SICAR Automation Software

What’s new in V5.0?

January 2024

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 What new features does SICAR
Automation Software V5.0 have?

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 New look & feel
W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0? Our SICAR will come in a completely new style based on
HMI Template Suite for Unified – however sticking to the
best practices from previous SICAR versions.
New visualization style
aligned with HMI
Template Suite for
WinCC Unified

Clean visualization

Consistent style

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 User Guidance
W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0? Clear user guidance with defined levels of navigation.
- 1st level navigation on the right side of the screen
- 2nd level navigation on the bottom of the screen
New user guidance in - 3rd level navigation on the left side
visualization

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 Integration of Software Units
W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0? SICAR Automation Software V5.0 will integrate Software
Units making commissioning with multiple engineers at
one machine easier than ever.
Software Units for a
more modular software
architecture and multi-
user commissioning

Structure of Software Units in Detailed view – each with own OB1 if

SICAR needed

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Software Units and their relations

To exchange information Software Units need to have defined communication channels

– the so-called relations.
- Library: providing library functions to other
Software Units e.g. TecUnits
GlobalData SW Unit
- OpModeAreaX: Encapsulates all the
functionalities of one operating mode area like
OpMode OpMode OpMode Central
OpMode-FB, process logic
Safety
Area1 Area2 AreaN Functions
- GlobalData: Serves as central data household
instanciates and interface between other Software Units or
to periphery
Library SW-Unit
- CentralFunctions: functions needed by multiple
Operating Mode Areas

- Safety: containing safety programming

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 Operating mode area & Panel blocks
W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0? In V5.0, SICAR Automation Software will be simpler to
parametrize with no hard limit in the number of panels per
operating mode area.
Individualization and
flexibilization of
Operating mode area
& Panel blocks

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Configuring Panel rights directly in the data block

The definition of an HMI’s control rights happens directly in the OpmodePanel Datablock

One 2-dimensional array defining the control rights of each panel

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HMI-Exclusive control: Interlocking distinct OpModeAreas

To ensure exclusive control for one Operating Mode area HMIs can interlock an Operating Mode.

Interlocking of Operating Mode Areas

- either one Operating Mode Area or
- all

Overview of interlocked Operating

Mode Areas:
- Operating Mode Areas and interlocking
HMIs can be seen from all HMIs
- Interlocking HMI must release Operating
Mode Areas before another HMI can
interlock it again.

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 User authentication
W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0? User authentication is important for every machine. With
SICAR Automation Software V5.0 we will have the local
user authentication integrated.
User management and
roles

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 Multi-Movement
W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0? Selecting the movements that should be executed.
Executing all at the same time.

Improvement of manual Option 1: Selecting in the faceplates directly

control with parallel

movement of multiple
TecUnits

Option 2: Selecting at manual movement lines

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 Manual movement
W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0? Controlling the machine in manual mode

Additional possibility for Option 1: Controlling directly in the faceplate

manual control
directly in the
faceplate Option 2: Controlling in the OpMode Screen as popup

Option 3: Controlling in the manual operations screen

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W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0?

Alarming: Messages
using global alarm text
list IDs

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W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0?

SICAR Library TecUnits

with and without
ProDiag in one Block

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 Selecting / deselecting of
W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0? rules the project should
be checked for

SICAR using Test Suite

Advanced

Using SICAR’s predefined rule set

based on TIA Programming Styleguide
projects can be automatically checked
against your ruleset for formal
conformity regarding

- Addressing of parameters,
- parameter names,
- comments,
- languages,
- and many more …
Automatically checking the project for
conformity
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W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0?

Automating screen
generation with SIVARC
Rule Integration SIVARC rules for SICAR base project

SICAR screen generation

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W hy W i nC C U ni fi ed?
Standalone Instances
PCs or Unified Comfort Panel running
Additional requirements an independent WinCC Unified
instance. WinCC Unified Unified PC

when using Server-

Client architectures
Unified Comfort Panel

Server Client Architectures

One server providing the Visualization for
different clients that can be
Client
- other PCs or
- mobile clients

Client
Unified Server

Client
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Connection supervision

… making sure that only those

devices can connect which are
allowed to

… supervising the connection of

each client. Detecting any
interruption of the connection

… making sure not more than the

allowed number of clients connects
to the server

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W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0?

Server-Client architectures require

specific measures to ensure exclusive
control:

Client-Exclusive
controllability making
sure there’s always only
one client controlling in
manual mode

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W hat ’s c om i ng i n S IC A R V 5.0?

Update software documentation using

Code2Docu.

Storing the software description in the

block code for easy generation of the
user documentation.

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 Thank you for your attention!

Daniel Gauglitz
System Manager SICAR
DI FA SO FPS
E-Mail: [email protected]

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