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News Release from: Aucotec | Subject: Hardware configuration link - automation
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 December 2005
Automation hardware configuration link
established
Hardware configuration link for automation technology and electrical engineering enables a bidirectional connection of ECAE systems with the configuration of the control and process control systems.
From Erlangen to Shanghai: Siemens - Aucotec cooperation is a Tradition The fruitful cooperation between various divisions of the Siemens combine and Aucotec has been going on for over 15 years The company with headquarters in Hanover is the largest independent German software developer for engineering systems and the associated services that deal with the design and operation of electrical engineering as well as measuring and control facilities
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Following the start in 1989 with the first licenses, there has since 1992 been a skeleton contract for the cooperation of the two companies that stipulates the use of Aucotec products and their maintenance in writing.
Moreover this has resulted in an intensive exchange of experiences and results concerning the use of CAE systems, their advancement and the testing of new versions.
Thus over the years there has evolved a number of success stories: from metallurgical works via airports to power generation, from Erlangen via Vienna to Shanghai.
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* Process chain thought out: hardware configuration link - an outstanding result of the cooperation is the Hardware Configuration Link for automation technology and electrical engineering.
It enables the optimum bidirectional connection of ECAE systems with the configuration of the control and process control systems of the SIMATIC family such as PCS 7 and Step 7.
This is initially effected via the interface designed by SIEMENS and Aucotec, which creates an XML file from the ECAE data.
The information contained therein can then be handed over to Step7/HW Konfig by means of the likewise jointly developed processor or can be read back via an intelligent delta management.
* New generation of engineering base: universal, flexible, intuitive The most recent generation of Aucotec products, Engineering Base (EB), also works with the Hardware Configuration Link.
This integrative solution, situated between E-design and automation, by far exceeds the conventional PLC assignment lists and thus meets the demand of Aucotec and therefore also EB to operate fast and error-free.
There are several other solutions that distinguish EB.
For Engineering Base supports all operating steps intuitively and highly efficiently: From the complete cabinet design to the display of the mechanical arrangement in the 2D layout, EB here using device definitions from catalogs.
The software can also copy complete diagrams or complete standard cabinets and modify them fast and reliably.
Another strength of EB is its intelligent cable management as well as its UNICODE capability or the seamlessly integrated Microsoft Visio.
Since EB is equipped with an integrated database, all lists and diagrams are always up to date, no matter where changes are just being made.
This database logic also enables each user to freely define his work flow and thus to determine on his own how to use EB to achieve his aims.
Innovation makes history - with over 150 years of history marked by innovation, Siemens is 'a few' years ahead of Aucotec with its slightly more than 20 years of existence.
However, the most recent developments show that Aucotec has also taken up the cause of innovation and creativity for the benefit of the customers - a good basis for the cooperation of the two companies to make future history. Request a free brochure from Aucotec ...
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