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System Manual, 07/2009, C79000-G8976-C222-07
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SINAUT Diagnostics and Service tool
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3.1 Overview of the functions and operation of the SINAUT Diagnostics
and Service tool
Introduction
The SINAUT Diagnostics and Service tool provides the user with functions for checking
connections, interfaces and communication as well as the firmware and software
components of the network subscribers of a SINAUT installation.
The most important functions are as follows:
● Reading the diagnostic data from a TIM or CPU module
● Reading the diagnostic buffer
● Checking and setting the module time
● Reading the module parameter assignment
● Activating a message trace
● Firmware update of TIM modules
● Downloading a new parameter assignment to the TIM modules
Note
Diagnostics functions that are also available in the SIMATIC Manager are described here
with the emphasis on diagnostics of TIM modules.
3.1.1 Starting the program and types of access
Opening the Diagnostics and Service tool
The SINAUT Diagnostics and Service tool is opened in the Windows start menu SIMATIC /
SINAUT ST7 / Diagnostics and Service
.
You can access the module-specific diagnostic information alternatively over:
●
Accessible nodes
● the
SINAUT subscriber list of the STEP 7 project
NOTICE
Regardless of whether you access this information using Accessible nodes or the
SINAUT subscriber list , unless you activate the PG routing function, you can only
access subscribers of the subnet of the local MPI bus to which the PG is connected.