Saving Help Files - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

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Saving help files

Saving help files in the target system
1. Open the /oem/sinumerik/him/hlp directory and create a new folder for the required
2. Place the help book, e.g. "hmi_myhelp.xml" in the "deu" and "eng" folders.
3. Copy the help files into the directories, e.g. /oem/sinumerik/him/hlp/deu/hmi_myhelp for
4. Place the configuration file "slhlp.xml" into the directory /oem/sinumerik/hmi/cfg.
5. Restart the HMI.
See also
Supported languages (Page 584)
19.6 Generating online help for user alarms and machine data
You have the option to create a dedicated online help for user-specific PLC alarms. These
can be opened context-sensitive from the alarm list when the alarms occur.
The help texts for the user-specific PLC alarms are realized in the HTML file
"sinumerik_alarm_oem_plc_pmc.html".
Creating an HTML file
1. Create the HTML file in the following directory:
2. Assign the "sinumerik_alarm_oem_plc_pmc.html" name to the file. If you create help texts
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language. For this purpose, use the specified language code.
It is mandatory that the folder names are written in lower-case letters.
For instance, if you are integrating a help function for German and English, then create
the "deu" and "eng" folders.
German and /oem/sinumerik/him/hlp/eng/hmi_myhelp for English help files.
Note
When displaying the list of contents and subject index of a help book, the help files are
saved in the binary format (slhlp_<Hilfe-Buch_*.hmi) under the directory
/siemens/sinumerik/sys_cache/hmi/hlp for faster use. If you change the help book, you
must always delete these files.
/oem/sinumerik/hmi/hlp/<lng>/sinumerik_alarm_plc_pmc/ or
/user/sinumerik/hmi/hlp/<lng>/sinumerik_alarm_plc_pmc/.
<lng> stands for the language code, e.g. deu, eng, etc. If you create a language directory,
use the language code from the table in Section Supported languages (Page 584)
for several languages, then create the corresponding number of HTML files with precisely
these names. This file name must not be changed and is applicable for all languages.
OEM-specific online help
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