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Siemens SIMATIC PCS7

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The Siemens SIMATIC PCS7 alarms are accessible through the WinCC OLEDB provider.

The Data Source defines how to connect to the alarms server. This depends on what is installed and licensed. It can either be Connectivity Pack or Open PCS7.

If Connection is Connectivity Pack and the alarm server is on the local machine, for Computer name check local. Otherwise uncheck local and specify the physical name of the machine.

If Connection is Open PCS7, set Symbolic Computer Name to where the alarm server is running.

Database is the name of the WinCC alarm database. This value can be read from the @DatasourceNameRT system tag in WinCC. Use System Check to read this value.

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