Inventory

• SINEMA Server detects all devices in the network and can display them either as a device list or an interface list. An up-to-date overview of all installed components including all their essential features is produced.

Topology

• HTML5-based topological representation
• The plant topology is automatically read out, displayed and monitored for changes.
• The type of medium, redundancy and VLANs are displayed graphically.
• Wireless connections between access points and client modules (SCALANCE W) are displayed.

Monitoring

• A wide range of mechanisms is used to collect and centrally archive diagnostics data from all network subscribers.
• Besides SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) it is also possible to directly access SIMATIC controllers (S7-300/S7-400)or PROFINET nodes with “Read data record”.
• SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500 are detected and fundamentally read out via SNMP
• Detection and recognition of devices with identical IP addresses (Network Address Translation)
• Detection and display of devices with IPv6 addresses

Diagnostics

• Diagnostic states are signaled as events and the corresponding devices highlighted in color in the user interface. This enables faults to be detected early.
• Problems are easy to locate via the views and topology diagnostic displays.

Reporting

• Statistics for any time period can be displayed and evaluated thanks to the database-supported system. This makes it easy to evaluate past events.

Validation

• Configurable test patterns enable essential network properties to be repeatedly checked and documented.
• The validation result is stored together with all underlying data as a PDF.

Propagation

• A large number of interfaces (URL, HTTP, CSV, OPC UA) enable network and diagnostic data to be displayed and further processed in higher-level systems.
• E-mails or application can be event-triggered.

Management

• In many cases, SCALANCE component firmware can be upgraded individually or in bulk.
• Devices can be configured via an open interface (SSH, Telnet).