Diagnostics And Maintenance; Diagnostics Options - Siemens Simatic RTU303xC Series Operating Instructions Manual

Diagnostics and maintenance

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Diagnostics options

The following diagnostics options are available:
LEDs of the module
For information on the LED displays, refer to the section LEDs (Page 46).
Web Based Management (WBM)
To do this, you need to connect your PC to the RTU either locally, via a router or via the
mobile wireless network.
In the WBM area Diagnostics", you will find the diagnostics messages and the setting
options for sending messages if errors occur (see below).
On the following WBM pages you obtain information on the status of the RTU:
● You will find general information on the status of the RTU on the start page of the WBM,
refer to the section Status (Page 110).
● You will find information about the system load of the RTU on the WBM page for the
system, refer to the section Device info (Page 113).
● You will find the diagnostics messages on the diagnostics page of the WBM, refer to the
section Diagnostics buffer (Page 120).
Diagnostics messages
When important events occur, the RTU writes diagnostics messages to its diagnostics buffer.
The diagnostics messages are divided into 4 classes, see section Diagnostics buffer
(Page 120).
You can read out or transfer diagnostics messages using the following mechanisms:
● Reading out the diagnostics buffer using the WBM
For details, see section Diagnostics buffer (Page 120).
● Transferring diagnostics messages relating to errors by SMS message or e-mail
Errors can be sent as a message (SMS or e-mail). You will find the description in the
section Configuration (Page 121).
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