CPU display
Automation system
298 System Manual, 01/2023, A5E03461182-AK
Available language settings
You can set the following languages separately for menu and message texts:
• Chinese
• German
• English
• French
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Russian
• Spanish
• Turkish
You select the required language directly on the display in the "Display" menu or in STEP 7 in
the hardware configuration of the CPU under "User interface languages".
To display message texts on the display, follow these steps:
1. Download the message texts to the CPU as a software component.
– To do so, select the "Consistent download" option under "Text libraries" in the "Load
preview" dialog.
2. You set the project language you would like to be displayed as the interface language by
means of parameter assignment.
– To do so, select a CPU and navigate to the "Multiple languages" area ("Properties >
General > Multilingual support") in the Inspector window.
– Assign the required project languages to the interface languages.
Reference
Important information/special requirements for the display of F-CPUs can be found in Product
Information F-CPUs S7-1500
(https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/de/view/109478599/en)