CP 1543-1
Operating Instructions, 05/2017, C79000-G8976-C289-07
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Diagnostics options
Diagnostics options
You have the following diagnostics options available for the module:
● The LEDs of the module
For information on the LED displays, refer to the section LEDs (Page 22).
● STEP 7: The "Diagnostics" tab in the Inspector window
Here, you can obtain the following information on the selected module:
– Information on the online status of the module
● STEP 7: Diagnostics functions in the "Online > Online and diagnostics" menu
Here, you can obtain static information on the selected module:
– General information on the module
– Diagnostics status
– Information on the Ethernet interface
– Security (with security enabled)
You can obtain further information on the diagnostics functions of STEP 7 in the STEP 7
online help.
● SNMP
You will find detailed information about the supported functions in the section Diagnostics
with SNMP (Page 53).
Diagnostics with SNMP
Requirement
The requirement for using SNMP is the enabling of the function in the configuration.
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
SNMP is a protocol for diagnostics and managing networks and nodes in the network. To
transmit data, SNMP uses the connectionless UDP protocol.
The information on the properties of SNMP-compliant devices is entered in MIB files (MIB =
Management Information Base).
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