In addition to the productivity of a plant, lifecycle costs are increasingly becoming the focus of attention. Increasing plant availability is an important topic in all sectors in which machines are used.

Continuous plant monitoring and thus the early detection of impending failures are an appropriate means of minimizing downtimes. Status-oriented maintenance permits an increase in availability with a simultaneous reduction of lifecycle costs.

As part of the SIMATIC S7-1200, the Condition Monitoring System is simple to integrate via the TIA Portal (Totally Integrated Automation) engineering framework.

Fundamental parameter assignment and characteristic value-based diagnostics of the SIPLUS CMS1200 take place via the TIA Portal, and frequency-selective diagnostics take place via a web server.