Changing Alarm Colors; General Procedure - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

Configuring alarms

14.4 Changing alarm colors

NOTICE
Limited number of write cycles
Depending on the type of hardware used, the alarm log is either written to the hard disk or
to a CompactFlash card. The CompactFlash card, in particular only has a limited number of
write cycles. Make sure you undo the setting "on every event" if you no longer require
storage of the alarm log.
14.4 Changing alarm colors
The colors of the alarms and messages displayed in the message line can be changed
individually.
Note
The colors of the tabular overviews of alarms and messages in the "Diagnostics" operating
area cannot be changed.
Color types of the alarms
The following color types can be changed 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
14.4.1

General procedure

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.
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