Monitoring and diagnostics 13
Monitoring and diagnostics for industrial PCs
SIMATIC IPCs are rugged industrial PCs for professional au-
tomation solutions in 24-h operation. Because of their
high system availability, in PCS 7 systems they are often
used, for example, as operator or Maintenance Station or
also as engineering station or OPC server.
The SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor monitoring and signaling soft-
ware recognizes possible hardware and software faults at an
early point in time, and provides corresponding messages for
the Maintenance Station. In connection with several SIMATIC
IPCs, client/server network architectures can be set up via LAN
and can centrally monitor all SIMATIC IPCs in plant facilities
using DiagMonitor. The integrated webserver lets you view
and manage data via an internet browser. Efficient service
structures can be established by integrating automated com-
munication paths, e.g. by means of Ethernet, e-mail, or text
messages (phone).
DiagMonitor supplements the operating data of the monito-
red PCs with text messages, transmits them via the SNMP OPC
server and outputs them in the associated asset management
view.
• The "Monitoring 1" view indicates the number of operating
hours of the SIMATIC IPC and the interior unit temperature
at different measurement points in the device, e.g. at the
processor and at the motherboard.
• In two additional views the speeds of the fans are output or
diagnostic data and information on the status of the drives
is displayed. It is then possible, for example, for the user to
replace hard disks as a preventive measure before a loss of
data occurs (preventive maintenance).
(www.siemens.com/diagmonitor)
Operating hours and device internal temperatures in Monitoring 1 view
In addition, the user is warned in good time of fan or hard disk
failures (preventive maintenance). In the event of an alarm, the
DiagMonitor can also start autonomous programs such as spe-
cial PC tools or user-specific applications for individual response
to alarms.
Prevention of potential failures
• Diagnostics and signaling functions for PC temperature,
fan, drives, system status (watchdog)
• Operating hours counter for preventive maintenance;
• Recording and evaluation of operating data
• Integral log function, comprehensive text messages and
online help in German and English.
Possibilities for minimizing PC downtimes:
• Product Equipment Data is an online service tool for simple
and quick information about the equipment configuration
in the delivery condition. The information also supports the
procurement of spare parts (www.siemens.com/ped).
• The after-sales information system for SIMATIC IPC/PG of-
fers product and contact information on the Internet in one
central location (www.siemens.com/asis).
The SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor supports fast detection and efficient avoidance of potential system failures
Monitoring Signaling Alerting Visaulization Operating and
recording
• PC hardware functions
• Interior unit tempera-
ture
•Device fan
•Drive state
•System states
• Runtime meter
•Overshoot/undershoot
of permissible operating
temperature
• Fan failure/fault
• Drive problems
• Program interruption
following a watchdog
timeout
• Maintenance intervals
(freely selectable)
•LAN
• Text message to mobile
phone
• E-mail to alert designa-
ted person
• OPC and/or SNMP to
user software
• Diagnostic LEDs on each
unit
• Local on own monitor
• Via LAN on the central
server
• Graphic display of mea-
sured data
• Web server
• SIMATIC Maintenance
Station
• Activates reset
(watchdog)
•Runs programs
automatically
(batch/executable files)
• Records events (log file)
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