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• Acknowledged Alarm
An error has occurred that is still present, such as a fan standstill, but that has been
acknowledged in the meantime. The objects with this status are displayed in the
Management Explorer in the color red.
This status cannot be acknowledged again. If the reason for the alarm has been removed,
the status will automatically change to "Ok".
• Outgoing alarm
If an error has occurred that is not present currently, such as a fan that came to a standstill
but is running now. The objects with this status are displayed in the Management Explorer
in the color yellow.
If this status is acknowledged, the status will change to "Ok".
6.1.14
Service mode
In addition to the states described under Interpreting the Status Information in the
Management Explorer (Page 25) a station can have in the DiagMonitor, there is another
state: the service state.
Using the service mode, a station can be temporarily removed from monitoring. To do this,
you need to select the corresponding station. You can then right-click to put this station into
service mode or bring it back into monitoring. Alternatively, you can active or deactivate
service mode using the "Computer tool" button. The computer symbol is not active in
maintenance mode.
6.1.15
Self-test
You can use the DiagMonitor Management Explorer to perform a self-test for individual fans
or all fans. This is used to determine if the maximum speed of the fans is sufficiently high to
ensure trouble-free operation.
After selecting a fan or the Fans group, you can open the properties dialog with a right-click.
Open the "Self-test" tab.
• "Title" window:
Specifies the name of the self-test as shown in the Revisions group.
• "Alarm at" window:
When these specified operating hours are reached, the self-test is started and an alarm is
triggered.
• "Alarm in" window:
An alarm is triggered if the number of operating hours equal the number of operating
hours already accumulated plus the operating hours specified in this field.
SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6
Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA
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