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Standard plant structures
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Elements
Site : A site is a self-contained area in terms of location, function and organization, usually a building or a
group of buildings (facility). Example: Building 6
Global area : The global area contains all the global components of the site. There is one global area per
site.
Global objects are data objects which exist simultaneously in several automation stations at the
automation level, e.g., an exception calendar for the time schedules of all plants. These objects are
combined as a virtual system in a global area and can be invoked as such.
Component : A global area may contain several components, such as 3 calendars, 18 notification classes for
alarm distribution. Each component is present on all automation stations of the site. For operation,
however, each component is visible only once.
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Structure
Elements
Site : A site is a self-contained area in terms of location, function and organization, usually a building or a
group of buildings (facility). A site can comprise several plants. Example: Building 6
Area : An area is typically a building, and can comprise subareas, sections, components and
subcomponents. Example: Building
Subarea : A subarea is typically the wing of a building and can comprise several sections. Rooms can be
directly subordinate to a subarea. Example: Building wing, staircase
Section : A section is typically a floor in a building and can contain various rooms. Example: Floor
Software objects, which need to be displayed and operated even though they do not exist as physical
elements in a real building, are also treated both as sections (e.g., via grouping criteria, such as east facade
or emergency group 12) and as components (e.g., group object for distribution of centrally determined
control variables to several rooms).
Room : A room is a section of a building that is delimited by walls, ceilings, floors, windows and doors.
Example: Individual room, hall
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Structure
Site
Global area
Component
Site
Area, Subarea,
Section
Room