Introduction

Even in their basic versions, SIMATIC Industry PCs come with optional monitoring functions. When used in combination with the appropriate software, the following functions for displaying, monitoring and controlling are available:

● Temperature monitoring (over-temperature, under-temperature or cable break at a temperature sensor)

● Fan monitoring (fan speed too low, fan failure, or a break in a tachometer line)

● Monitoring of the battery level

● Monitoring of hard disks with SMART functionality even in RAID systems

● Watchdog (hardware or software reset of the computer)

● Operating hours meter (information on the cumulative run time)

● BIOS Management – Saving and restoring BIOS Setup settings. – Performing a BIOS update or changing the device inventory number in BIOS

SIMATIC system features

Maximum engineering efficiency – in all phases of the lifecycle of the machine and plant With SIMATIC you rely on an integrated engineering environment. Efficient software supports you over the complete lifecycle of your machine or plant – from the planning and design stages through configuring and programming as far as commissioning, operation and upgrading. With its integration capability and harmonized interfaces, SIMATIC software supports a high degree of data consistency – throughout the entire engineering process.

Maximum data transparency on all automation levels – based on proven standards SIMATIC creates the foundations for unlimited integration in communication – and thus for maximum transparency on all levels, from the field and control level to the operations management level all they way up to the corporate management level. SIMATIC relies on international, cross-vendor standards which can be combined flexibly: PROFIBUS, the global No. 1 fieldbus, and PROFINET, the leading Industrial Ethernet standard.

Minimization of downtimes – through efficient diagnostic concepts All SIMATIC products feature integrated diagnostic functions with which a fault can be identified and eliminated to provide increased system availability. Even with larger plants, the Maintenance Station provides you with a uniform view of the maintenance-relevant information of all automation components.

Protection of personnel and machines – within the framework of an integrated complete system SIMATIC Safety Integrated offers TÜV-certified products, which facilitate compliance with relevant standards: IEC 62061 up to SIL 3, EN ISO 13849-1 up to PL e, as well as EN 954-1. Due to the integration of safety technology in standard technology, only one controller, one I/O, one engineering, and one bus system are required. Thus the system advantages and comprehensive functionality of SIMATIC are also available for fail-safe applications.