Printing Messages - Siemens TP27 Equipment Manual

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Messages
6.4

Printing Messages

How to print
Alarm and event messages can be printed out
Set the printer parameters in the Printer Settings standard screen. The standard
screen is described in chapter 7.
Note
If a flood of more than 20 messages arrive simultaneously causing the buffer
to overflow, it is possible that the messages will not be printed. If this happens
"****" appears in the printout instead of messages.
Direct message
Alarm and event messages can be printed out directly on arrival and clearing
logging
(alarm messages also on acknowledgement) when this has been defined in the
message configuration. System messages are not logged.
Enabling/Disabling
Message logging can be enabled/disabled online via the Touch Panel using the
direct message
System Settings standard screen. To do so, touch the
logging
and select either of the parameters
The table shows the relationships between the settings on the Touch Panel and
the settings configured in ProTool.
Messages
Overflow
Off
Note
If Asian character sets are used for messages, the messages are printed in
graphics mode.
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automatically following buffer overflow (see chapter 6.3),
automatically as direct message logging,
manually (see chapter 6.5.2).
Setting in ProTool
Message Logging ON
Messages are logged
Messages are logged
Messages are logged
MESSAGE LOGGING
or
from the selection window.
OFF
ON
Setting on Touch Panel
Message Logging OFF
Messages are not logged
Buffer overflow is printed
No effect
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