B 1 General Description - Messages And Hints - ABB Freelance 2000 Manual

Section B Messages and Hints

B 1 General Description - Messages and Hints

The task of message processing in DigiTool is to configure the method of processing and
displaying messages in DigiVis.
Messages are used by the process stations and other types of station in the Freelance 2000
system to notify the operator stations of changes in the process operation. Such changes may be
faults or states in the process or also error functions of the Freelance 2000 system itself.
The Freelance 2000 system makes available the message types system message, fault
message, switch message, hint and hint message. These types of message can be classified
into different priority levels, one system level (divided into three groups, S1 - S3) and five user
levels (1 - 5). The individual priority levels are displayed in different colors.
Different acknowledgment strategies can be allocated to these priority levels.
Acknowledgment strategy here means how the operator at the control stations is to acknowledge
the messages which arrive. The acknowledgment strategy to be used for each priority can also
be configured.
Configuration is divided into global and local message processing.
Global message processing comprises configuration of the acknowledgment strategies of
messages in the Freelance 2000 system as a whole.
Local message processing comprises configuration of the station-specific settings for message
list, message line, hint list and horn activation. It has to be done for each operator station
separately.
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