9
System Monitoring
9.1
Displaying Events
You can have an event log displayed for each device in the system. All events for the device are
logged in the event log (for information on the event types in the menu
Events
page 31). Up to 500 events are displayed.
Procedure:
1. To display events for a device, select the desired device in the system tree and select the menu
Events
in the device menu.
2. For events with the wrench symbol (
), contact the user with
Installer
rights and inform them
of the serial number of the device and the event number.
3. For events with the telephone receiver symbol (
), contact the user with the
Installer
rights
and inform them of the serial number of the device and the event number. The user with
Installer
rights contacts the Service.
9.2
Setting Alarms
You can use the alarm function to be informed via e-mail of alarm-related events in the system. The
Cluster Controller takes into account the events of the last 24 hours. Alarm-related events include
Fault
type events that can lead to yield loss.
Procedure:
1. Log into the Cluster Controller as
Installer
.
2. Select the Cluster Controller in the system tree and select the menu
Settings
in the device
menu.
3. Make the settings for the SMTP server:
• Select the parameter group
External communication > SMTP
.
• Select [
Edit
].
• In the drop-down list
Encryption
, select the desired password encryption type.
• In the field
Login
, enter the login name for the SMTP server.
• If required, enter an alternative e‑mail address in the field
Alternative e-mail sender
address (optional)
that is to be displayed in the e-mail as the sender. If you do not
enter an alternative e-mail address, the e-mail address in the field
Login
is displayed as
the e-mail sender address.
• In the field
Port
, enter the network port at which the SMTP server can be accessed. Tip:
The normal ports for SMTP servers are ports 25, 465 and 587. When using port 465, an
encrypted connection is always established regardless of the selected encryption type.
• In the field
Password
, enter the password for the SMTP server.
• In the field
Server
, enter the name or the IP address of the SMTP server.
• Select [
Save
].
4. Make the settings for e-mail alarms:
• Select the parameter group
Further Applications > Alarm > E-mail
.
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