Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Service Manual

6.5.3 Target groups of messages
Target groups
Message type Target group: Proc‐
ess control
Target group: Opera‐
tions management and
recording
Target group: System
specialist and mainte‐
nance specialist
Operator input messages X X X
Process messages X X X
Operational messages X X X
Process control messages X X
System messages X
6.5.4 Message lists in process mode
Message lists
PCS 7 places incoming messages in message lists. The message is available in different
message lists, depending on the event source and message status.
The following messages lists are available by default. You can modify these standard message
lists or create additional message lists.
Default message lists
List Contents
Incoming alarm list The incoming message list contains the messages which require acknowledg‐
ment, however, which are still pending acknowledgment or deactivation.
Acknowledged
alarm list
The acknowledged message list contains the acknowledged process messages.
Outgoing alarm list The outgoing message list contains the messages flagged as "Outgoing". Those
messages are no longer active, but are not yet acknowledged.
Journal list The history list provides a view of the message archive which contains all mes‐
sages, except the operator log.
Process control list The process control list provides a view of the message archive, filtered according
to process messages (and comparable ones).
Example: Rack failure
Process alarms are also displayed in the following lists:
● Incoming alarm list
● Acknowledged alarm list
● Outgoing alarm list
● Journal list
Message concept of PCS 7
6.5 Understanding messages
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Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Specifications

General

Brand	Siemens
Model	SIMATIC PCS 7
Category	Control Systems
Language	English