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12.1 Alarm and message texts
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The associated text is given in inverted commas with the position parameters.
S Characters ” and # must not be used in alarm texts.
The % character is reserved for displaying parameters.
S If an existing text is to be used, this can be done with a reference to the cor-
responding alarm. 6–digit alarm number instead of ”text”.
S The alarm file can contain comment lines, these must start with ”//”. The
maximum length of the alarm text is 110 characters for a 2–line display. If the
text is too long, it is truncated and the symbol ”*” is added to indicate missing
text.
S Parameter ”%K”: Channel number (2nd digit of alarm number)
Parameter ”%A”: The parameter is replaced by the signal group no. (e.g.
axis no., user area no., sequence cascade no.)
Parameter ”%N”: Signal number
Parameter ”%Z”: Status number
12.1.5 Setting the alarm log properties
In addition to the current alarms, an alarm log showing the alarms occurred hith-
erto is displayed on the user interface in the form of a list. The properties of the
alarm list can be changed in the MBDDE.INI file.
Table 12-5 Sections of the MBDDE.INI file
Section
Significance
Alarms
General information about the alarm list:
e.g. time/date format of messages
TextFiles
Path/file specification of the alarm/text files:
e.g. UserPLC = <installation path>\dh\mb.dir\myplc_
HelpContext Name and path of help files: e.g. File0 = hlp\alarm_
DEFAULTPRIO Priority of various alarm types: e.g. POWERON = 100
PROTOCOL
Properties of the protocol:
e.g. file=.\proto.txt <name and path of the protocol file>)
KEYS
Information about keys that can be used to delete alarms:
e.g. Cancel = +F10 <Deleting alarms with key combination
Shift+F10>
For further details of the file entries, refer to
References: /BN/ User Guide: OEM package for MMC
Text or
alarm number
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