Entering Spaceholders - Siemens SIMATIC S5 CP 523 Manual

CP 523
Example: Configuring message texts without spaceholders
You want to store the following message texts in DB2:
Message text 4: Excess temperature
Message text 5: Coolant loss
Entry on the PG 685 for DB 2
0: KS = '4:Excess temperature$';
11: S = '5:Coolant loss$';
6.4.2

Entering Spaceholders

Spaceholders are used for inserting the date, time of day, variables, control parameters and
further message texts.
Some spaceholders can also be used in headers and footers. The headers and footers are
configured on the memory submodule in data block 1, parameter block 6 ( 6.3.3).
A spaceholder is enclosed between function characters. You can configure the function characters
in data block 1, parameter block 3. The default value for the function characters is 22
Function character
Wrongly entered spaceholders are treated as text.
EWA 4NEB 811 6044-02a
Spaceholder
Figure 6-5. Structure of a Spaceholder
Explanation
Message text number 4, Separator ":",
Message text, End-of-text character "$"
Message text number 5, Separator ":",
Message text, End-of-text character "$"
Print Mode
= ".
H
Function character
6-17