Alarm and message texts
12.4 Syntax for alarm text files
Manual
Commissioning Manual, 05/2008, 6FC5397–4CP10–4BA0
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Display
This number defines the alarm display type:
0: Display in alarm line
1: Display in a dialog box
Help ID
The default assignment "0" means:
The help file supplied by Siemens provides a detailed description of the alarm.
A value between 1 and 9 uses an assignment entry in the MBDDE.INI file to refer to a help
file created by the user. Refer also to Chapter "Setting Alarm Log Properties" (Page 500),
Section: HelpContext.
Text or alarm number
The associated text is given in inverted commas with the position parameters.
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Characters " and # must not be used in alarm texts.
The % character is reserved for displaying parameters.
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If an existing text is to be used, this can be done with a reference to the corresponding
alarm. 6-digit alarm number instead of "text".
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The alarm file can contain comment lines, these must start with "//". The maximum length
of the alarm text is 110 characters for a 2-line display. If the text is too long, it is truncated
and the symbol "*" is added to indicate missing text.
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Parameter "%K": Channel No. (2nd digit of alarm number)
Parameter "%A": The parameter is replaced by the signal group no. (e.g. axis no., user
area no., sequence cascade no.)
Parameter "%N": Signal number
Parameter "%Z": Status number