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SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device - Operation V1.3 

SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge 

Device - Operation V1.3 

Operating Manual 

09/2021 

A5E51396302-AA 

Preface

1

Industrial security

2

Connecting an IPC Edge 

Device

3

LED Status

4

Preparing the USB stick

5

Information and Warnings 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for SIMATIC IPC

Page 1: ... Operation V1 3 SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device Operation V1 3 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA Preface 1 Industrial security 2 Connecting an IPC Edge Device 3 LED Status 4 Preparing the USB stick 5 Information and Warnings 6 ...

Page 2: ...by personnel qualified for the specific task in accordance with the relevant documentation in particular its warning notices and safety instructions Qualified personnel are those who based on their training and experience are capable of identifying risks and avoiding potential hazards when working with these products systems Proper use of Siemens products Note the following WARNING Siemens product...

Page 3: ...f contents 1 Preface 5 2 Industrial security 7 3 Connecting an IPC Edge Device 9 3 1 Connecting the Edge Device through an USB flash drive 10 4 LED Status 11 5 Preparing the USB stick 15 5 1 Preparing the USB stick for Windows 15 5 2 Preparing the USB stick for Linux 19 6 Information and Warnings 21 ...

Page 4: ...Table of contents SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device Operation V1 3 4 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA ...

Page 5: ...l computers is required Solid knowledge of Linux based operating systems is required Solid knowledge of IP based networks is required Solid knowledge of Docker is required General knowledge in the field of IT is required General knowledge in the field of automation technology is recommended Scope of this document This operating manual is valid for Industrial Edge Convention The term Edge Device is...

Page 6: ...Preface SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device Operation V1 3 6 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA ...

Page 7: ... connection is necessary and only when appropriate security measures e g firewalls and or network segmentation are in place For additional information on industrial security measures that may be implemented please visit http www siemens com industrialsecurity Siemens products and solutions undergo continuous development to make them more secure Siemens strongly recommends that product updates are ...

Page 8: ...Industrial security SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device Operation V1 3 8 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA ...

Page 9: ...e the following options to connect the IPC Edge Device to the IEM Connecting through an USB flash drive Connecting through the IPC Edge Device UI Both options require the IPC Edge Device configuration file Requirements for adding an Edge Device The IPC Edge Device is switched on The IPC Edge Device is connected to the local network ...

Page 10: ...een Note Connection successful When the Edge Device is connected successfully to the IEM the status indicator at the top of the Edge Device tile in the IEM switches to green and the IP address of the Edge Device is displayed under the name of the Edge Device To open the UI of the Edge Device either click on the tile of the Edge Device if the remote access is enabled or enter the IP address of the ...

Page 11: ...ge Device Operation V1 3 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA 11 LED Status 4 The SIMATIC IPC227E MLFB 6ES7647 8BD31 0CW1 has 4 LEDs which represent the following status Power Run Error Maintenance Figure 4 1 SIMATIC IPC227E ...

Page 12: ...ndustrial Edge Device Operation V1 3 12 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA The SIMATIC IPC427E MLFB 6AG4141 5BC30 0FW8 has 4 LEDs which represent the following status Power Run Error Maintenance Figure 4 2 SIMATIC IPC427E ...

Page 13: ...e hard reset first the Power and Run LEDs light up green After that the Power LED lights up green and the Run LED flashes green Then all LEDs light up for a short time Afterwards the Power LED flashes orange Then the Power LED lights up green for a while At the end only the Power LED lights up green and the Run LED flashes green Orange flashing Off Off Off Hard reset was successful When the Power ...

Page 14: ...LED Status SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device Operation V1 3 14 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA ...

Page 15: ...Windows Requirement USB flash drive s size should be at least 4 GB Procedure 1 Plug USB stick to your Windows PC 2 Open Create and format hard disk partitions via Start Control Panel System and Security Administrative Tools 3 Check if USB stick has at least 1 GB unallocated space and proceed with Step 5 If not remove other partitions data in USB stick ...

Page 16: ...SB stick for Windows SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device Operation V1 3 16 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA 4 To delete a partition right click on USB stick and click Delete Volume All files in USB stick will be deleted after this session ...

Page 17: ...rial Edge Device Operation V1 3 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA 17 5 To create a new volume on your USB stick right click on the unallocated USB space and select New Simple Volume If USB stick has capacity more than 32 GB set Simple volume size in MB less than 32768 MB 32 GB ...

Page 18: ...vice Operation V1 3 18 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA 6 Confirm your entries with Next until Format Partition page Select File system as FAT32 7 Enter Volume Label as USBONBOARD 8 Confirm your entries with Next and Finish 9 Copy onboard config file into USB partition named as USBONBOARD ...

Page 19: ... unmount USB stick 3 To check availability of package e2fsprogs run command apt list installed grep e2fsprogs If there is no package installed install the package e2fsprogs 4 To see partition of USB stick run lsblk command and The partition s are named like dev sdb 5 To search unallocated space run fdisk your_usb_stick command Example fdisk dev sdb 6 You need unallocated space which is bigger than...

Page 20: ...6302 AA 8 To create ext4 file system run command mkfs ext4 usb_stick_partition_created_in_step8 Example mkfs ext4 dev sdb1 9 To label partition run command e2label usb_stick_partition_created_in_step8 USBONBOARD Example e2label dev sdb1 USBONBOARD 10 Unplug and replug the USB stick 11 Copy onboard config file into USB partition named as USBONBOARD ...

Page 21: ...MATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device Operation V1 3 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA 21 Information and Warnings 6 Hard reset It is not recommended to power off the device during the hard reset process ...

Page 22: ...Information and Warnings SIMATIC IPC Industrial Edge Device Operation V1 3 22 Operating Manual 09 2021 A5E51396302 AA ...

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