Message View - Siemens Multi Panel MP270 SIMATIC HMI Equipment Manual

Operating Special Screen Objects
5.2.5

Message View

Purpose
It is possible to define specific views of the message buffer (volatile or archive) in
the message view. Various filter criteria are provided in ProTool for this purpose.
The following can be configured
Message archive
Message categories
Message events
Number of columns
Alarm message sorting
Buttons
Structure
The message view indicates messages (Figure 5-4) which are present in the
MP270 or need to be acknowledged. The message view can be used to
acknowledge the messages.
The message view can also be used to display a history of message events. In this
case, it is not possible to acknowledge messages.
Figure 5-4
In order to differentiate between various message categories, the categories are
identified as follows in the first column of the message view:
! Alarm messages
Empty Event messages
$ System messages
S7 S7 messages
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Example of a message view on the MP270
MP270 Equipment Manual
Release 01/99