Using the Text Display Wizard to Configure the S7-200 CPU for Your Text Display (TD) Device
4.5 Configuring the Alarms
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● Variable data (optional): Click the Insert PLC Data button to embed a variable into the
text message
● Fonts: For the TD400C you select the font to use for the alarm message
To ensure that important alarms are acknowledged by an operator, you can configure the
alarm to require acknowledgement.
You select the symbolic name for the acknowledgement bit for the alarm. The user program
uses this symbolic name to report that the alarm has been acknowledged.
To acknowledge an alarm with the TD device, the operator selects the alarm and presses
ENTER.
Figure 4-27 Creating the Text for an Alarm