Functions
9.5 Safecard on Motherboard (SOM)
SIMATIC Rack PC 840 V2
Operating Instructions, Edition 05/2006, A5E00248055-04
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Safecard on Motherboard (SOM)
This application is used to monitor PC hardware (temperature, watchdog and fans) and to
display the current measured values. A GUI is used to configure the application and also to
activate the temperature monitoring watchdog function and fan monitoring function.
Your SIMATIC PC is equipped with three thermocouples, which are automatically detected
by the application.
Figure 9-1
Safecard On Motherboard with three thermocouples
1 Temperature range: Here the current temperature and limit values are shown. You can toggle
the temperature display mode to indicate either the current temperature,
or the min./max. values measured since the start of the application.
2 Watchdog area:
Here, you can configure the watchdog function in your monitoring
application. You can specify the watchdog time, activate a PC reset and
activate / deactivate the watchdog.
3 Fan area:
You can read the current fan speed in this area.
The description of the driver and SOM program are available on the CD "Documentation and
Drivers" under Drivers & Updates\<device>\...
From the CD, run Install.bat and follow the instructions on your screen.