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The WinCC OA API (Application Programming Interface) offers a number of functions adding special Managers to this process control system.
Requirements and Installation

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- API
  - API Manager
    The WinCC OA API (Application Programming Interface) offers a number of functions adding special Managers to this process control system.
    - Requirements and Installation
    - Getting Started
      The chapter describes how to get started with the API.
    - Examples
    - API Messages
    - API Manager Classes
    - API Notes
      The BIG Don'ts for API Development
    - Additional Information
    - Crypto API
  - General driver
  - Basic information on configuration panels for new drivers
  - Access Control Plug-in
    The WinCC OA Access Control Plug-in can be used to control the access to data points (read, write, display) via user rights.
  - Crypto API
- Communication Center
- Disaster Recovery System
- Standard Object Library
  The WinCC OA Standard Object Library (in short: Stdlib) is a base framework that facilitates the creation and use of WinCC OA Libraries. The Stdlib provides templates for creating WinCC OA Libraries and offers a vast range of functions that make the use of a WinCC OA Library in a WinCC OA project easier.
- BACnet Application
- SmartSCADA
  The WinCC OA feature SmartSCADA provides two packages: the Analytics package and the KPI framework.
- WinCC OA Excel Report
  WinCC OA Excel Report, is a program extension of MS Excel for integrated data evaluation and protocol generation with WinCC OA archive data. Reports can be created with the WinCC OA Excel Report. Templates are used for the reports. If a report is to be generated over a defined period of time, the system accesses the template and automatically fills it with data from the process database. Reports can also be created, printed and saved on a scheduled basis without requiring user access.
- Video

Requirements and Installation

Requirements

Supported compiler version - see Software requirements.
API option installed with WinCC OA setup.
You need a license for the API.
Installed cmake build generator.

WinCC OA Installation

Windows

During installation on Windows there is a dialog to install individual components of WinCC OA . Check the check box to install the API.WinCC OA API installs the API. The API is installed in <wincc_oa_path>/api by default. You can also specify any other target directory, for example, C:/ => API is installed to C:/api.

Linux

During installation on Linux there is a dialog to install individual components of. Check the check box to install the API.WinCC OA API installs the API. The API is installed in opt/WinCC_OA/<version>/api directory.