Printing Messages - Siemens OP7 Equipment Manual

7.5

Printing Messages

How to print out You can print alarm and event messages
7.5.1 Direct Message Logging
Print time Event and alarm messages can be printed upon arrival and departure (alarm
messages upon acknowledgment, too) if this was set when the message was
configured. System messages are not logged directly.
If direct message logging follows another print function, the header of the
direct message log is re-printed.
Temporary storage If the printer is disabled, not ready or assigned to another print function, up to
if the printer is
16 messages are stored temporarily. Temporary storage of the messages for
disabled
the message log is independent of the message buffer concerned.
Activating/ You can activate and deactivate direct message logging online at the OP via
deactivating direct
the standard screen System Settings
message logging symbolic input field Message log in the list of parameters and setting the
value ON or OFF.
The table below shows the interdependency between the settings on the OP
and the settings configured in ProTool.
Message event
Buffer overflow
OFF
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as a direct message log (refer to section 7.5.1),
as a full printout of the message buffer (refer to section 7.5.2),
upon buffer overflow (refer to section 7.4.1).
Setting in g
ProTool P T l
Message logging ON
Messages are logged
Messages are logged
Messages are logged
Printer. You do this by selecting the
Setting on OP
Message logging OFF
Messages are not logged
Buffer overflow is printed
out
No effect
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