Displaying operating data and alarms
6.3 Alarm Manager
SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6
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6.3.3
The alarm display
The DiagMonitor alarm display lists all current local alarms that have occurred so that they
can be acknowledged. The date and time at which the alarm occurred are also displayed. The
lower part of the window displays a general message text. Here, for example, you might find
information on what to do next and the phone number of a service technician.
See also
Changing the message text of the Alarm Display (Page 28)
6.3.3.1
Acknowledging alarms with the Alarm Display
First, start the Alarm Display. You can do this by right-clicking on the Alarm Manager icon in
the system tray. Select "Acknowledge all alarms" there.
6.3.3.2
Changing the message text of the Alarm Display
You can make settings in the DiagMonitor Alarm Manager so that the Alarm Display starts
whenever an alarm occurs. The Alarm display window lists all alarms that have occurred so
that they can be acknowledged. A general message text is also displayed in the lower part of
the window. To change this text, select the "Tools" menu in the Management Explorer. If you
then select "Alarm display...", an input box opens in which you can edit the message.
6.3.4
Displaying events with the Event Viewer
Events such as the occurrence and acknowledgment of an alarm can be logged. To be able to
use this function, "Event logging" must be enabled in the settings of the Alarm Manager (see
Changing settings of the Alarm Manager (Page 49)).
1.
Right-click in the tree view (left pane of the Management Explorer program window).
2.
Now select "Event Viewer". The Event Viewer program window opens.
3.
In the tree view in the left-hand pane, select the "Application" entry in the "Event Viewer".
The list view in the right-hand pane then shows all the entries logged by Windows. SIMATIC
IPC DiagMonitor software entries have the name "SIMATIC Diagnostic Management" in the
"Source" column.
4.
If you double-click on an entry, you will see further information displayed.