Mitsubishi Electric MELDAS 60 Series Programming Manual page 274

Note that the number of displayed external alarm messages depends on their number of
characters.
0 to 32 characters
4 messages displayed
A l a r m m e s s a g e 1 s t a r t s . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 e n d s
A l a r m m e s s a g e 2 s t a r t s . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 e n d s
A l a r m m e s s a g e 3 s t a r t s . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 e n d s
A l a r m m e s s a g e 4 s t a r t s . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 e n d s
65 to 96 characters
2 messages displayed
(Note that the second message has up to 32
characters from the head)
A l a r m m e s s a g e 1 s t a r t s
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A l a r m m e s s a g e 2 s t a r t s
10.1.3 Message Creation
(1) Alarm message type
Create messages by using PLC development software (GX-Developer). (Note 1)
Set the number of characters for one message and the number of messages to be prepared,
then enter message data through the keyboard.
The maximum length of an alarm message is 32 characters.
A maximum of 512 alarm messages can be prepared. For details, refer to "MELDAS 600,
60/60S Series PLC Development Software Manual (BNP-B2252)".
(Note 1) PLC Onboard does not include the message creation function.
(2) External alarm message type
Text-form PLC alarm message can be input as the External alarm message.
Moreover, PLC alarm message can be input or output with a maintenance data format.
Details of the external alarm messages creation method are described below.
Number of External alarm message characters
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A l a r m m e s s a g e 1 e n d s
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33 to 64 characters
2 messages displayed
A l a r m m e s s a g e 1 s t a r t s
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A l a r m m e s s a g e 1 e n d s
A l a r m m e s s a g e 2 s t a r t s
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A l a r m m e s s a g e 2 e n d s
97 to 128 characters
1 message displayed
A l a r m m e s s a g e 1 s t a r t s
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A l a r m m e s s a g e 1 e n d s
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