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4.6
Configuring the Alarm System
Step 6: Creating an Alarm Message Screen
Configuring an Alarm Message Window
In runtime, the alarm messages are displayed in tabular form by a message
window. Inserting a message window into a screen is similar to inserting a trend or
table display.
Open the Graphics Designer and create a new screen named "AlarmLogging.pdl".
Then follow these steps:
In the object palette, select the tab "Controls" and then the "WinCC Alarm
Trend Control".
In the drawing space, position the Control with a mouse click and drag it while keeping the mouse button pressed - to the desired size.
In the quick configuration dialog box, enter "Atlanta Water Supply" as the title
of the message window.
Activate the check-box "Display".
Illustration 4.6.1: WinCC Project "Qckstart"; Quick Configuration WinCC Alarm
Control
Confirm your entries by clicking on the button "OK".
Double-click on the "WinCC Alarm Control" and select the tab "Message
Blocks" from the displayed properties dialog box.
Click on the type "User Text Blocks". Check whether "Message Text" and
"Point of Error" have been activated in the right selection list. If not, activate these
check-boxes.
Select the tab "Message Line".
Select the existing message blocks and transfer them to the "Elements of the
Message Line" list via the move button
.
Confirm your entries by clicking on the button "OK".
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