Changing Alarm Colors; Introduction; Requirement - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

10.3

Changing alarm colors

10.3.1

Introduction

This section describes the procedure for changing the user-specific colors for the display of
alarms and messages. The color display is used in the alarm/message line for the
application.
Note
The colors of the tabular overviews of alarms and messages in the Diagnostics operating
area cannot be changed.
Color types of the alarms
Individual color types can be created for each alarm number and alarm source:
● Font color of the alarm/message text
● Background color of the alarm/message text
● Font color of the alarm number
● Background color of the alarm number
10.3.2

Requirement

First create two user-specific files.
- OR -
To do this, copy the xml sample file from the following directory:
/Siemens/sinumerik/hmi/cfg/oem_slaedatabase.xml: Alarm attribute file
/Siemens/sinumerik/hmi/cfg/oem_slaesvcconf.xml ; configuration file
Specify the user-specific color attributes in the alarm attribute file.
Inform the "Alarm&Event Service" of the new alarm attribute file in the configuration file.
If you want to add further alarm and message colors later, use the already created alarm
attribute file and proceed as described in Section:
See Insert alarm colors (Page 104)
If you want to add further alarm attribute files later, follow the procedure as of
See Complete configuration file (Page 107)
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