Online displays
After the online connection has been established successfully, the user interface changes. If a device is unavailable, this is indicated by a symbol. The following figure shows a device connected online and the corresponding user interface:
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The title bar of the active window gets an orange background as soon as at least one of the devices currently displayed in the editor has been successfully connected online. If one or more devices are unavailable, a symbol for a broken connection appears in the title bar of the editor. |
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The title bars of inactive windows for the relevant station now have an orange line below them. |
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An orange, pulsing bar appears at the right-hand edge of the status bar. If the connection has been established but is functioning incorrectly, an icon for an interrupted connection is displayed instead of the bar. You will find more information on the error in "Diagnostics" in the Inspector window. In addition, the status line indicates if there is an online connection to the SIMATIC hardware via the TIA Portal Cloud Connector. |
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The left column in the project tree indicates the diagnostics status for hardware objects in online mode through symbols. |
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The right column in the project tree indicates the comparison status for software objects in online mode through symbols. A comparison of the online and offline state is performed automatically. Differences between online and offline objects are displayed in the form of symbols. |
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The "Diagnostics > Device information" area is brought to the foreground in the Inspector window. |
Online connection abort
The online mode and its display are retained as long as at least one device is connected online. If the online connection of one or more devices breaks, the TIA Portal remains in online mode. The display of the TIA Portal changes to offline mode only when there is no longer an online connection for any device.
Online connection via the TIA Portal Cloud Connector
If you use the TIA Portal in a virtual environment, you have the opportunity to create an online connection via the TIA Portal Cloud Connector to SIMATIC hardware that is connected to a user device. If the online connection is made via the TIA Portal Cloud Connector, the following symbol is displayed in the status bar:
You can find instructions on how to use the TIA Portal in a virtual environment (private cloud) on the installation disk in the directory "Documents\Readme\<language directory>". You can open the PDF document "TIAPortalCloudConnectorHowTo<Sprachkennung>.pdf" here.