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Alarms, error messages, and system alarms
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20.5.2 Save information
All the machine-specific information of the controller is combined in a configuration via the
user interface. You can save machine-specific information on the drives that have been set-
up.
Procedure
1. Select the "Diagnostics" operating area.
2. Press the "Version" softkey.
It takes some time to call the version display. While the version data is
being determined a progress message box and the appropriate text
are displayed in the dialog line.
3. Press the "Save" softkey.
The "Save version information: Select archive" window opens. The
following storage locations are offered depending on the configuration:
 Local drive

Network drives

USB

Version data (archive: Data tree in the "HMI data" directory)
Then press the "New directory" softkey if you wish to create your own
directory.
Press the "OK" softkey. The directory is created.
4. Press the "OK" softkey again to confirm the storage location.
The "Save version information: Name" window opens. The following
options are available:
 In the "Name:" text field, The file name is pre-assigned with
<Machine name/no.>+<CF-card number>. "_config.xml" or
"_version.txt" is automatically attached to the file names.

In text field "Comment", you can add a comment, which is stored
with the configuration data.
Select the following via a checkbox:
 Version data (.TXT): Output of pure version data in text format.

Configuration data (.XML): Output of configuration data in XML
format. The configuration file contains the data you entered under
Machine identity, the license requirements, the version information
and the logbook entries.
5. Press the "OK" softkey to start the data transfer.