When the Monitoring Bit Address turns ON, the Alarms are
displayed together with their trigger date/time. When the
Monitoring Bit Address turns OFF, the recovery time is added on the
same row.
From the [Common Settings (R)] menu, select [Alarm
(A)], or click . The following screen
appears. In [Language], select the alarm message display
language.
In the Block Settings, select the check box for the
desired display mode (History/Log/Active) for the block to which
the message is registered, and set the number of messages stored as
history for each mode.
Select [Backup History] and define [Hide Continuing
Alarms].
When the [Backup History] check box is not
selected, the alarm history data will be erased when the display
unit is turned OFF or reset.
In the [Trigger Condition] cell, select whether the
alarm is triggered when the Monitoring Bit Address turns ON or
turns OFF.
In the [Message] cell, input the alarm message that
will display when the alarm is triggered.
Up to 160 single-byte characters can be
registered in a single Alarm Message.
When the [Enable Text Table] check box is
selected, the message language can be switched and displayed even
while the system is running. 18.3 Changing Text to
Other Languages
Alarm settings can be exported or imported in
CSV format.
Open the screen editor and set the Alarm part which
will display the Alarm. In the [Parts (P)] menu, select [Alarm
(A)], or click and place the Part on
the screen.
Double-click the placed Alarm. The Alarm dialog box
appears.
Specify the block to display in Alarm parts and
select [History] in the [Display Mode].
When [Multiple line display] is selected in the
[Message Display Method], messages can be displayed on a separate
line from other information such as the trigger date or time. Since
the message display area expands, you can quickly verify contents
of long messages.
Set the [Display Start Row], [Display Alarms] and
[Display Row Spacing].
As needed, use the [Item] tab, [Color] tab, and
[Display] tab options to change alarm message's number of display
characters, text color, background color, font, and size.
The maximum number of characters allowed on one
line and on the lines of one screen are decided by the type of
display unit and [Size].
If your message is wider than the display area,
the portion that exceeds the area is truncated and is not
displayed.
. The following screen
appears. In [Language], select the alarm message display
language.
and place the Part on
the screen.
