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Configuring alarms
14.2 Creating alarm texts via alarm text files
Alarm text file
Create your own alarm texts in the alarm text file.
● You can create a new alarm text file or use a copy of the sample file.
● Specify a unique name for the file, e.g. "namexyz_eng.ts".
Note the following when assigning a name:
● Any name can be chosen but it must be written in lower case.
● The name must be followed by an underscore character.
● Use the defined abbreviations for the languages, as shown in the "Supported languages"
● The name must contain a period and file extension.
Foreign-language alarm text file
Create your own alarm texts in a foreign language in the foreign-language alarm text file.
● Copy the file you have already created.
● Only change the language code in the file name.
● Store the file in the same directory as the already created alarm text file.
Configuration file
Inform the "Alarm&Event Service" of the new alarm text file in the configuration file.
● You can create a new configuration file or use a copy of the sample file.
● Store your own file in directory /OEM/sinumerik/hmi/cfg or /User/sinumerik/hmi/cfg.
● You can also create and edit the configuration file externally on a PC.
Alarm attribute file
The links of the alarm numbers from a certain alarm source to the alarm text are stored in
the alarm attribute file. If you replace the standard alarm texts with your own alarm texts, you
have to create a separate alarm attribute file to change the link.
Restart HMI sl
To enable the "Alarm&Event Service" to read the new alarm texts, you must convert them
from ".ts" format into binary format.
Restart HMI sl. The format is converted only during startup. During this process, files with the
same name with the file extension ".qm" are created in the same directory.
The result of the conversion is written to a ".log" error file and stored on the CompactFlash
Card in the User directory.
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