The SIMATIC Process Control System IPC, the operating system, and the OS software are matched to one another in accordance with the application as OS single station, OS server or OS client.
The OS standard software is pre-configured for the corresponding OS single station, OS server or OS client as the target system, and preinstalled on it. You only need the corresponding software licenses in order to use it.
This basic level can be extended using additive software components and licenses.
You can equip OS single stations and OS clients, for example, with SIMATIC PCS 7 SFC Visualization and SIMATIC S7 Safety Matrix Viewer.
Redundant system configurations are also possible with OS single stations and OS servers. See "OS redundancy" in the "Operator System" section for details.
The following tables provide a selection aid for ordering an operator station. Depending on whether a redundant or non-redundant design is selected, the tables indicate the respectively required number.
SIMATIC Process Control System IPC
Licenses for OS standard software
Volume licenses (quantity options)
Licenses for optional supplementary OS software
OS single station with Windows 10 Enterprise 2019/2021 LTSC operating system | Redundancy | |
without | with | |
SIMATIC Process Control System IPC for ES/OS single station | ||
With BCE communication for up to 8 automation systems | 1 | 2 |
With Industrial Ethernet (IE) communication | 1 | 2 |
Additional IE communication software for SIMATIC Process Control System IPC with IE communication | ||
SIMATIC NET HARDNET‑IE S7‑REDCONNECT PowerPack | 1 | 2 |
OS standard software | ||
SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Software Single Station | 1 | – |
SIMATIC PCS 7 Single Station Redundancy | – | 1 |
Volume licenses and supplementary OS software (optional) | ||
SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Runtime License for adding OS Runtime POs | 1 | 2 |
SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Archive for expansion of short-term circular buffer archive | 1 | 2 |
SIMATIC PCS 7 SFC Visualization | 1 | 2 |
SIMATIC S7 Safety Matrix Viewer | 1 | 2 |
OS server with Windows Server 2019/2022 operating system | Redundancy | |||
without | with | |||
SIMATIC Process Control System IPC for OS server | ||||
With BCE communication for up to 8 automation systems (no redundancy stations) | 1 | 2 | ||
With Industrial Ethernet communication | 1 | 2 | ||
SIMATIC NET HARDNET‑IE S7‑REDCONNECT PowerPack | 1 | 2 | ||
OS standard software | ||||
SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Software Server | 1 | – | ||
SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Software Server Redundancy | – | 1 | ||
Volume licenses (optional) | ||||
SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Runtime License for adding OS Runtime POs | 1 | 2 | ||
SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Archive for expansion of short-term circular buffer archive | 1 | 2 | ||
OS client with Windows 10 Enterprise 2019/2021 LTSC operating system; connection for terminal bus onboard | ||||
SIMATIC Process Control System IPC for OS client | ||||
SIMATIC Process Control System IPC for OS client, alternatively with onboard standard graphics or with multi-monitor graphics card | 1 | |||
SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Client IPC BX-39A / PX-39A (Microbox) | 1 | |||
OS standard software | ||||
SIMATIC PCS 7 OS Software Client | 1 | |||
Supplementary OS software (optional) | ||||
SIMATIC PCS 7 SFC Visualization | 1 | |||
SIMATIC S7 Safety Matrix Viewer | 1 | |||
SIMATIC PCS 7 Logic Matrix Viewer (see "Engineering", "SIMATIC PCS 7 Logic Matrix" section) | 1 | |||
The "SQL Server" software from Microsoft which is delivered together with SIMATIC PCS 7 is exclusively intended for this process control system.