Master Guide Plant Connectivity 2.

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Document History

CAUTION

Before you start the implementation, make sure you have the latest version of this document. You can find the latest version on SAP Service Marketplace http://service.sap.com/instguides. The following table provides an overview on the most important document changes:
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1.0 1.1

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chapter 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter A A.1

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Planning Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further Useful Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Important SAP Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plant Connectivity Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software Component Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Business Scenarios for Plant Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 List of Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Main SAP Documentation Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Getting Started About this Document

1 Getting Started

1.1 About this Document

You use the Master Guide to get an overview of Plant Connectivity (PCo), its software units, and its scenario, as seen from a technical perspective. The Master Guide is a planning tool that helps you design your PCo system landscape. It contains references to the further necessary documentation, mainly the following: Installation guides for individual software applications Upgrade information Important SAP Notes Configuration documentation Links to SAP Library and Service Marketplace documentation For a general overview of the available SAP documentation, see The Main SAP Documentation Types.
NOTE

There is no separate Upgrade Master Guide for Plant Connectivity. You can find all relevant upgrade information in this Master Guide. The Master Guide consists of the following main sections: Getting Started This section contains information about using this document and related information crucial to the installation. Plant Connectivity Overview This section contains the following information: A short introduction to PCo

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Getting Started Planning Information

The software component matrix that provides the information on which components are used in the business scenarios and whether the corresponding component is mandatory or optional System landscape information Upgrade information PCo Business Scenarios This section contains an overview of the business scenarios and their implementation sequence. List of Documents This section contains the list of documents related to PCo and its business scenario. The Main SAP Documentation Types This section contains information on the documentation types for your SAP solution.
NOTE

You can find the most current information about the technical implementation of PCo and the latest installation and configuration guides on SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides. We strongly recommend that you use the documents available here. The guides are updated regularly.

1.2 Planning Information

For more information about planning topics not covered in this guide, see the following content on SAP Service Marketplace:
Content Location on SAP Service Marketplace
http://service.sap.com/instguides under

Latest versions of installation and upgrade guides SAP Business Maps information about solutions and business scenarios

SAP Business Suite Applications SAP Manufacturing Plant Connectivity

http://service.sap.com/businessmaps

under: Cross-Industry Maps

Manufacturing

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Getting Started Further Useful Links Location on SAP Service Marketplace

Content

Manufacturing Visibility Shop Floor Integration Plant Floor Connectors . Product Availability Matrix (released platforms and technology-related topics, such as maintenance strategies and language support) Network security Performance and sizing
http://service.sap.com/pam

http://service.sap.com/securityguide http://service.sap.com/sizing under

Solution Lifecycle Management Solutions and Platforms

Sizing Guidelines

1.3 Further Useful Links

The following table lists additional links on SAP Service Marketplace:
Content Location on SAP Service Marketplace
http://service.sap.com/message http://service.sap.com/notes http://service.sap.com/swdc

Information about creating error messages SAP Notes search SAP Software Distribution Center (software download and ordering of software, installation, support packs and patches) SAP Online Knowledge Products (OKPs) rolespecific Learning Maps

http://service.sap.com/rkt

1.4 Important SAP Notes

The following table lists all SAP Notes that are relevant to Plant Connectivity.
SAP Note Number Title Description

1369478

1416853 1551065

Connection checks in Socket Some PLCs close the socket Agent need to be connection to the PCo agent instance configurable when the connection check is executed. PCo results differ from UDS PCo 2.2 and UDS 2.5 return different 2.5 on error error messages. Release Installation Note for Up-to-date information on PCo 2.2. PCo 2.2 Service Pack 00 installation

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Getting Started Important SAP Notes Title Description

SAP Note Number

1681489

PCo 2.2 Release Information ME Integration: Web Service Destination, File Monitor Agent

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Plant Connectivity Overview Software Component Matrix

2 Plant Connectivity Overview

PCo provides connectivity services for the manufacturing industry, in particular unsolicited data notification services: In this way it enables the manufacturing integration between real-time manufacturing systems and SAP applications. PCo is a highly extensible infrastructure on which to build manufacturing applications. Through SAP MII, PCo can query real-time, historical, and statistical data for agents that support such queries. PCo can write current and historical data for specific agents.

2.1 Software Component Matrix

This Master Guide provides just one way to implement each business scenario. They are described in greater detail below.
Business Scenario Software units Key: X = mandatory, (X) = optional

Remote Monitoring (via Remote Client) Retrieval of Tag Information from Shop Floor System Event Notification to SAP MII
NOTE

SAP SLD (X) -

SAP MII X X

PCo X >= PCo 2.1 X

For other ways to implement business scenarios, see the Scenario & Process Component List in SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/scl. The Scenario & Process Component List helps you to find realization alternatives for SAP solutions, business scenarios, and processes. It shows you which application components are needed to realize a business scenario or process.

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Plant Connectivity Overview System Landscape

2.2 System Landscape

For test purposes, PCo can run on a single Windows machine as described in the Plant Connectivity Installation Guide. You can browse tags, create and configure agent instances and send notifications using the simulation destination. In a realistic scenario, you would have multiple PCo installations in your setup, which communicate with different data sources and destination systems. For example, in each plant you can set up an MII system which connects to multiple PCo instances. Each MII system can be connected to a central ERP system for further processing of the data obtained, as shown in the following graphic.

Figure 1:

Sample System Landscape

2.3 Upgrade
You can upgrade from any Plant Connectivity (PCo) release to Release 2.2 without any intermediate steps. All upgrade information for the installation can be found in the Plant Connectivity Installation Guide. There is no separate upgrade guide for Plant Connectivity.

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Business Scenarios for Plant Connectivity

3 Business Scenarios for Plant Connectivity

Plant Connectivity includes the following business scenarios: Remote Monitoring, which enables remote monitoring via a remote client. Retrieval of Tag Information from Shop Floor System, which retrieves shop floor information. Event Notification to SAP MII, which gives detailed information on connection data between SAP MII and PCo.
Remote Monitoring

This scenario allows an administrator to monitor a large number of PCo installations remotely. The administrator can manually add PCo installations or use an SLD (system landscape directory) to select PCo installations. Once set up, the following steps can be carried out for each PCo installation: Monitoring of the overall status for the PCo installation Monitoring of the status of each agent instance in a PCo installation Starting/stopping an agent instance Retrieval of logs Retrieval of configuration files The following table describes the overall installation sequence for PC, with all available software units. For information on the software units to be installed, see the above section Software Component Matrix.
Step Action Remarks/ Subsequent Steps

Install a NetWeaver system. See the installation guide for NetWeaver Optional for on the SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/ the use of a instguides SAP NetWeaver . System Landscape
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Step Action

Remarks/ Subsequent Steps

Install the SLD package on the NetWeaver system. For more information, see http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-sld.

Install PCo 2.2 under http://service.sap.com/instguides. Go to SAP Business Suite Applications SAP Manufacturing Plant Connectivity Plant Connectivity 2.2 .

Directory (SLD) Optional for the use of a System Landscape Directory (SLD) -

Retrieval of Tag Information from Shop Floor System

If you implement this scenario, you can get access from SAP MII to data from any shop floor system for which a PCo agent exists. This includes: Reading tag data Writing tag data Reading time series (historical data) For the software units to be used, see the above section called Software Component Matrix. The implementation sequence is the following:
Step Action Remarks/Subsequent Steps

If you use MII 12.2 or later, you can choose between two query types: UDC in PCo: Query service.sap.com/ port Legacy instguides under SAP PCo in PCo: Query port Business Suite Applications SAP MII Manufacturing SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence . Install PCo 2.2 The PCo Installation Guide can be found under http:// Install SAP MII (any release). See the installation guide for MII on the SAP Service Marketplace at: http://

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Business Scenarios for Plant Connectivity

Step

Action
service.sap.com/ instguides under

Remarks/Subsequent Steps

SAP Business Suite Applications SAP Manufacturing Plant Connectivity Plant Connectivity 2.2
Event Notification to SAP MII

If you implement this scenario, you can establish notification processes that will send notification messages to SAP MII, based on events or predefined trigger conditions for SAP MII. The events or trigger conditions depend on shop floor data (for example, when the temperature value of a sensor reaches a critical limit). The notification message can contain any shop floor data that is retrievable by PCo. The implementation sequence is the following:
Step Action Remarks / Subsequent Steps

Install SAP MII (any release). See the MII installation guide on the SAP Service Marketplace at: http://
service.sap.com/ instguides under

SAP Business Suite Application Manufacturing SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence . Install PCo 2.2 The PCo Installation Guide can be found under http://
service.sap.com/ instguides under

SAP Business Suite Applications SAP Manufacturing Plant Connectivity Plant Connectivity 2.2

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List of Documents

4 List of Documents

The following table lists all documents relevant to this Master Guide.
Title Location on SAP Service Marketplace

PCo Installation Guide (for installation http://service.sap.com/instguides SAP Business Suite Applications SAP Manufacturing Plant and upgrade) Connectivity Plant Connectivity 2.2 http://service.sap.com/instguides SAP PCo Security Guide Business Suite Applications SAP Manufacturing Plant Connectivity Plant Connectivity 2.2 http://service.sap.com/instguides SAP PCo Application Operations Guide Business Suite Applications SAP Manufacturing Plant Connectivity 2.2 Performance and Sizing Guide http://service.sap.com/sizing under Sizing Guidelines Solutions and Platforms http://help.sap.com SAP Business Suite SAP PCo Application Help Manufacturing Plant Connectivity

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Reference The Main SAP Documentation Types

A Reference

A.1 The Main SAP Documentation Types

The following is an overview of the most important documentation types that you need in the various phases in the life cycle of SAP software.
Cross-Phase Documentation

SAPterm is SAPs terminology database. It contains SAP-specific vocabulary in over 30 languages, as well as many glossary entries in English and German. Target group: Relevant for all target groups Current version: On SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com Glossary In the SAP system in transaction STERM SAP Library is a collection of documentation for SAP software covering functions and processes. Target group: Consultants System administrators Project teams for implementations or upgrades Current version: On SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com (also available as documentation DVD) The security guide describes the settings for a medium security level and offers suggestions for raising security levels. A collective security guide is available for SAP NetWeaver. This document contains general guidelines and suggestions. SAP applications have a security guide of their own. Target group:
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System administrators Technology consultants Solution consultants Current version: On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/securityguide
Implementation

The master guide is the starting point for implementing an SAP solution. It lists the required installable units for each business or IT scenario. It provides scenario-specific descriptions of preparation, execution, and follow-up of an implementation. It also provides references to other documents, such as installation guides, the technical infrastructure guide and SAP Notes. Target group: Technology consultants Project teams for implementations Current version: On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides The installation guide describes the technical implementation of an installable unit, taking into account the combinations of operating systems and databases. It does not describe any business-related configuration. Target group: Technology consultants Project teams for implementations Current version: On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides Configuration Documentation in SAP Solution Manager SAP Solution Manager is a life-cycle platform. One of its main functions is the configuration of business scenarios, business processes, and implementable steps. It contains Customizing activities, transactions, and so on, as well as documentation. Target group: Technology consultants Solution consultants
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Reference The Main SAP Documentation Types

Project teams for implementations Current version: In SAP Solution Manager The Implementation Guide (IMG) is a tool for configuring (Customizing) a single SAP system. The Customizing activities and their documentation are structured from a functional perspective. (In order to configure a whole system landscape from a process-oriented perspective, SAP Solution Manager, which refers to the relevant Customizing activities in the individual SAP systems, is used.) Target group: Solution consultants Project teams for implementations or upgrades Current version: In the SAP menu of the SAP system under Tools Customizing IMG
Production Operation

The technical operations manual is the starting point for operating a system that runs on SAP NetWeaver, and precedes the application operations guides of SAP Business Suite. The manual refers users to the tools and documentation that are needed to carry out various tasks, such as monitoring, backup/restore, master data maintenance, transports, and tests. Target group: System administrators Current version: On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides The application operations guide is used for operating an SAP application once all tasks in the technical operations manual have been completed. It refers users to the tools and documentation that are needed to carry out the various operations-related tasks. Target group: System administrators Technology consultants Solution consultants
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Current version: On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides

Upgrade

The upgrade master guide is the starting point for upgrading the business scenarios and processes of an SAP solution. It provides scenario-specific descriptions of preparation, execution, and follow-up of an upgrade. It also refers to other documents, such as upgrade guides and SAP Notes. Target group: Technology consultants Project teams for upgrades Current version: On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides The upgrade guide describes the technical upgrade of an installable unit, taking into account the combinations of operating systems and databases. It does not describe any business-related configuration. Target group: Technology consultants Project teams for upgrades Current version: On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides Release notes are documents that contain short descriptions of new features in a particular release or changes to existing features since the previous release. Release notes about ABAP developments are the technical prerequisite for generating delta and upgrade Customizing in the Implementation Guide (IMG). Target group: Consultants Project teams for upgrades Current version: On SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/releasenotes In the SAP menu of the SAP system under Help Release Notes (only ABAP developments)
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