Display Of Operator And Status Messages; Displaying Messages - Siemens SIMATIC BATCH Operating Manual

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9.8 Batch control
9.8.7

Display of operator and status messages

9.8.7.1

Displaying messages

Requirement
A PCS 7 OS (WinCC) is operating in run time on the BATCH client computer. In other words,
either an OS client application and/or an OS server application is running on the BATCH client
computer.
Principle
All the messages for batch control (system messages, process messages, error messages)
that are managed in the WinCC archives can also be displayed in BatchCC.
To display these messages, you can open the message window of the PCS 7 OS (WinCC
Alarm Control) in BatchCC in a separate display window.
Displaying messages
You can open the message window of the PCS 7 OS (WinCC Alarm Control) with the menu
command View > Output window.
Setting the WinCC Alarm Control
To allow messages to be displayed, the PCS 7 OS must still be assigned. Proceed as follows:
1. Right-click in the message window and select the shortcut menu command "Properties".
Result: The "Properties of WinCC Alarm Control" dialog box opens.
2. Select the "Selection" button under "Server Selection".
Result: The "Select Server" dialog box opens.
3. Here, select the PCS 7 OS (message OS).
4. Confirm the selection with "OK".
Customizing
You can customize the properties of the message window (similar to WinCC), for example the
columns displayed and the selection of messages.
User settings are entered in the global database and restored the next time you start BatchCC.
Certain settings that are essential for SIMATIC BATCH are exceptions to this, for example
selection of BATCH messages.
Using the Open control recipe menu command, the control recipe that matches the message
can be opened. This function corresponds to the "LoopInAlarm" function in the WinCC
message window.
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