Replacing Standard Alarm Texts - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

Configuring alarms
14.2 Creating alarm texts via alarm text files
14.2.2

Replacing standard alarm texts

You can replace alarm texts of the standard HMI sl alarms with own alarm texts.
Creating an alarm text file and entering alarm texts
1. Create a new alarm text file in the directory /OEM/sinumerik/hmi/lng/ or
/User/sinumerik/hmi/lng/.
2. Assign the file a user-specific name, e.g. "my_nck_alarms_eng.ts".
3. Open the alarm text file in the editor and enter the following:
For each alarm, a separate area must be inserted between the tags <context> and
</context>.
In the following example, NCK alarm 10000 is assigned a new alarm text "OEM sample
alarm text for NCK alarm 10.000".
The <name> tag contains the new alarm name.
The <source> tag contains the alarm number of the standard alarm.
The <translation> tag contains your own alarm text.
Creating a foreign-language alarm text file and entering translation
1. Copy the modified alarm text file.
2. Change the language code in the file name, see "Supported languages" table, e.g.
"my_nck_alarms_eng.ts".
3. Store the file in the same directory /OEM/sinumerik/hmi/lng/ or /User/sinumerik/hmi/lng/.
4. Open the file in the editor and enter the translated alarm text in the <translation> tag.
Creating and completing the alarm attribute file
1. Create a new alarm attribute file in directory /OEM/sinumerik/hmi/cfg or
/User/sinumerik/hmi/cfg.
2. Assign a user-specific name, e.g. "my_alarm_db.xml".
3. Store the file in the directory /OEM/sinumerik/hmi/cfg or /User/sinumerik/hmi/cfg/.
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