Specifications

Industrial PC
Expansion components
SIMATIC PC BIOS Manager
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Siemens ST PC · November 2008
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Overview
The SIMATIC PC BIOS Manager is a software tool that is used to
process CMOS and DMI data from the BIOS configuration of a
SIMATIC PC.
The tool is obtained by downloading it from the Internet using the
Automation Value Card from Customer Support
http://www.siemens.com/simatic/bios-manager
Benefits
Productivity increase due to efficient and user-friendly BIOS
data management
CMOS data duplicated by means of reading out, saving in a
file, writing to the CMOS
CMOS data saved for documentation and restore purposes
DMI data read out and saved as a text file (e.g. PC serial
number)
Application
Wherever the SIMATIC PC is put to industrial use, it is expanded
by both modules and software and the BIOS settings (CMOS
data) modified accordingly. In this environment, the SIMATIC PC
BIOS Manager is used as:
Production tool
- For quick configuration of identical CMOS data
- Reading CMOS data from the BIOS
- Saving CMOS data in a file tagged with a user text
- Writing the saved CMOS data into BIOS
Service/quality tool
- Quick, simple storage of PC system data for QM purposes
- CMOS data transferred to an end user
- Uncomplicated CMOS restoration on site
Function
The SIMATIC PC BIOS Manager offers the following functions:
reading CMOS data from the BIOS
saving CMOS data in a file tagged with a user text
writing the saved CMOS data into BIOS
scanning BIOS DMI data
saving BIOS DMI data in a text file (basic format for printer
output)
switching language (German/English)
help function
System requirements:
The SIMATIC PC BIOS Manager executes with all SIMATIC PCs
in combination with MSDOS 6.x or FreeDOS.
DOS (FreeDOS), which is necessary for creating a bootable
diskette, is included in the download.
Ordering data Order No.
SIMATIC PC BIOS-Manager
Software tool for processing spe-
cial BIOS data (CMOS, DMI data)
for SIMATIC PCs
as download from
Customer Support
http://www.siemens.com/
simatic/bios-manager
The Auto-
mation
Value
Card will
be deb-
ited with
50 points
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