Icons in Simatic Shell
You can see the status of the PC stations in "Simatic Shell". You can see icons on the name
of the PC stations in Simatic Shell.
The following table shows the meaning of icons:
Status
Meaning of the icons
PC stations shown in Simatic Shell
The PC station communicates
only through encrypted con‐
nections.
PC stations for which encrypted communication is ena‐
bled with the same pre-shared key (PSK).
If the encrypted communication is enabled on a PC sta‐
tion, this PC station can only establish communication
connections to PC stations on which the same PSK is
configured.
Note: Environments with separate pre-shared keys can
be specified within a network.
The PC station communicates
through encrypted and unen‐
crypted connections (migra‐
tion mode).
PC stations for which the unencrypted connection is ena‐
bled or the encrypted communication with the same pre-
shared key.
If communication is required through both encrypted and
unencrypted connections for a PC station, you can enable
migration mode.
Note: Only use migration mode as a temporary solution.
Recommended objective for the plant: encrypted commu‐
nication between all PC stations of the plant.
The PC station communicates
only through unencrypted con‐
nections.
PC stations for which communication is unencrypted.
Changing settings for encrypted communication (situations)
If you change settings for encrypted communication, you must always perform the changes
for all PC stations in the entire plant.
You can find information about the procedure in the section "How to configure encrypted
communication between the PC stations (Page 116)".
Installing PC stations
5.7 Preparing PC stations
PCS 7 - PC Configuration (V8.2)
Installation Manual, 03/2016, A5E36200050-AB
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