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Diagnostics
23.3 Diagnosing Hardware: Quick View
Programming with STEP 7
Manual, 05/2010, A5E02789666-01 481
23.3 Diagnosing Hardware: Quick View
23.3.1 Calling the Quick View
The quick view offers you a quick way of using "Diagnosing Hardware" with less information than
the more detailed displays in the diagnostic view of HW Config. The quick view is displayed as
default when the "Diagnose Hardware" function is called.
Displaying the Quick View
You call this function from the SIMATIC Manager using the menu command PLC >
Diagnostics/Settings > Diagnose Hardware.
You can use the menu command as follows:
• In the online window of the project if a module or an S7/M7 program is selected.
• If a node ("MPI=...") is selected in the "Accessible Nodes" window and this entry belongs to a
CPU.
From the configuration tables displayed, you can select modules whose module information you
want to display.
23.3.2 Information Functions in the Quick View
The following information is displayed in the quick view:
• Data for the online connection to the CPU
• Diagnostic symbol for the CPU
• Diagnostic symbols for the modules in which the CPU has detected a fault (for example,
diagnostic interrupt, I/O access error)
• Module type and address of the module (rack, slot, DP master system with station number).
Other Diagnostic Options in the Quick View
• Displaying the Module Information
You can call this dialog box by clicking the "Module Information" button. The dialog box
displays detailed diagnostic information, depending on the diagnostic capabilities of the
selected module. In particular, you can display the entries in the diagnostic buffer via the
diagnostic information of the CPU.
• Displaying the Diagnostic View
Using the "Open Station Online" button, you can open the dialog box which, in contrast to the
quick view, contains a graphic overview of the whole station as well as configuration
information. It focuses on the module which is highlighted in the list "CPU / Faulty Modules."