1/25/2023 12:20 PM | |
Joined: 1/25/2023 Last visit: 1/25/2023 Posts: 1 Rating: (0) |
Dear experts, I am aware of all the updates from SIemens, especially in the latest SPS for the new Simatic NEO system, which is very exciting, and I welcome this significant change with open arms. Still, the future is vague for the current PCS7 platform with its supported S7-400 PLC. Looking over the forums and Siemens knowledge pages, I noticed no clear updates ( apart from the LSS ), and I am curious to get your advice.
Coming from the Siemens knowledge base, I understand that the CPU 4168-H V4.0 cannot be operated as a high-availability system which, in my opinion, is a considerable risk for the customer who seeks high availability system in the production sites. Will Siemens improve/add this capability? Thanks, Nadav. |
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1/25/2023 8:49 PM | |
Joined: 3/14/2008 Last visit: 9/25/2024 Posts: 2097 Rating: (938)
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Hi, The current roadmap of PCS7 will feature PCS7 V10.x for the coming 10 years. Lifecycle for AS410 is about 10-15 years. Sorry, I cannot share the roadmap. The CPU410 is the future proof CPU and can also be used with Neo. Neo will still be improved over the years to be a succesfull successor for PCS7. Neo for example does not yet feature SIMATIC Batch/Route control (one of the examples). The 4100 controller has some nice features (compactibility for example) and is designed for Neo. But you can also use the 410 controller which does feature high availability. Also, when you have a PCS7 system with AP Library with for example V9.1, then migration to Neo will be simplified a lot.
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