Displaying An Alarm Log; Displaying Messages - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Operating Manual

20.2

Displaying an alarm log

A list of all the alarms and messages that have occurred so far are listed in the "Alarm Log"
window.
Up to 500 administered, incoming and outgoing events are displayed in chronological order.
Procedure
20.3

Displaying messages

PLC and part program messages may be issued during machining.
These message will not interrupt the program execution. Messages provide information with
regard to a certain behavior of the cycles and with regard to the progress of machining and
are usually kept beyond a machining step or until the end of the cycle.
Overview of messages
You can display all issued messages.
The message overview contains the following information:
● Date
● Message number
● Message text
Milling
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Machine manufacturer
Please refer to the machine manufacturer's specifications.
1. Select the "Diagnostics" operating area.
2. Press the "Alarm log" softkey.
The "Alarm Log" window opens.
All of the coming and going events - that have occurred since the HMI
was started - are listed.
3. Press the "Display new" softkey to update the list of displayed
alarms/messages.
4. Press the "Save Log" softkey.
The log that is currently displayed is stored as text file alarmlog.txt in
the system data in directory card/user/sinumerik/hmi/log/alarm_log.
is only displayed for PLC messages
Alarms, error messages, and system alarms
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