Update Diagnostics; Start Lifelist; Device Selection (Reassign) - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Operating Manual

Menus and dialog boxes for SIMATIC PDM in the SIMATIC Manager
9.1 "Edit" menu
Additional information
You can find information on loading FF devices in the
commissioning manual
See also
"Upload to PG/PC - <...>" dialog box (Page 166)
9.1.3.5

Update diagnostics

SIMATIC PDM attempts to establish an online connection to the object which is currently
selected and to update the status.
If a device is opened twice, for example, by opening the higher-level network and by opening
it directly, this menu item is grayed out in the second window and can only be accessed in the
window that was opened first.
See also
"Update diagnostics - <...>" dialog box (Page 191)
9.1.3.6

Start LifeList

This menu command is used to call the LifeList.
LifeList makes it possible to identify active field devices without configuration. With LifeList ,
you perform a scan on one of the following network objects:
● PROFIBUS DP network
● PA network
● HART modem network
● FF network
9.1.3.7

Device selection (Reassign)

Use this menu to assign a different or new device description (EDD) to an object.
The devices are structured by the device types in a tree structure.
Note
Integrated devices
You can only select devices for which a device description file has been integrated via the
Device Integration Manager.
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