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Industrial PC
SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6
Operating Manual
05/2021
A5E50981422-AA
Introduction
SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor
software components
Quick-Start Guide
Hardware and software
requirements
Installing and removing the
software
Displaying operating data
and alarms
Configuration
Diagnostics data via
Windows Performance
Counters
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  • Page 1 Introduction SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor software components SIMATIC Quick-Start Guide Hardware and software requirements Industrial PC SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Installing and removing the software Displaying operating data and alarms Operating Manual Configuration Diagnostics data via Windows Performance Counters 05/2021 A5E50981422-AA...
  • Page 2 Note the following: WARNING Siemens products may only be used for the applications described in the catalog and in the relevant technical documentation. If products and components from other manufacturers are used, these must be recommended or approved by Siemens. Proper transport, storage, installation, assembly, commissioning, operation and maintenance are required to ensure that the products operate safely and without any problems.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Self-test ..........................23 Alarms ..........................25 6.2.1 Interpreting status information in the Management Explorer ..........25 6.2.2 Acknowledging alarms in the Management Explorer ............26 6.2.3 Mapping an alarm to a display ................... 26 SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...
  • Page 4 Opening the MiniWeb Site ....................43 7.1.10.5 Changing the Links on the MiniWeb Site ................44 7.1.11 Firmware of the device ...................... 45 7.1.11.1 Firmware settings ......................45 7.1.11.2 Firmware version ....................... 46 SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...
  • Page 5 Changing an application in the Alarm Manager ..............48 7.2.4 Removing an application in the Alarm Manager ..............49 7.2.5 Changing settings of the Alarm Manager ................49 Diagnostics data via Windows Performance Counters ................ 50 Index ..............................51 SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    With the SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor software, you can use these functions for local and remote monitoring. You can use the DiagMonitor Management Explorer application for general monitoring or DiagMonitor Alarm Manager for notification of individual alarms. This documentation describes the functionality of SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor software. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 7: Simatic Ipc Diagmonitor Software Components

    Lists the individual alarms for acknowledgment. Management Explorer Lists the monitored device components and status in an overview. During installation, these components are copied to the system disk and are available for startup in the system. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 8: Quick-Start Guide

    2. Perform the SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor installation on the SIMATIC IPC (see section Installation (Page 12)). 3. Start the DiagMonitor Alarm Manager in order to be informed of malfunctioning of the monitored device components. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 9: Hardware And Software Requirements

    Hardware and software requirements Hardware requirements Only the following SIEMENS products are supported: • SIMATIC IPC227D • SIMATIC IPC277D • SIMATIC IPC427D • SIMATIC IPC477D • SIMATIC IPC627D • SIMATIC IPC647D • SIMATIC IPC677D • SIMATIC IPC827D • SIMATIC IPC847D •...

  • Page 10: Software Requirements

    • Microsoft® Windows® 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB, 64-bit • Microsoft® Windows® 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC, 64-bit • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2016 • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2019 Restriction Remote monitoring is only possible using the TCP/IP Internet protocol with SNMP. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 11: Industrial Security

    Siemens’ products and solutions undergo continuous development to make them more secure. Siemens strongly recommends that product updates are applied as soon as they are available and that the latest product versions are used. Use of product versions that are no longer supported, and failure to apply latest updates may increase customer’s exposure to...

  • Page 12: Installing And Removing The Software

    The SNMP service is required for operating the DiagMonitor. Setup checks whether this service is installed. If it finds that the service has not been installed, an error message will appear and setup is canceled. In this case, install the SNMP service. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...
  • Page 13 3. Start the "START_DocuAndDrivers.cmd" script from the USB stick. 4. Select "Software" in the index. 5. Select "Optional Windows features". 6. Select "Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)". 7. Click on the "Install" icon. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...
  • Page 14 Note If a firewall is active, ports 161 and 162 UDP (SNMP/SNMP trap) must be entered in the exception list. 7. Close the dialog. See also SNMP options (Page 39) SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 15: Removal

    Silent removal You have the option of uninstalling SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor without displaying a window during the uninstallation process. To do this, run the application DMInstManager.exe with the "remove DiagMonitor" parameters. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 16: Displaying Operating Data And Alarms

    DiagMonitor Management Explorer starts automatically the next time the system starts up. The application autonomously prevents multiple starts. Program window The setting and size of the program window are retained during runtime. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 17: Toolbar

    1. Right-click on the group in the tree view. 2. Select the menu command "Properties" from the shortcut menu. 3. The "Group properties..." window opens and displays the number of elements contained. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 18: Displaying The Properties Of An Element

    • Details: This view displays small icons and detailed status information about the monitored devices. Example of a fan: In the detailed view, apart from the type and current value, you can also see the low and high limit of the fan speed. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 19: Temperatures" Group

    Violation of these limits will trigger an alarm. To the right of the speed scale are the minimum and maximum measured values. Alarms If the speed falls below the indicated minimum value, such a reaction will be displayed in the sensor status (see Display of Alarms (Page 22)). SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 20: Voltages" Group

    Alarms If a drive reports a SMART or RAID error, the status of the drive changes (see Display of Alarms (Page 22)). SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 21: Leds" Group

    You can find addition information on this under: Reading the properties of a registered application (Page 32). • Tasks You can use the "Tasks" monitoring function to monitor tasks from Windows Task Scheduler. See also Display of Alarms (Page 22) SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 22: Operating Hours" Group

    An error has occurred which is still present at this time, e.g. fan standstill. The objects with this status are displayed in the Management Explorer in the color red. If this status is acknowledged, the status will change to "Acknowledged Alarm". SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 23: Service Mode

    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...
  • Page 24 • "Test now" button: A self-test of the affected fans is started immediately when this button is pressed. Note It is not possible to perform a self-test for all fans or in all devices. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 25: Alarms

    A green check mark is added to the red icon in the right-hand pain of the window. To display detailed information, click on the relevant group. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 26: Acknowledging Alarms In The Management Explorer

    1. Change to the "Alarm mapping" tab as described above. 2. Select the mapping you want to cancel from "Existing mappings". 3. Click the "Remove" button. 4. Exit the window with "OK". SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 27: Alarm Manager

    The Alarm Manager can be called directly from the Management Explorer either to restart it or to change the settings. To open the Alarm Manager, select "Tools > Alarm Manager" in the Management Explorer menu. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 28: The Alarm Display

    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. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 29: Start Alarm Manager

    Explorer. The Alarm Manager, however, acknowledges all alarms at the same time. It is not possible to acknowledge a specific alarm: 1. You can do this by right-clicking on the Alarm Manager icon in the system tray. 2. Select "Acknowledge all alarms". SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 30: Configuration

    3. In the "Timeout value" box, you can set the time after which the activated watchdog is restarted. 4. In the field "Software delay", a time delay for running the reset type (e.g. restart) can be set. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...
  • Page 31 – "Restart" results in rebooting the operating system action when the watchdog times out. – "Shutdown" results in shutting down the operating system action when the watchdog times out. Note The "Reset type" property depends on the device and its setting options are limited. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 32: Configuration Of Hard Disk Space Monitoring

    2. Select the "Applications" group in the list view in the right-hand pane of the window. 3. A list of the applications registered for this station will appear. 4. Double-click on the application whose properties you wish to display. The properties of the application are displayed. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 33: Changing The Settings Of The Management Explorer

    • "Interval" window: A cyclic alarm is triggered when the specified time has expired once this option is activated. Revisions can be added or removed at any time without restriction. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 34: Monitoring Windows Tasks

    Removing task monitoring 1. Right-click on "Monitoring > Applications". 2. Select the task monitoring to be deleted on the right side. 3. Right-click on the required element. 4. Select "Remove" in the shortcut menu. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 35: Station

    1. Right-click on a station. 2. Select "Add station group". 3. Enter a name for the group. 4. Confirm the next dialog. The station is now found in the newly created group. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 36: Saving Stations And Groups

    The added station and groups can be saved to a file and loaded from a file. Saving stations Select "File > Stations > Save..." in the Management Explorer. Downloading stations Select "File > Stations > Load..." in the Management Explorer. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 37: Notifications

    The encryption methods TLS and SSL are available for email encryption. The default port for TLS is 587 and the default port for SSL is 465. If you do not want to send encrypted e-mails, select "n/a". SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 38: Sms Options

    Once the configuration is successfully completed, a text message is sent to the cell phone if an alarm occurs. Comment: The SMS from SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor can only be sent to devices that support GSM. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 39: Using Macros In E-Mail And Sms Notification

    – The "Redial attempts" window shows the number of attempts permitted to establish a connection. • "Connection" group: – In the "Community" window you can set the name of the SNMP community to which a connection is to be made. See also Installation (Page 12) SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 40: Connection Error

    An OPC server is required to integrate the SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor data into a SIMATIC application. The OPC server can be located on the same computer as the monitoring station or on a dedicated computer. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...
  • Page 41 Saving and loading the configuration In the "Configuration" field, you can save the current OPC client configuration as well as the configuration of the tag assignment to a file or load them from a file. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 42: Opc Tag Assignment

    Explorer. For additional details, see Starting or stopping the OPC UA server (Page 42). 7.1.9.5 Starting or stopping the OPC UA server 1. Open the Management Explorer. 2. Select "OPC UA" from the "Options" menu. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 43: Miniweb Server

    The default values for the network ports are 5009 for HTTP and 5449 for HTTPS. To change this setting, proceed as follows: 1. Start the link "Start > Programs > Siemens Automation > DiagBase > WebServer > Configuration". 2. Search for the line <PORTNUMBER VALUE="5009"/>.

  • Page 44: Changing The Links On The Miniweb Site

    "Links“. If you want to change or add links at a later time, follow these steps: 1. Start the link "Start > Programs > Siemens Automation > DiagMonitor > WebServer > Links". 2. If you want to add a new link, open the links as an administrator (right-click), copy one of the lines and change it as necessary.

  • Page 45: Firmware Of The Device

    7. Activate the newly loaded firmware settings by restarting the PC. Displaying current firmware settings 1. Start the Management Explorer. 2. In the menu bar, select "Tools > Local BIOS...". The current firmware settings are shown in the "Settings" tab. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 46: Firmware Version

    The following applies: • Never interrupt the power supply while an update is taking place. • The update process must be complete before you shut down the device. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...
  • Page 47 5. Navigate to the folder in which you previously stored the current firmware version. 6. Open the "BIOS" folder. 7. Observe the information in the warning message and start the update. 8. After the update is complete, restart your device. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 48: Alarm Manager

    1. Select the required application. 2. Make these changes: See Adding a new application in the Alarm Manager (Page 48), items 2 to 6. 3. You can save the changes with the "Change" button. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 49: Removing An Application In The Alarm Manager

    Events can be logged. Activate this function to save events in the event view. Refer to Displaying events with the Event Viewer (Page 28). – Autostart: Specifies whether or not the Alarm Manager opens automatically when you start Windows. SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 50: Diagnostics Data Via Windows Performance Counters

    SIMATIC DiagMonitor tem- peratures Alarm count Number of temperature alarms in the current session Current value Current temperatures in °C SIMATIC DiagMonitor volt- ages Alarm count Number of voltage alarms in the current session SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

  • Page 51: Index

    Windows® 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB, 13 Display of Alarms, 22 Interrupt assignment, 26 Displaying events, 28 Introduction, 6 Displays, 21 Inventory number Properties, 18 Assigning and changing, 46 Displays group, 21 IPCUniDrv, 7 SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...
  • Page 52 Property window, 18 Voltages, 20 Voltages group, 20 Quick-Start Guide, 8 Watchdog Properties, 18 Reading status information Acknowledged Alarm, 25 Alarm, 25 No alarm, 25 Outgoing Alarm, 25 Removing a station, 35, 35 SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor V5.1.6 Operating Manual, 05/2021, A5E50981422-AA...

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