Configuring The Display Of Maintenance Information - Siemens Simatic PCS7 Function Manual

Configuring the maintenance stations

5.12 Configuring the display of maintenance information

7. If you want to have the block icons repositioned, select the "Re-position block icons" check
box.
8. Click "OK".
These settings are saved retentively.
Result
When the "Create/update diagnostic screens" function is run, the associated path will be
displayed in the diagnostic screens at the selected position.
After OS compilation and subsequent download, the changes are applied in the process
control.
Note
If block icons and path information overlap in the diagnostic screens, use the "Re-position
block icons" option.
5.12 Configuring the display of maintenance information
Introduction
This section describes the configuration steps for displaying the maintenance information in
the process control.
Requirement
● The maintenance information has been created.
You can find information on this in the section "Configuring maintenance information
(Page 61)".
● Channel blocks of the Advanced Process Library are applied (in PCS 7 V8.2 or higher).
Procedure
1. Activate "Feature.Bit10" on the channel block.
2. Interconnect the "MS_Ext" input on the channel block with the signals of the external
maintenance state of the user program.
You can use the "MSTOu" converter block for this.
3. Interconnect the "Text_Ref" input on the channel block with the signals you use for
displaying the external diagnostic information.
You can use the "BO_W" converter block for this.
The individual bits of the "Text_Ref" input activate the state display in the faceplate in the
"External diagnostics" view in process mode.
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