About this Tutorial

The use of WinCC OA can be compared with the common and known software products of the Windows world. The intuitive user interfaces speak mostly for themselves and do not have to bedescribed in detail. However, you should consider that the complex and comprehensive scope of functions and the enormous possibilities of this software package may hardly be acquired without support (by the means of documentation) .

The producer ETM as well as numerous partner companies provide a comprehensive training program with different basic courses as well as special and individually coordinated training.

This document together with the demonstration CD should provide an introduction for all those who want to get to know WinCC OA before appropriate training.

This "GettingStarted - tutorial" is a manual for self-study.

  • It can be used without direct realization on the computer as a reading

  • Is particularly suited for real, independent training.

This manual is divided into following primary sections:

  • Systemoverviewandconcepts

  • Installation

  • Project administration, organization

  • Detailed descriptions

Note:

You can achieve an overview already after 5 hours. To complete the whole tutorial you need 1 to 2 days (12-16 hours) depending on the previous knowledge. The whole document is divided into logical units. You can work through all the units at once or interrupt in between. Already accomplished work steps can always be saved so that you can continue later. Invest some time, it is worth while.

This document can never replace a professional training.

A small, simplified example application is shown within the following units. The end result is also available as a ready application.

Figure 1. Main panel of the ready example application

In order to keep the introduction as simply as possible, the structure of each section is 3 stepped:

  • Easy step by step instructions in order to achieve the desired result

  • Numerouslinks to the chapters of the online help.

  • Further information and introductions in order to extend the primary solution.

If you only want to get an overview, you can ignore the references as well as detailed descriptions at the end of the sections.

Another demonstration project (DemoApplication_3.19) is delivered within the WinCC OA product DVD. This project is suited if you want to get an overview of the possibilities in the GUI design. For a detailed description of this application see DemoApplication, basics).