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3. Enter the attribute name of the alarm color to be changed in the <Attribute AttrName=...>
tag. You can change the following colors:
– Font color of the alarm/message text = TEXTCOLOR
– Background color of the alarm/message text = TEXTBACKGROUNDCOLOR
– Font color of the alarm number = NUMBERCOLOR
– Background color of the alarm number = NUMBERBACKGROUNDCOLOR
4. Alarm sources are defined in the <Sources> area for whose alarms the alarm colors are to
be changed, e.g. the alarm sources "/HMI" and "/PLC/PMC".
Note
If you insert further alarm sources, make sure that the alarm number is always assigned to
the correct alarm source.
The possible values for source ID and URL can be found in the table in Section Range of
alarms (Page 274).
5. In the <Alarms> tag, create a separate sub-area for each alarm or for an alarm number
range.
6. Enter the alarm number in the <Alarm AlarmID= "..." > tag, or enter the alarm number range
in the <Range FromAlarmID="..." ToAlarmID= "..."> tag.
7. Enter the required color values in the following tags:
<TEXTCOLOR>
<TEXTBACKGROUNDCOLOR>
<NUMBERCOLOR>
<NUMBERBACKCOLOR>
The attributes of the color values are defined by specifying an RGB value:
– An RGB value always starts with the "#" character.
– The individual color values R, G and B are represented by double-digit hexadecimal
Example
Note the order in the XML configuration file for the assignment of the colors to alarm number
ranges:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE SlAeAlarmAttributes>
<SlAeAlarmAttributes Version="01.00.00.00">
<Types>
<Type TypeName="Condition" TypeID="32">
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numbers. Syntax: "#RRGGBB", e.g. "#FF9A00".
<Category Version="1.0" CatID="1">
<CatDescr>Alarms of the SINUMERIK 840D sl.</CatDescr>
<Attributes>
<Attribute AttrName="TEXTCOLOR" AttrID="5003"
AttrDataType="10">
13.2 Configuring alarm and message texts via alarm text files
Configuring alarms
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