Hi all,

I hope i' m posting this under the right topic.

In our plant we would like to make it possible for the technichians in the shifts to open and view the simatic manager projects. We would like to make it possible for them to view the status indication of the networks, but without the possibility to change the project. This way they have an extra tool to identify and solve problems like broken sensors, and give them a better understanding of the workings of the program. The technicians who are interested can allso grow and learn more about automation in this way, without the risc of corrupting the program.

Is this at all possible with simatic manager?

I suspect we would need an authentication server witch gives sitrain rights to sirtain users. So the automation engineers can modify the project, but technichians can only read and get status from networks.

Could someone point me in the right direction? 

Thanks

Would something like this suit you?

https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/ww/en/posts/tia-read-only-access/164345?page=0&pageSize=10

hi

IN SIMATIC MANAGER you have ONLY  2 ways for Protect accessing : 1 ) totally password on CPU  , 2) write protect any OB , FB, FC ,..