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Integration into the User Program
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C7-613 Control System
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4.3.7 Creating Messages
Messages are created by using the configuration interface.
Each message consists of 4 lines with 20 characters each (10 graphical symbols
for Chinese, Japanese and Korean).
A maximum of four variables per message can be specified for outputting of data.
A message is configured if at least one character is edited in the static text. If
non-configured messages are activated, the substitute message “Undefined
message” is output.
You can specify an info text for each message. You can select it by using the
“Cursor left“ or “Cursor right” keys.
The description of the messages is stored in the “MESSAGE” DB through the
configuration interface.
You can specify the following parameters for each message:
• Event number
• Message name
• Type of message
– Fault message (not possible for Message 0)
– Operational message
• Contents of message lines 1 to 4 for the static text
• Description of the four output variables (no variables can be specified for
Message 0, the idle message)
– Position in the screen
– Display format and length
– Memory area and address in the CPU C7-613
• Assignment of an info text (you can assign one of the info texts No. 1 to
No. 127 to each of the messages No. 1 to No. 127