Status Display; Setting Tpm Lights - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

6.3

Status display

6.3.1

Setting TPM lights

The TPM lights are visible in the status bar of the "Machine" operating area.
The settings of the lights are specified in the "mmc.xml" file. You can edit default values and
specify which light color is displayed for each value in the data block.
Proceed as follows
1. Copy the "mmc.xml" file from the following directory:
2. Paste the file into the "OEM" or "User" directory.
3. Open the file and make the entries shown in the example below.
File "mmc.xml"
● TPM, flag: Light display yes/no
● TPMPLCData, DB, data block to be evaluated
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<CONFIGURATION>
<CONFIGURATION>
HMI sl (IM9)
Commissioning Manual, 07/2007, 6FC5397-1DP10-2BA0
/Siemens/sinumerik/hmi/cfg
<Header>
<TPM type="int" value="1"/>
<TPMGreen type="int" value="3"/>
<TPMYellow type="int" value="2"/>
<TPMRed type="int" value="1"/>
<TPMPLCData type="QString" value="DB100.DBB9"/>
</Header>
Customizing the "Machine" operating area
Light display yes/no
Default: 1
Default: 2
Default: 3
Data block to be
evaluated
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