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Setting and determining system diagnostics
4.2 Options for displaying system diagnostics
Diagnostics
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"Diagnostics" tab in the Inspector window
"Diagnostics" tab in the Inspector window
The "Diagnostics" tab of the Inspector window includes information on diagnostics events
and configured alarm events.
Figure 4-10 Diagnostics in the Inspector window, "Device information" tab
Note
Symbols and their meaning
You can find a legend with the meaning of each symbol in
Explanation of diagnostics
sy
mbols (Page 30) and in the online help for STEP 7.
Subordinate "Device information" tab
This tab gives you an overview of faulty devices to which an online connection exists or has
existed. The table provides the following diagnostics information on the faulty devices:
● Online status: Includes the online status as diagnostics symbol and in words
● Operating mode: Includes the operating mode as symbol and in words
● Device/module: Name of the affected device or the affected module
● Connection established via ...: Specifies the path used to establish the connection to the
failed device.
● Alarm: This explains the entry in the previous columns and displays an alarm, if
necessary
● Details: The link opens the online and diagnostics view associated with the device or puts
it in the foreground.
If the device cannot be reached, the link opens the "Go online" dialog.
● Help: The link provides additional information on the fault.
Note
Communication and access errors
Errors that occur in the user program (e.g., communication errors, access errors) are not
reported in the "Diagnostics" tab of the device information. You must read out the
diagnost
ics buffer of the CPU in the online and diagnostics view to get this information.
The link in the "Details" column opens the diagnostics buffer.