Note
Lifebeat monitoring and Maintenance Station
If you are running a Maintenance Station in the plant, configuration of lifebeat monitoring with
"Lifebeat Monitoring" is prohibited.
8.18.4.2 Simatic Shell
Calling
1. Select "My Computer" in the tree view of Windows Explorer.
2. Select the "Simatic Shell" folder.
3. Select the menu command Settings from the shortcut menu.
Overview
Information on Detailed information Called via Additional information
Network adapter
● Network adapters of the
local computer
● "IP" column
current TCP/IP
addresses and MAC
addresses of the local
network adapters
Network adapters" list Online help of Simatic
Shell
Multicast serv‐
ice life (TTL)
Maximum number of route
jumps between subnets
("TTL" IP parameter)
Multicast service life
(TTL)" input line
Online help of Simatic
Shell
Multicast proxy IP address of a computer in
another subnet, which is to
be used as a substitute for
distributing Multicast packets
Multicast proxy" input
line
Online help of Simatic
Shell
Compatibility Compatibility mode for com‐
munication between differ‐
ent versions of WinCC
Compatibility" check box Online help of Simatic
Shell
Diagnostics in PCS 7
8.18 Diagnostic tools
Service Support and Diagnostics (V8.2)
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