Operating the device 
  5.2 Multi-monitoring 
SIMATIC IPC PX-39A PRO 
Operating Instructions, 11/2022, A5E51699950-AA  
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5.2  Multi-monitoring 
You can operate several monitors on one device at the same time. You have the following 
option for multi-monitoring: 
•  Direct connection of the monitors to the two DisplayPort ports on the front of the device, 
see "Connecting I/O devices (Page 56)" 
See also 
Important instructions and manuals for operating the device (Page 10) 
Service and support (Page 122) 
5.3  Monitoring of the device 
5.3.1  Monitoring functions 
You can monitor the following device functions with the SIMATIC IPC DiagBase or SIMATIC IPC 
DiagMonitor software: 
 
Status displays and actions 
ing 
•  Monitoring for temperature high and low limits as 
well as cable breaks of the temperature sensors 
•  Temperature sensors record the temperature at criti-
cal device points, e.g. at the processor. 
•  The temperature thresholds are defined for the indi-
vidual temperature sensors. 
•  With SIMATIC IPC DiagBase or SIMATIC IPC DiagMoni-
tor, actions are triggered when the temperature high 
or low thresholds are exceeded. 
•  Temperature alarm is generated. 
•  Monitoring of the system status and message to de-
termine if a station is still operational 
•  If the watchdog is not addressed within a configured 
monitoring time, a watchdog alarm is output. 
•  A change to the monitoring time is effective immedi-
ately. 
Depending on the setting, the following 
actions are triggered: 
•  Reset on: Hardware reset is per-
formed 
•  Reset off: No action is performed 
•  The device is restarted