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SIMOCRANE Crane Management System
System overview
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Application
The SIMOCRANE CMS Crane Management System is espe-
cially designed for use in crane applications, for both harbor and
industrial environments. The SIMOCRANE CMS is a SCADA
based product that can be used to adapt the system to different
application cases such as the configuration of CMS single-user
systems or the multi-user systems of networked CMS infra-
structures. Independent functions are to be configured stand-
alone, such as Replay/Playback function in order to playback
the data from long-term archiving into the screens on a
CMS machine.
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Design
SIMOCRANE CMS and RCMS package components
The SIMOCRANE (R)CMS package is a combination of different
components. The scope of delivery of the SIMOCRANE CMS pa-
ckage comprises the CMS product components and a CMS
standard application. In order to understand the components of
the CMS & RCMS package, please refer to the picture below.
SIMOCRANE CMS/RCMS package components: SIMATIC WinCC (grey),
SIMOCRANE CMS Product (green) and CMS Application (blue)
With the SIMOCRANE CMS package standard tools are provi-
ded in the CMS product in order to make the configuration for
standard features based on customer requirements – for ex-
ample messages, message instructions, data transfer intervals
from CMS to RCMS, replay screens, etc. In the CMS Application
part, the screens can be easily changed or new objects can be
added by need depending of the customer requirements (confi-
guration of faceplates and objects, new crane configuration with
different options for hoisting, etc.).
Example of customized screen for an industrial crane in steel pipe industry
SIMATIC WinCC (SCADA)
SIMATIC WinCC is the SCADA system from Siemens. SIMATIC
WinCC is used as platform for SIMOCRANE CMS product deve-
lopment. At the same time, WinCC is used also as Runtime (RT)
license for CMS Application (WinCC project example). It con-
tains the basic functions for condition monitoring, the error mes-
sage system and process value archiving in Microsoft SQL da-
tabase.
SIMATIC WinCC options
WinCC optional packages like WebNavigator, Information Ser-
ver, DataMonitor and Performance Monitor are required for eva-
luating data, reporting, KPI calculation and for accessing a CMS
station remotely.
SIPLUS CMS (X-Tools)
Using this software package, Fast Trace functions can be imple-
mented for visualizing of high-speed signals.
SIMOCRANE CMS product (system software)
Based on the open interfaces of WinCC, the SIMOCRANE CMS
system software package expands the basic system with the
sector-specific crane technology functions. This covers for ex-
ample the acquisition and processing of cargo handling data,
expanded diagnostic functions, replay function (playback),
jump functions (Step7 function blocks, documentation, screens,
drawings, etc.), bulk engineering, connection protocol to a cen-
tral CMS (RCMS), connection to graphical user interface based
on CMS standard application.
SIMOCRANE CMS standard application
The product components named here are part of the tool kit for
implementing the functionality of a Crane Management System.
The scope of delivery also includes a standard application that
demonstrates concrete implementation. The standard CMS Ap-
plication is provided as an example and it can be any time mo-
dified and customized based on customer requirements. In the
CMS standard Application the Replay Controller is also integra-
ted for example. Such controls can be customized or the custo-
mer can add new functions when needed.
With the package SIMOCRANE CMS an example of application
is provided on the installation software DVD in order to provide
a standard user interface and application example for
SIMOCRANE CMS.
This example is divided into two categories: one for CMS Lean
package, including an example for a WinCC project with stan-
dard features for a RTG/RMG crane. The CMS Basic is a project
example of a CMS Application consisting of a WinCC project for
a STS crane. The standard application can be extended for a
large number of variants for crane applications. An example for
an STS crane (CMS Basic) or RTG/RMG (CMS Lean) is provided
and therefore makes starting a CMS project much easier. In the
simplest case, it is sufficient to parameterize the interface at the
controller end to obtain a fully functional Crane Management
System ready to use with minimum engineering and configura-
tion effort.
CMS Application (Variable)
Horizontal
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SIMATIC
WinCC
(Standard + Options)
CMS Application Standard
(Project Example)
SIMOCRANE CMS/RCMS Product
(CMS/RCMS Configuration)
(CMS/RCMS RT)
Variable engineering
based on WinCC
(new project requirement)
Variable configuration
Fixed product features
SIMOCRANE CMS Package
MS SQL
(WinCC)
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