Configuring Alarms - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

Configuring alarms

13.1 Creating alarm and message texts via the user interface
From the user interface, you can create and edit your alarm and message texts from the part
program. In turn, the alarm and message texts are saved corresponding to their number in
various text files.
Storage
The text files are created in the directory:
/oem/sinumerik/hmi/lng
Procedure
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1. Select the "Start-up" operating area.
2. Press the "HMI" softkey.
3. Press the "Alarm texts" softkey.
The "Select File" window opens and offers the user-specific text files.
4. Select the desired file and press the "OK" softkey.
The window, e.g. "Edit Alarm Texts (User PLC Alarm Texts) German"
opens.
5. Enter the desired alarm number in the "Number" column.
Enter the desired alarm text in the "Alarm text" column.
Select the desired font color in the "Color" column.
In the column "PopUp" with "yes" or "no", select whether the alarm
text should be displayed in a window that requires acknowledgment -
or not.
- AND / OR -
Press the "Insert line" softkey.
A new line is inserted above your cursor.
- OR
Press the "Delete line" softkey to delete the selected line.
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