manually from the process device network
view.
To use the Maintenance Station Runtime, the SIMIT Virtual Controller must be started and the
Maintenance Station must be activated and configured.

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6 Engineering Steps for the Maintenance Station

1. Download NETPRO configuration into the AS.
2. Insert the SIMIT VC dongle into one of the USB ports of the Microbox PC.

Figure 6-1

3. To start the SIMIT VC, select "Options > Plant Hierarchy > Start Simit VC".

Figure 6-2
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4. Assign the IP address from the CPU 410H:

Figure 6-3

5. The SIMIT VC will be started:

Figure 6-4
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6. Open the plant view.

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7. Activate the option “Maintenance Station PDM (no AS diagnostics)” in the menu of the plant
hierarchy settings.

Figure 6-5
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8. Create/update the diagnostics hierarchy.

Figure 6-6

9. Compile the charts folder.

Generating the module drivers is not necessary, so this option can be deactivated.
10. Download the charts folder.

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11. Compile the entire OS.

Figure 6-7

Here, an "S7 connection" is used as with real controllers (not the "K-bus" as with PDM MS
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NOTE V3).

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12. The diagnostics hierarchy is now complete.

Figure 6-8
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13. Start the MS Runtime.

Figure 6-9

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 7 Overview of Steps for Changing the Project

7 Overview of Steps for Changing the Project

For the PDM MS, there are 3 different ways to update the configuration.

Manual configuration in the process device network view

Can be done anywhere in the network structure.

Export PDM data to the ES project and import this export file
This is possible for single PLC controllers and from a node not higher than a bus system
(PROFIBUS or PROFINET) in the network view. At least the bus system must already be
inserted in the target project (with the correct subnet IDs).
Export either via process device network view or via Hardware Configurator. Import only via
process device network.

Export and import of an S7 / PCS 7 archive with PDM data (“Import from HWC station”)
A project with a PC and Ethernet bus (plant bus) must already be inserted in the target project in
the network view (with the correct subnet IDs).

Figure 7-1
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Changes to the existing network structure are indicated.

Single devices, modules or parts of the network structure can be ignored, created (added) or
deleted:

Figure 7-2
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Final steps after changes:

1. Update the diagnostics hierarchy.
2. Compile the charts folder with changes.
3. Download the charts folder with changes.
4. Compile the OS with changes (possible also while OS Runtime is activated).

The project network structure including all substructures and all field devices is always
configured in the process device network view (in the SIMATIC Manager of the PDM MS)!
Please note that a CFC editor or a HW configurator for any process periphery cannot be used
on a PDM MS. Compiling and downloading the chart folder is also necessary here, although
no CFC editor can be used!
NOTICE
Do not forget to restart SIMIT VC after restarting the PDM MS.
The CPU cannot be used as an AS with a program (CFCs etc.) on a PDM MS. The PDM MS
must always be connected to a plant with existing PROFIBUS DP masters, PROFINET IO
controllers or HART multiplexers!

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 8 Appendix

8 Appendix
8.1 Service and support
Industry Online Support
Do you have any questions or need assistance?
Siemens Industry Online Support offers round the clock access to our entire service and support
know-how and portfolio.
The Industry Online Support is the central address for information about our products, solutions
and services.
Product information, manuals, downloads, FAQs, application examples and videos – all
information is accessible with just a few mouse clicks:
support.industry.siemens.com

Technical Support
The Technical Support of Siemens Industry provides you fast and competent support regarding
all technical queries with numerous tailor-made offers
– ranging from basic support to individual support contracts. Please send queries to Technical
Support via Web form:
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We support you with our globally available training courses for industry with practical
experience, innovative learning methods and a concept that’s tailored to the customer’s specific
needs.
For more information on our offered trainings and courses, as well as their locations and dates,
refer to our web page:
siemens.com/sitrain

Service offer
Our range of services includes the following:
• Plant data services
• Spare parts services
• Repair services
• On-site and maintenance services
• Retrofitting and modernization services
• Service programs and contracts
You can find detailed information on our range of services in the service catalog web page:
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Industry Online Support app

You will receive optimum support wherever you are with the "Siemens Industry Online Support"
app. The app is available for iOS and Android:
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8.2 Industry Mall

The Siemens Industry Mall is the platform on which the entire siemens Industry product portfolio
is accessible. From the selection of products to the order and the delivery tracking, the Industry
Mall enables the complete purchasing processing – directly and independently of time and
location:
mall.industry.siemens.com

8.3 Links and literature

Table 8-1
Nr. Thema
\1\ Siemens Industry Online Support
https://support.industry.siemens.com
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\2\ Link to this entry page of this application example

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109810636
\3\ PDM Maintenance Station - Setting up a project
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8.4 Change documentation

Table 8-2
Version Date Modifications
V1.0 08/2022 First version

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