SIMATIC ET 200 - For distributed automation solutions - November ...

© Siemens AG 2010DiagnosticsMinimization of downtimes –through efficient diagnostic conceptsOperations management levelSIMATIC WinCC Maintenance StationPlant-wide diagnosticsTransfer of configuration from STEP 7Control levelPROFINETIndustrial EthernetEngineeringSIMATICSTEP 7Line-width displayof informationPROFIBUSDiagnosticsenablingHMIControllerDetectionof faultField levelDrivesDistributedI/OAll SIMATIC products feature integrated diagnosticfunctions with which a fault can be detected and eliminatedefficiently to provide increased system availability.Even with larger plants, the Maintenance Stationprovides you with a uniform view of the maintenancerelevantinformation of all automation components.This increases Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), minimizesdowntimes, and saves costs.Integrated diagnostics• Totally Integrated Automation offers products andmodules with integrated diagnostic function• Plant-wide system diagnostics for detection and automaticsignaling of faults• Additional messages for monitoring the application/process (process diagnostics) are easy to configureand can be generated automaticallyDiagnostics can be activated, no programming is required• The diagnostic function of the modules is easily activatedin SIMATIC STEP 7• Message texts are available in five languages• Predefined message windows/views for visualizationon the HMI deviceConsistent diagnostics from the field level to themanagement level• System states (module and network status, systemerror messages) are available plant-wide with consistentdisplay.• Diagnostics displays with different degrees of detail(hierarchy) are automatically generated from configurationdata (HW Config)Diagnostics with display of relevant information• Error text information• Unique module identification (number)• Address/slot information• Chronological time stamp10 System features