• Integral component of Totally Integrated Automation (TIA):
  Increased productivity, minimum engineering overhead, reduction in life-cycle costs
  • Can also be used in a vertical position where installation space is restricted (all touch devices)
• Reduction of service and commissioning costs due to:
  • Short configuring and commissioning times through efficient engineering and fast project downloading
  • Automatic backup via optional SIMATIC HMI memory card
  • Long service life of the backlighting
  • Maintenance-free design
  • Data security in the event of a power failure
• Simple and user-friendly representation of process values thanks to, for example, input/output fields, graphics, trend curves, bar charts, text and bitmaps
• Graphics library is available with preconfigured screen objects
• Can be used worldwide:
  • 32 online languages (incl. Asian and Cyrillic character sets) can be configured
  • Up to 32 languages can be switched online
  • Language-dependent texts and graphics
• Standard hardware and software interfaces for increasing flexibility and for saving on additional hardware:
  • PROFIBUS and PROFINET onboard (with 7" and above, two PROFINET ports with integrated switches, with 15" and above additional interface with gigabit support)
  • Two SD card slots for storing archives, user data and for automatic backup
  • USB host interfaces for connecting USB flash drive, keyboard, mouse and printer
  • With 7" and above, audio out interface for use with the integrated media player
  • Standard Windows storage formats (CSV) for archives and recipes permit further processing with standard tools (e.g. Microsoft Excel)
  • Sm@rtServer for remote access between different SIMATIC HMI systems or mobile end devices

The SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels can be used wherever machines and plants are controlled and monitored locally - in production, process and building automation alike. They may be used in all kinds of industries and applications. They are ideally suited to demanding visualization tasks, and due to the integrated functionality, the right device can be selected for every application.

KP900 Comfort

• 9.0" widescreen TFT display, resolution 800 x 480, 16 million colors
• 1 PROFINET (2 ports with integrated switch) and 1 PROFIBUS interface
• Membrane keyboard with 26 function keys and system keyboard
• Innovative successor to the Multi Panel MP 277 8" Key

• Display and changing of process parameters
• Function keys are used for directly triggering functions and actions in the key-operated devices and with KTP400. Up to 16 functions can be configured simultaneously on function keys. The function keys can also be used direct as PROFIBUS DP or PROFINET IO input peripherals.
• Process display:
  • Vector graphic (various line and plane objects)
  • Dynamic positioning and dynamic showing/hiding of objects
  • Fully-graphical displays, plots, and bar graph display
  • Display of up to 8 trends per trend field; trend curve graphic with scroll and zoom functions for accessing the history and flexible selection of the representation period; read ruler for determining current values and display in a table
  • Comprehensive graphics libraries (SIMATIC HMI Symbol Library)
  • Icons: slider, gauge, clock
  • Cyclic function processing by alarm clock
• Multiplex function for variables
• Signaling system
  • Discrete alarms and analog alarms (limit alarms)
  • Freely-definable message classes (e.g. status/fault messages) for definition of acknowledgment response and display of message events
  • Status and fault messages with message history
  • Preconfigured message screen, message window, and message line
• Archiving of messages and process values (on SD/multimedia card/USB flash drive, etc. or network drives via Ethernet)
  • Various archive types: Circulating and sequence archive
  • Storage of archive data in standard Windows format (CSV)
  • Online evaluation of process value archives using trend curves
  • External evaluation using standard tools (MS Excel, MS Access) is possible
• Alarm log and shift log
• Print functions (see "Recommended printers")
• Language change
  • 32 online languages, 32 configuration languages including Asian and Cyrillic character sets
• Recipe management
  • With additional data storage (on SD/multimedia card/USB flash drive, etc.)
  • Online/offline processing on the panel
  • Storage of recipe data in standard Windows format (CSV)
  • External processing using standard tools (MS Excel, MS Access) is possible
• PG functionality STATUS/FORCE VAR in combination with SIMATIC S7
• Diagnostics display in combination with SIMATIC S7 supports fast troubleshooting
• Screen selection from PLC permits operator control from the PLC
• Display of HTML documents using MS Internet Explorer
• Visual Basic Script offers flexibility through implementing new functions incl. interfacing to tags (comparison operations, loop-through, etc.)
• Help texts for process pictures, alarms, and tags
• Arithmetic functions
• Limit value monitoring for reliable process control of inputs and outputs

Configuration

The configuration is implemented using the engineering software SIMATIC WinCC Comfort (TIA Portal).

The SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels can be connected to:

• SIMATIC S7 controllers
• Third-party controllers
  • Allen Bradley DF1, Allen Bradley EtherNet/IP
  • Modicon MODBUS RTU, Modicon MODBUS TCP/IP
  • Mitsubishi FX, Mitsubishi MC TCP/IP
  • Omron Hostlink/Multilink
• OPC UA client or OPC DA server
• Multi-protocol capability
• http communication with other SIMATIC HMI systems
• Over Ethernet (TCP/IP) to a higher-level PC, network printe