Use of the PC station display
PC station display in the notification area
An icon for the PC station's service
the CPU. Among other things the icon indicates the current state of the PC station's service, and provides you with the
opportunity to do configurations.
Right clicking the icon
States of the notification area icon
The state of the icon for the PC station's service in the taskbar's notification area changes as soon as the mode of the PC
station changes.
The notification area icon can display the following states:
RUN
Configuration options using the "Station Manager" service's icon
The icon for the PC station's service in the taskbar's notification area gives you the following configuration options via the
shortcut menu:
● Delete the current SIMATIC software configuration
Administrative rights are required for this configuration option.
If you have deleted the PC system's software configuration, the protection level is also removed. Then you can download
a project with a new protection level configuration.
Note
Use of enhanced write filters
Before you run the shortcut menu command Delete the current SIMATIC software configuration, you must disable the
enhanced write filter (EWF/FBWF).
● Change the configuration data directory
Administrative rights are required for this configuration option.
If you are protecting a partition with an enhanced write filter (EWF), the configuration and diagnostic data are also
thereby write-protected.
Save the diagnostic data in an area of the hard disk that is not write-protected. You can also save the configuration data,
which contain the configuration, in a section of the hard disk that is not write-protected.
● Restart all of the PC station's services
Administrative rights are required for this configuration option.
This shortcut menu command causes all of the PC station's services to be restarted.
● Exit
This shortcut menu command causes the PC station panel to be closed. The icon for the PC station's service in the
notification area of the taskbar is hidden. Restart the PC station panel using the following entry in the Windows Start
menu:
Siemens Automation > SIMATIC > PC Station > "PC Station"
Delete the current SIMATIC software configuration
There are situations in which it is necessary to delete the configuration of the entire PC device.
To do this, select the command "Delete the current SIMATIC software configuration" in the shortcut menu of the PC station
icon in the Info area of the taskbar.
Note
When you execute this command, the entire configuration of the software controller, including the hardware configuration
and program, is deleted. The CPU is returned to the state it had after installation. To be able to continue to operate the
software controller, load the PC system to the target system via the "Upload to device" command.
Additional Information on CPU 1505S/CPU 1507S
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is also displayed in the notification area of the Windows taskbar during operation of
in the notification area opens the PC station's shortcut menu
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