Preface
Diagnostics
Function Manual, 09/2016, A5E03735838-AD
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What's new compared to the previous version of the function manual (06/2014 edition)
What are the customer benefits?
Where can I find the infor-
mation?
New contents Extended functionality of the
Web server
• You obtain information about:
– Know-how protection or copy pro-
tection of the PLC program
– Program/communication load and
cycle time
– F-collective signatures, cycle times
and runtimes of the F-runtime
group(s) (with an F-CPU)
• You can monitor statuses, errors,
technology alarms and the current val-
ues of technology objects (TOs) with
the Web server.
• You can read, view and save trace
recordings via the Web server and
thus obtain plant and project infor-
mation for diagnostics and mainte-
nance without STEP 7.
• You can set four additional languages
for the Web interface.
Section Diagnostics infor-
mation using the web server
(Page 49),
Web server
(
http://support.automation.siem
ens.com/WW/view/en/5919356
0) function manual,
Using the trace and logic ana-
lyzer function
(https://support.industry.sieme
ns.com/cs/ww/en/view/648971
28) function manual
Assignment of different
project languages extended
You can assign up to three different pro-
ject languages for comments and alarm
texts to the user interface languages of
display devices.
Section Editing alarms in the
alarm editor (Page 78)
Changed
contents
Scope of the function man-
ual expanded to include
CPU 1516pro-2 PN
Functions that you will be familiar with
from the SIMATIC S7-1500 CPUs are
implemented in the CPU 1516pro-2 PN
(degree of protection IP65, IP66 and
Operating instructions CPU
1516pro-2 PN
(https://support.industry.sieme
ns.com/cs/ww/en/view/109482
Security events added You know which types of events are regis-
tered as security events in the diagnostics
buffer and can configure group alarms for
Section CPU diagnostics buffer
(Page 43)
Influence of the value status
explained
You know which factors influence the bit in
the value status and can take this into
account during configuration.
Section System diagnostics
using process image inputs
Note added on the maximum configuration limits of program alarms. Section Creating alarms with
the "Program_Alarm" instruc-