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WinCC V8.0
Symbol explanations WinCC Engineering

WinCC single system PC without WinCC

WinCC Server WinCC Unified Panel

UNI
WinCC UNI-Clients Unified PC RT System
( Standard-Client)

MULTI
WinCC Multi-Client S7 system components

WinCC WebUX Client External database

e.g.: SQL, Oracle, Access Ext

WinCC WebNavigator Client license needed on the computer 1 2 3

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 This set of slides provides an overview
of common system architectures for
WinCC V8 and which licenses are
required on the participating WinCC
stations.

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WinCC V8.0 Scalability
Configuration principle and function tasks
Summery quantity structure – Following configurations were tested as typical scenarios

Quantity Comment
WinCC Server-Server 18 Servers Connection to a multi-user system with MULIT-Clients has not been approved
communication • One server can access the data from up to 17 other servers or redundant pairs of servers
• The server accessing the data behaves as a client in respect of the configuration and operation,
except that a standard server cannot be configured

WinCC Server or 18 Servers Access to a maximum of 18 WinCC servers or redundant server pairs from WinCC MULTI-Clients
redundant Server pairs

WinCC UNI-Clients 64 Clients Maximum of 64 WinCC UNI-Client’s interconnect to one Server.

(without their own Redundant server pairs are possible
project)
WinCC MULTI-Clients 50 Clients Maximum of 50 WinCC MULTI-Clients in the WinCC distributed system.
(with their own project) A maximum of 36 servers in the form of 18 redundant server pairs is possible

WinCC WebNavigator- 150 Clients

Clients

WinCC WebUX-Clients 100 Clients As a typical scenario, we tested the simultaneous access of 100 WebUX-Clients to one WebUX server
• 100 clients are not a “hard” system limit – it is technically possible to connect more than 100 clients
simultaneously
• The performance depends on the employed hardware and the volume of process data

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 WinCC V8.0 S7- process communication
SIMATIC NET Licenses

SIMATIC NET V18 license is required, if more than 8 x S7-connections are established.

SIMATIC NET Licenses Number of supported connections

SOFTNET-IE S7 V18 * up to 64 connections

SOFTNET-IE S7 Extended V18 * up to 64 Connections (S7 -300/400)

+ 128 Connections (S7-1500)
+ 128 Connections (S7-1200)

HARDNET-IE S7 V18 **
up to 120 connections (system tested)

* The SOFTNET-IE S7 license is used for communication via network card.

** The HARDNET-IE S7 license is used for communication via Industrial Ethernet CP (especially CP 1623).

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Single-user station
Monitoring & Operating from a single PC

Single-user station 1
1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
WinCC V8.0
Runtime

Additional Information
• External Tags defined by size of license, unlimited number of internal tags are included in
every RT/RC license
• base license already includes 512 archiving variables
• WebUX monitor license included in every RT/RC license

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Single-user station with Engineering
Monitoring & Operating from a single PC

Single-user station
WinCC V8.0 1
1. WinCC RC (Runtime & Configuration)
Configuration &
Runtime

Additional Information
• External Tags defined by size of license, unlimited number of internal tags are included in
every RT/RC license
• Engineering and Runtime on the same PC
• base license already includes 512 archiving variables
• WebUX monitor license included in every RT/RC license

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 Redundant engineering single-user stations

Runtime Engineering & Runtime

Redundant 1 2 Redundant
WinCC V8.0
1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
3 WinCC V8.0
Runtime stations 3
Runtime stations
2. WinCC RC (Runtime & Engineering)

3. WinCC Redundancy
(Package contains two licenses)

Additional Information
Both stations work in parallel (both are connected to the process). In case of a breakdown of
one of WinCC stations, the other takes over the archiving of messages, process Data and
user archive data (Recipe).
Automatic synchronization of all archives after resumption of normal operation
Redundancy package includes two licenses

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Multi-user scenarios
Central server with several operator stations – UNI-Client (Standard-client)

1 – 64 WinCC UNI-Clients

2 UNI 2 UNI 2 UNI

1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
…
2. WinCC RT - Client
1 WinCC
Server
3 3. WinCC Server

Please note
A Standard-Client has no WinCC project and is connected to one
specific server from which he retrieves data and screens.
Maximum of 64 WinCC UNI-Client’s interconnect to one Server.
Redundant server pairs are possible

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Multi-user stations with Engineering on the server

1 – 64 WinCC UNI-Clients
1. WinCC RC (Runtime & Configuration)
2 UNI 2 UNI 2 UNI

… 2. WinCC RT - Client

1 WinCC Server
3. WinCC Server
3 Runtime &
Engineering

Please note:
The Engineering & Runtime license (RC) is needed on the server if it is used
for runtime and for local engineering.

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Multi-user stations with multi-clients
Clients with their own projects

MULTI-Clients
2 MULTI 2 MULTI 2 MULTI
1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
…
2. WinCC RT - Client
1 1
3 3 3. WinCC Server
WinCC Server 1 WinCC Server 2

Please note:
A MULTI-Client can connect to several servers ,from which he retrieves tags,
alarms and screens.
One MULTI-Client can connect to max. 18 servers (servers can be redundant) at
the same time.
One WinCC Server can serv up to 50 MULTI-Clients.

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Multi-Client stations/Server with Redundancy
High availability

2 MULTI

1 – 64 WinCC Clients

2 UNI 2 UNI 2 UNI 1. WinCC RT (Runtime)

…
2. WinCC RT - Client
WinCC Server 1 WinCC Server 2
Redundancy 1 1
WinCC RT servers
3. WinCC Server
3 3
4 4 4. WinCC Redundancy
(Package contains two licenses)

Please note End customer scenario

Due to the redundancy of the servers, the Clients can continue to work in case of a Engineering done by System
server fails.
The data is synchronized across the servers and the database is entirely replicated
integrator
when operations return to normal.

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Multi-Client stations/Server with Redundancy
High availability

2 MULTI

1 – 64 WinCC Clients

2 UNI 2 UNI 2 UNI

1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
…
2. WinCC RT - Client
WinCC Server 1 WinCC Server 2
Redundancy 1 3
WinCC RT servers 3 4 3. WinCC Server
4 5
4. WinCC Redundancy
(Package contains two licenses)

5. WinCC RC (Runtime & Configuration)

Please note Engineering done on one of the

Due to the redundancy of the servers, the Clients can continue to work in case of a servers
server fails. Project distributed via WinCC Project
The data is synchronized across the servers and the database is entirely replicated
Duplicator
when operations return to normal.

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Multi-Client stations/Server with Redundancy
High availability
2 MULTI

1 – 64 WinCC Clients

2 UNI 2 UNI 2 UNI

1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
…
2. WinCC RT - Client
Redundancy 1 5
1
WinCC RT servers 3
3 3. WinCC Server
4 4
Engineering-
Server pair 1 Server pair 2 Station 4. WinCC Redundancy
(Package contains two licenses)

5. WinCC RC (Runtime & Configuration)

Engineering done on dedicated

Please note
Engineering Stations
Due to the redundancy of the servers, the Clients can continue to work in case of a server
fails. Project distributed via SIMATIC
The data is synchronized across the servers and the database is entirely replicated Manager to all Servers
when operations return to normal.

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Multi-user stations with Engineering from an Engineering Client

WinCC Clients
Engineering Client

4 UNI 4 UNI 4 UNI 3 UNI

… 1. WinCC RT (Runtime)

1 WinCC
2. WinCC Server
2 Server
3. WinCC RC-Client

4. WinCC RT-Client

Please note
A WinCC client with RC Client license can be used as a Remote Engineering Client
opening the project on the WinCC Server who can have any RT license.

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Single-user station Web-server
Remote monitoring/operation stations and display and analysis for Web-client

WinCC WebNavigator WinCC WebUX

1 – 150 1 – 100
Web-Clients Web-Clients
1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
Internet
2. WinCC WebNavigator*
1 WinCC V8.0
2 Single-user station 3. WinCC WebUX*
RT Web-Server
3
*Web-licenses per connection on the server
> High flexibility

WinCC can host both Web

Additional Information
WinCC/WebNavigator
Servers at the same time, on the
for Web-Clients which run under a Windows operating system 1-150 Webclients (use “App”WinCC Viewer RT) same machine
WinCC/WebUX
for Web-Clients which run under a HTML 5 Browser 1-100 Webclients

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Single-user station Web-server
Remote monitoring/operation stations and display and analysis for Web-client

WebDiagnostics Clients

2
1. WinCC RT (Runtime)

Internet 2. WinCC WebDiagnostic Client

1 WinCC V8.0
Runtime station
Web-Server
1 1 1

Additional Information
• WebNavigator Server is running and configured on the WinCC Runtime Stations.
• WebDiagnostic client has its license locally on the client and can connect to each of the
Webservers individually.
• This is only available for WebNavigator.

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WinCC V8.0 IT/OT Integration
REST Connector

0
1
1 1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
1
0 0 REST Connector
1 1
1
0
0
0
2. WinCC Connectivity Pack or
0 1
WinCC REST Connect
1
Single-user station
2 WinCC V8.0 Runtime

Additional Information
• REST Connector post data to external IT-application or get data from them
• Notification based on alarms in WinCC
• Data Exchange based on process value changes or user-defined cycles

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WinCC V8.0 IT/OT Integration
REST API

1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
0 1
1 1
0 0 REST API
1
1
1
0
2. WinCC Connectivity Pack or
0
0
0
1
WinCC REST Connect
1
Single-user station
2 WinCC V8.0 Runtime

Additional Information
• REST API allows other applications and systems to send REST requests to
WinCC to read the configuration data of the tag management
or to read/write RT values or Archive tags

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 HQ: Munich /Germany
WinCC V8.0 Function
Cloud based Dashboarding

1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
Internet
2. WinCC Connectivity Pack or
factory: factory: WinCC REST Connect
in Brasil in France

1 1
2 2

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WinCC V8.0 User archives
Recipe management and control

WinCC Clients
2 2 2
UNI UNI UNI 1. WinCC RT (Runtime)
…
2. WinCC Client
1 User archives
WinCC V8.0 3. WinCC Server
Server 3
4
4. WinCC UserArchive

• WinCC user archives allows a user to manage his archives in the form
of tables
• E.g.: Management of recipes – management of batch parameters, etc
• The user archive license is on the server
• no user archives license is required on client side

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WinCC V8: Build a bridge to unified
Screen Access

2 2 2

1. WinCC RT (Runtime)

2. WinCC RT-Client
WinCC V8 1
server 3
3. WinCC Server

4. WinCC Unified Client Access

Pictures Access from WinCC V8.0 to

WinCC Unified
• Unified Client Operate

4 4 4

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WinCC V8: Build a bridge to unified
Tag Collaboration

2 2 2

1. WinCC RT (Runtime)

Redundancy 1 1 2. WinCC RT-Client

WinCC V8 3
3
servers
4 4 3. WinCC Server

4. WinCC Redundancy

5. WinCC Unified Collaboration

Tag connection
from Unified to WinCC V8.0
5 5 • Connectivity Pack License
• Unified Collaboration License

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WinCC V8: Build a bridge to unified
Screen Access & Tag Collaboration
Engineering
Station

2 2 2

1. WinCC RT (Runtime)

Redundancy 1 1
2. WinCC RT-Client
WinCC V8 3 3
servers
4 4 3. WinCC Server

4. WinCC Redundancy

5. WinCC Unified Collaboration

6 6 (for Tag access)

6. WinCC Unified Client Access

(for Screen Integration)
5

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 WinCC architectures
with advanced options
will follow in next
version
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Disclaimer
© Siemens 2024

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and/or performance features which may not always specifically reflect those described, or which may undergo
modification in the course of further development of the products. The requested performance features are
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