6DL8913-0AK30-0BH5 Siemens SIMIT Simulation Platform V10.3 Software Engineering Original Brand New

Bringing products to the market faster and with consistently high quality requires an optimized engineering workflow in the automation and the shortest possible assembly and commissioning times for new production lines. The SIMIT Simulation software enables real-time simulation and emulation for comprehensive evaluation of automation solutions.

SIMIT simulates what SIMATIC automates

SIMIT is based on a uniform simulation platform that enables not only the virtual commissioning of the automation engineering of systems, machines and processes, but also realistic training environments for plant operators. This can be easily done directly at the workplace, even without equipment or in-depth knowledge of simulation. Either a real or virtual automation system is used for the control, for example, the SIMIT Virtual Controller.

SIMIT Virtual Controller instances can emulate the SIMATIC S7‑300/S7‑400 automation systems from the SIMATIC S7, SIMATIC PCS 7 and SIMATIC PCS neo product ranges used in an automation project.

Many efficient tests for detection and elimination of potential faults can already be carried out before the real plant is even available, e.g.:

• Use of correct designations
• Testing of interconnection or safety interlocking logic

In this way, it is possible to optimize the quality of the configuration process without a risk for the real plant.

Note:
SIMATIC PCS neo V3.1 SP1 can be used with SIMIT V10.3.

• Testing and training environments without real hardware
• Virtual controllers for emulation of automation systems (S7-300/S7-400)
• Flexible simulation and emulation environment for projects of any size
• Synchronized simulation and emulation in real-time or virtual time
• Testing of original automation project
• Higher quality for automation engineering configuration
• Reduced commissioning time and risk due to pretesting
• No simulation configuration in the automation project

SIMIT runs on the latest notebooks or desktop computers with the Microsoft Windows operating system as well as on virtual systems (VMware ESXi Server V6.5, V6.7, V7.0). Flexible application is possible, and it can be integrated via open interfaces into the factory automation with SIMATIC S7 and SIMATIC WinCC or into the process automation with SIMATIC PCS 7 and SIMATIC PCS neo.

Since the models can be calculated in real time, SIMIT can be linked to the actual automation engineering (“hardware-in-the-loop”), using the SIMIT unit for linking via PROFINET or PROFIBUS interfaces. A “software-in-the-loop” test is also possible through virtualization of the automation system using the S7 PLCSIM or S7 PLCSIM Advanced emulation software, or the integrated SIMIT Virtual Controller.

Interfacing to the real automation systems is usually performed via PROFIBUS DP or PROFINET IO with interface modules (SIMIT units) which simulate the devices on PROFIBUS DP/PROFINET IO. A PRODAVE coupling can also be used for the MPI/DP or IE interface module of the automation system for process data traffic with SIMIT (requirement: PRODAVE driver V6.1; not included in the product package).

Additional simulation models can be coupled to SIMIT:

• Data exchange via standardized interfaces such as OPC DA, OPC UA and shared memory
• Data exchange via one freely programmable external coupling (by the user)
• Synchronization via the remote control interface

In the case of coupling via the remote control interface, SIMIT can be either the master or client (slave) for other simulations. Using virtual time management, simulations can also be implemented faster or slower than in real time.

SIMIT Simulation Platform

SIMIT can be optimally adapted to individual requirements with four different software packages to suit the project size:

SIMIT Engineering S – XL functional scope

• Portal view with workflow management for creation of simulation project
• Standard component library
• 3D viewer based on VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
• Interfaces for PROFIBUS DP, PROFINET IO and PRODAVE
• Interfaces for SIMIT Virtual Controller, S7 PLCSIM and S7 PLCSIM Advanced
• Interfaces for OPC UA, OPC DA and Remote Control interface
• Shared memory interface for high-performance coupling
• Trends and messages (TME)
• Scripting environment
• Editor for creating macro components (MCE)
• Editor for creating dynamic graphics and animations (DGE)
• Automatic Control Interface (ACI)
• Automatic generation of signal lists from SIMATIC Manager data
• Runtime for components developed with the Component Type Editor
• Modification of simulation model during runtime
• Simulation in virtual time
• Engineering efficiency for SIMATIC PCS neo
• Automatic model generation based on templates
• Bulk engineering
• XML interface for automatic generation of models and connections

SIMIT extension libraries

The following extension libraries make specific technological components available:

• SIMIT FLOWNET Library
  Library for simulation of flow networks with homogeneous media (water/gases) including pressures, temperatures and flow rates
• SIMIT CONTEC Library
  Library for 2D simulation of material handling equipment
• SIMIT CHEM BASIC Library
  For simplified creation of simulations in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. By connecting components of these libraries, models of pipeline networks (so-called flow networks) are created in SIMIT and can be used to simulate the thermodynamic processes in pipeline networks. The flow networks then connect components with storage characteristics, e.g. containers. The CHEM-BASIC library enables use of a special solution method in SIMIT that calculates the flow rates, pressures and specific enthalpies during simulation of pipeline networks

SIMIT Component Type Editor

For creating library components according to your own requirements and functional expectations.

Component-based, signal flow-oriented modeling of the plant is performed through the graphical user interface of SIMIT, supported by expandable basic libraries. For this, pre-defined components are selected from the library, placed on the graphic interface, connected with one another, and assigned parameters. Beyond this, the simulation model can be generated with an export of the engineering data from COMOS. Special simulation know-how is not required.

Efficient simulation is based on abstraction at three different levels: Signals, devices (e.g. actuators and sensors) and technological response. Here, the technological response is represented mathematically and logically or by additional libraries.