Effective immediately, SIMATIC WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 ASIA and SIMATIC WinCC flexible SP1 CHINA are released for delivery. The Service Pack 1 can be obtained as a free download via the Internet (article ID 23486585). 

With the new version WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 ASIA / CHINA, time-critical inputs are now possible via Ethernet thanks to the support of PROFINET IO. The engineering highlight "faceplate block" has been expanded by new, dynamic functions. Greater performance in the integrated operation as well as a faster generation and saving again provide an increase/improvement in configuration efficiency.   

Contents:

1. Overview

2. Release/Product Information

3. Ordering Data

1. Overview:

All Function Expansions at a Glance

Real-time for time-critical inputs through PROFINET IO 
•  Quick direct keys for the SIMATIC OP/TP 177B and the OP/TP/MP 277 series Panels 
•  Handwheel and direct keys on the SIMATIC Mobile Panel 177 PN and 277 
•  Diagnostics alarms via "system-error-reporting"
•  Diagnostics of the Ethernet interface via SNMP
Dynamic faceplate blocks
•  Linking to dynamic attributes such foreground/background color or flashing 
•  Turning visible/invisible as well as user authorization 
•  Linking of the faceplate blocks to structure tags
•  Usage of internal tags and a block-internal script 
Greater configuration efficiency
•  High-performance integrated operation with STEP 7 in the SIMATIC Manager (e.g. faster startup, synchronization and generation) 
•  Higher-performance generation and saving of projects 
•  Saving of a project under a previous version: "WinCC flexible 2005" or "WinCC flexible 2004 SP1"
•  System dictionary expanded by Asian languages 
•  Tag converter expanded by process tag lists for PLCs from GE Fanuc and Schneider
New runtime functions
•  Targeted error search via configurable alarm filters 
•  New functions for "small" Panels (OP 73, OP 73micro, OP 77A, TP 177A, TP 177micro) 
•  USB keyboard driver for the OP 77B 
•  MODBUS TCP/IP driver for PLCs from Schneider incl. process communication routing support
Support of new HMI operator devices
•  OP/TP/MP and Mobile Panel 277
•  Panel PC 477
•  Panel PC 577

The release of WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 ASIA Runtime on the Panel PC 477 is given on the basis of a preinstalled Windows XP Embedded.  

2. Release/Product Information:

In addition to the editions of WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 (see article ID 22927119) already released on 04/2006, the following products are released with WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 ASIA / CHINA:   

• WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 ASIA Standard,
  the configuration software for the Micro Panels ¹⁾ and all Panels of the 70/170/270/370 series class as well as the C7 ²⁾,
  with user interface languages for China (Chinese simplified), Korea, Japan and Taiwan (Chinese traditional)
   
• WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 ASIA Advanced,
  the configuration software for the Micro Panels ¹⁾ and all Panels of the 70/170/270/370 series class, the C7 ²⁾ as well as WinCC flexible Runtime for PC 
  with user interface languages for China (Chinese simplified), Korea, Japan and Taiwan (Chinese traditional)
   
• WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 CHINA,
  the configuration software for the Micro Panels ¹⁾ and all Panels of the 70/170/270/370 series class as well as the C7 ²⁾,
  with user interface language for China (Chinese simplified)
   
• WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 ASIA Runtime,
  the PC visualization software for single-user systems in the machine-oriented area with 128, 512 or 2048 PowerTags,  
  with additional support of the runtime languages for China (Chinese simplified), Korea, Japan and Taiwan (Chinese traditional)

¹⁾ Except for the Micro Panels of the series TD x00 (e.g. TD 200)

²⁾ C7-635/636

For further information, consult the Delivery Release of SIMATIC WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 with the article ID 22927119.

Limitation:

The options "WinCC flexible /ProAgent" and "WinCC flexible /Audit for Panels" are not released for WinCC flexible 2005 SP1 ASIA / CHINA.

4. Ordering Data:

¹⁾ Except for the Micro Panels of the series TD x00 (e.g. TD 200)

²⁾ C7-635/636