Operating the device and device functions
5.5 Extended device functions
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Watchdog monitoring times
The monitoring time can be configured with the DiagBase or DiagMonitor software.
Note
When you change the monitoring time, the change becomes effective immediately.
5.5.1.4
Battery monitoring
The installed backup battery has a limited service life, see section "Replacing the backup
battery (Page 92)". A two-tier battery monitoring checks the status of the backup battery. The
SIMATIC DiagBase and SIMATIC DiagMonitor diagnostic software determines the status of the
backup battery.
When the first warning level is reached, the battery for buffering CMOS data still has a
remaining service life of at least one month.
5.5.1.5
Mass storage monitoring
The state of HDD, SSD and CFast cards is monitored via SMART bit and reported by DiagBase
or DiagMonitor.