Writing Message Data On The Standard Screen; Description Format - Mitsubishi Electric M800VW Series Manual

M800V/M80V Series PLC Development Manual
5 Peripheral Development Environment (GX Works2)
5.8 PLC Message Development

5.8.3 Writing Message Data on the Standard Screen

Message data can be written as text data using generally available text editor and commercial spreadsheet software.
Message files are described with one-byte alphanumeric characters or multi-byte characters according to the language.
The format of message data are different between GX Works2 and GX Developer.

5.8.3.1 Description format

Message data is described in the description format shown below.
Use commas (,) as the separator between descriptions.
The description format cannot be omitted. Even if the message text is blank, comma (,) and line feed code are required.
Message classification
Alarm message A ,
Operator message O ,
PLC switch P ,
Comment message M ,
Macro alarm message M ,
Message classification code : A one-byte alphabetic character expressing each message classification
Index No. : One-byte numeric character
Data register No. : One-byte numeric character
Switch No. : One-byte numeric character
Device : One-byte numeric character (1: Spindle/standby name)
Device No. : One-byte numeric character (Always "0" if the device is the spindle/standby name)
Alarm No. : One-byte numeric character
Message character string : One-byte numeric character, or multi-byte character
Line feed code : (CR/LF) or (LF)
Note
(1) Semicolons, commas, spaces, and tabs can be used. Note that the tab at the head of the message character string is
ignored.
For details on the maximum number of characters in a message, refer to "5.8.3.4 Precautions".
Description format
Index No. , Data register No.,
Index No. , Data register No.,
Switch No., Message character string Line feed code
device, Device No.,
Index No. , Alarm No.,
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Message character
Line feed code
string
Message character
Line feed code
string
Message character
Line feed code
string
Message character
Line feed code
string
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