Short Description and Overview

To use the diagnosis system in Automation_Builder, login to the online mode is required Entering/Leaving the Online Mode. The online diagnosis in Automation_Builder consists of a set of partly animated, mostly read only views. They can be invoked by a double-click on a project tree element which shows a circle indicating that this element is able to show diagnosis information Project Tree in Online Mode.

The following types of online diagnosis and statistics are available:

Error Messages

When the Automation_Builder is switched to online mode, incoming error messages or status changes of an error message (come, gone, acknowledged) are displayed as plain-text in the status line Diagnosis and Debugging for AC500 V3 Products.

If an error dialog is prompted, see the details in the chapter Error Messages, Warnings and Notes (Dialogs)

CPU/PLC related diagnosis

See Diagnosis and Debugging for AC500 V3 Products.

All errors or errors of a certain error class can be displayed and/or acknowledged using the PLC shell. Also the complete diagnosis system can be deleted PLC Shell Commands.

I/O module related diagnosis

See Live Values in Views with I/O Components.

Communication Module related diagnosis/ Fieldbus diagnosis

See Diagnosis and Debugging for AC500 V3 Products.

Diagnosis with help of Function Blocks:

If the error LED (ERR) is indicating an error on the PLC, diagnosis information can be read out with the Function Blocks PmErrLedSet: Function BlocksPmDispSetText: Function Blocks

For information on the disk status, diagnosis information can be read out with the Function Blocks PmDiskStatus: Health MonitoringPmDiskLifetimeUsed: Health Monitoring