Siemens CP 1243-1 Operating Instructions Manual page 122

Diagnostics and upkeep
6.1 Diagnostics options
● Industrial Remote Communication
Here, you obtain specific information on the WAN interface and other parameters of the
CP. The entry has the following subentries:
– Partner
– Data point list
– Protocol diagnostics
– Device-specific events
● Time
Information on the time on the device
"Functions" group
● Saving service data
The function serves for logging of internal processes is situations in which you cannot
eliminate unexpected or unwanted behavior of the module yourself.
The log file is created with the "Save service data" button. The data is saved in a file with
the format "*.dmp" that can be evaluated by the Siemens hotline.
STEP 7: The partner status
The CP can signal the status of the connection to the communications partner to the CPU
via a PLC tag. You can display the status of the PLC tag via the Web server of the CPU
For information on the configuration, refer to the section Partner stations (Page 54).
Web server of the CPU
Via the CP you can access the Web server of the CPU and the information available there.
For access, refer to the section Access to the Web server (Page 115).
SNMP
For information on the functions, refer to the section SNMP (Page 125).
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Information about the address settings of the partner, connection statistics,
configuration data of the partner and other diagnostics information.
Various information on the data points such as configuration data, value, connection
status etc.
With the function "Enable protocol trace" the frames received and sent by the module
are copied for several seconds.
With the function "Disable protocol trace", the logging is stopped and the data is
written to a logging file.
With the function "Save", you can save the log file on the engineering station and then
analyze it.
Information on CP-internal events
Operating Instructions, 04/2017, C79000-G8976-C365-03
CP 1243-1