Siemens SINUMERIK FM-NC Installation And Startup Manual page 189

03.96
The texts from the user files overwrite standard texts with the same alarm num-
ber. Alarm numbers which do not already exist in the standard texts are added.
Editor
An ASCII editor must be used to edit the files (e.g. the DOS editor edit).
Alarm text
A language is assigned to the user alarm texts by means of the text file name.
languages The appropriate code and the extension .com are added to the user file name
entered in mbdde.ini:
Example
myplc_gr.com
mynck_uk.com
Note
Changes to alarm texts do not take effect until the MMC has powered up again.
When you generate text files, make sure that the date and time of day on your
PC are set correctly or else your texts may not be displayed!
Example of
File with German user texts, PLC:
MMC102/103 myplc_gr.com
700000 0 0 "DB2.DBX180.0 set"
700001 0 0 "No lubrication pressure"
The maximum length of an alarm text is 110 characters for a 2-line display.
 Siemens AG 2000 All Rights Reserved
SINUMERIK 840D Installation and Start-Up Guide (IAD) – 04.00 Edition
8.1
Language
German
English
French
Italian
Spanish
File for German PLC alarm texts
File for English NCK alarm texts
8 Alarm and Message Texts
Alarm and message texts
Code
gr
uk
fr
it
sp
8-189
8