Operating the device
5.5 Monitoring of the device
SIMATIC IPC647E
Operating Instructions, 11/2018, A5E45589180-AA
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5.5
Monitoring of the device
5.5.1
Monitoring functions
You can monitor the following device functions with the SIMATIC DiagBase or SIMATIC
DiagMonitor software:
Monitoring
Description
Status displays and actions
Temperature monitor-
ing
•
Monitoring for temperature high and low limits as well
as cable breaks of the temperature sensors
•
Temperature sensors record the temperature at
critical 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 Diag-
Monitor, actions are triggered when the temperature
thresholds are exceeded.
•
Status display "TEMP (Page 24)"
•
Speed control of the device fans,
the power supply fan and the fan of
the optional graphics card
•
Temperature alarm is generated.
Fan monitoring
•
Monitoring for underspeed and fan failure as well as
cable breaks of the speedometer cable
The fans are monitored at the following positions:
•
Front panel
•
Processor
•
Triple Head graphics card
•
Power supply (non-redundant)
•
Drive cage type A
•
Status display "FAN (Page 24)"
•
Fan alarm is output.
Watchdog
•
Monitoring of the system status and message to
determine 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.
•
Status display "WATCHDOG
(Page 24)"
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.
•
The device is shut down.