Siemens SINUMERIK Commissioning Manual page 248

Tool management
6.3 Language-dependence for user-defined name
Display loading locations in the HMI tool management screens
The language-specific names of the loading locations are displayed in all the relevant tool
management screens and tool management start-up screens. If there are no entries in the
corresponding INI files, the standard name from the tool database is displayed.
Affected screens/functions:
● Tool management:
● Tool management startup: Loading locations
6.3.4 Language-specific names for location types
Function
The location types and their names are entered by the user via the tool management startup
tool (IW) in the "Location types" screen. This is why the names are specified in the tool
management database and not in a language DLL. In previous versions, this meant that they
were not available in different languages.
The new functionality allows the user to create the location type names in different
languages/locales.
You can achieve this by entering name texts in the language-specific tool management INI
files for the location types configured in the database.
There are two names for each location type:
● The standard name which is used internally (tool database) and
● an associated language-specific name which is displayed on the operator interface.
If the user does not assign a language-specific name, the standard name from the database
is displayed.
The location type "standard" is contained in the original database shipped with the tool
management. The following special handling applies for this location type:
● The default setting for all patm_xx.ini files contained in the scope of supply includes an
● In the Location types screen for the tool management startup tool (IW) the language-
Entries in the language-specific INI files
Users must make the entries described here themselves. They are not written to the to the
INI files by HMI Advanced.
Exception: Standard="Location type standard".
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– Load
– Unload
– Empty location search
– Positioning
entry in [Placetype_VISName] for the "standard" location type.
specific text from patm_xx.ini is also displayed for the "standard" location type in the
"Name" selection box.
Commissioning Manual, 03/2009, 6FC5397-0DP10-3BA0
HMI Advanced (IM4)