SIMATIC IPCs offer users a wide range of designs and systems which are perfectly matched to industrial applications and fulfill the high ruggedness requirements.

These include e.g.:

• Wide temperature range up to 55 °C
• High resistance to vibration/shock
• Rugged housing design
• Special degrees of protection up to IP65, NEMA 4
• High electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
• UL, CE industry certification
• Integral industrial power supplies (NAMUR)
• Easy-to-service design for rapid replacement of faulty components

Increased system availability

A graded concept is available for effective early detection of potential failures and minimization of actual downtimes. It consists of hardware and software expansion options specially developed for SIMATIC IPCs with which availability can be increased on a system-specific basis, depending on security requirements.

Using it pays off,
because security is significantly increased by components such as a second hard disk for additional data backup or the SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor for permanent self-diagnostics. The system availability options thus make a contribution to the significant minimization of the total costs (TCO) of the installation according to the motto: "Small effort, great effect".

The following components are available:

SIMATIC IPC Image & Partition Creator

• Software tool for preventive data backup of hard disk contents
• High-speed restoring of system and data partitions with bit accuracy; user software and special installations are also backed up
• Software tool for editing the hard disk partitioning

SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor

• Diagnostic and alarm software for monitoring SIMATIC IPCs
• Comprehensive monitoring of temperature, fans, hard disks (SMART, RAID, CompactFlash, CFast, SSD), watchdog
• Operating hours counter for preventive maintenance
• Integrated log functions, comprehensive text messages, online help (English/German)

SIMATIC IPC Remote Manager

Efficient remote maintenance and management of SIMATIC IPCs.

With the SIMATIC IPC Remote Manager you can use functions of the Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) for SIMATIC IPCs. Intel AMT is for the remote management of IPCs.

SIMATIC IPC BIOS Manager

The SIMATIC IPC BIOS Manager is a software tool which can be used to edit CMOS data from the BIOS configuration of a SIMATIC IPC. The tool is obtained by downloading it from the Internet using the Automation Value Card from Customer Support.

SIMATIC IPC Support Package for VxWorks V1.1

The SIMATIC Embedded and High-end IPC devices of the D generation (except IPC227D) or higher are supported with the SIMATIC IPC Support Package for VxWorks. The SIMATIC IPCs can therefore now be operated along with their PROFINET, PROFIBUS and hardware-based functions with the real-time VxWorks V6.9 operating system.