Technical data

TeleService V6.1 Service Software for SIMATIC S7 and C7
A5E00921336-01
7-1
7 Accessing Remote Plants (Remote
Maintenance)
7.1 Establishing a Remote Connection
Requirements
You can establish a remote connection to a plant after you have installed a
modem, made all necessary settings and saved the plant data. These plants can
then be edited as usual with STEP 7.
Proceed as follows:
1. Start TeleService.
2. Open a phone book.
3. Select in a folder the plant to which you want to establish a remote connection.
4. Call up the "Establish Connection" dialog box by:
- Selecting the Connection > Establish menu command or
- Clicking on the corresponding button in the toolbar or
- Double-clicking on the plant to which you wish to establish a remote
connection.
5. In the dialog box enter the modem that is to be used for the remote connection
together with the location, the user name and the password.
6. Click on the "Dial" button.
7. The remote connection is established.
Result:The dialog box disappears when the remote connection has been
established. The "ONLINE" status and the connection time are displayed in the
status bar.An icon is furthermore displayed in which you can call up the
connection properties.
8. You can now use the remote connection with STEP 7 and so communicate
with the automation system.