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SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx 4.0.0 Hardware (PA RISC)
2.3 System Diagnostics
OSx
provides you with a series of diagnostic tests for your system unit.
These diagnostic tests help you to pinpoint a specific area of difficulty and to
determine what part of the hardware assembly needs to be repaired or
replaced.
T
o test your system, select
Diagnostics
from
Help
on the menu bar
. The
System Diagnostics screen appears (
Figure 2-2
). Enter the number of the
test you want to run.
•
The
Alarm Card Test
diagnoses problems with the warning alarm, the
critical alarm, and the failover circuit of a multiple-station system. The
S7–200 CPU 212 provides the alarm card function for the HP-UX
B132L+. The alarm card test checks the S7–200 in the same manner as
if an alarm card were present. When you select the
Alarm Card Test
option,
the warning that appears applies only to a multi-station system.
The settings for the internal and external alarm annunciators and
alarm output mode in the Event Preferences Configuration dialog box
determine how the alarm card test is run.
•
The
Network Card
(Industrial Ethernet Communications)
Test
checks for
the presence of two network connections and whether or not they are
communicating. Y
ou must take the system to the Operate state at least
once before running the Network Card T
est.
•
The
Printer Test
displays a menu of all valid printers from which you can
select one or more for testing. If you have not configured your printer
correctly
, the test malfunctions. Press
Delete to
exit diagnostics, correct
the problem, and repeat the test.
Figure 2-2 System Diagnostics Screen