Viewing Message Buffers - Siemens OP5 Equipment Manual

7.4

Viewing Message Buffers

Message buffer Messages displayed on the OP are written to the message buffer concerned.
The message buffers can be called to view message history by means of stan-
dard screens.
The times of occurrence, acknowledgment and departure are displayed in
chronological order for all messages.
Viewing the alarm
Choose the standard screen Alarms
buffer The messages contained in the alarm buffer are shown on the alarm message
list together with their message number, the date and time of their occurrence
and the message status (arrived, departed or acknowledged) and their ac-
knowledgment group on the display:
Q–Gr/No.
Q–Gr/No.
Figure 7-2
Explanation relating to example display (first message):
Using the UP and DOWN arrow keys, you can now scroll through the mes-
sage text.
Q–Gr/No.
04/112
K
Q
G
on date time Date and time of arrival/acknowledgment/departure of
Viewing total num-
To obtain an overview of all the alarm messages and the total number of
ber of messages in alarm messages still waiting in the buffer, choose the standard screen
event buffer
Alarms
Manual OP5, OP15
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View.
04/112 K on 08.12.92 09:34:00
04/112 Q on 08.12.92 09:35:42
Example Display of Alarm Buffer (Shown here for OP15/A)
Details relating to next field: acknowledgment group and
alarm message number.
The displayed alarm message belongs to acknowledgment
group 04, the alarm message number is 112.
Message has arrived
Message has been acknowledged
Message has departed
alarm message.
Display of message text relating to selected alarm mes-
sage:
Return to alarm message list:
Number.
Message Handling
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