Hi,
is there a easier way to implement the error messages in MpAlarmXCore?
Now I have to write every message like the picture below.
Also must be a Set, Reset and Acknowledge module built of each alarm.
It’s a lot of work.
In visual components it’s much easier. It’s possible to create a few Alarmlists.
When the text is in that list, the message would be displayed when the alarm
happened. Picture below.
MpAlarmX has a lot of different types of Monitoring alarms, which automatically check different limit values and can have different texts assigned to them. These alarms do not need the MpAlarmXSet or MpAlarmXReset function calls separately if configured accordingly.
When i have to monitor or watch about alarms like temperature or pressure, then it’s really helpful.
My problem is that i have to watch about over 300 diffent alarms.
Therefore I have to create Set, Reset … or not?
Servus,
i’d the same issues moving from VC4 to MpAlarmX, to get rid of creating each Set/Reset FUB Instance I put it into a custom Library FUB, so i “just” have to create an FUB-Instance for each alarm.
Interface is just
MpLink to AlarmX
sInAlarmName : Name of the Alarm
bInAlarmSignal: Signal that activates the Alarm.
The generated AlarmID is stored in the FUB Instance
Here is the q&d impementation
FUNCTION_BLOCK FUB_AlarmSimple
//Simple Alarm with automatic Reset
//Alarms to be defined with
// Multinstance - FALSE
// Acknowledge - Requiered
// Autoreset - False
IF bInAlarmSignal THEN
IF (udAlId = 0) THEN
udAlId := MpAlarmXSet (MpLink, sInAlName);
END_IF
ELSIF (udAlId > 0) THEN
MpAlarmXResetID (MpLink, udAlId);
udAlId := 0;
END_IF
END_FUNCTION_BLOCK
The Alarm is callled like here
FUBs.Alarm_EStopPanel.MpLink := gMpAlarmXCore;
FUBs.Alarm_EStopPanel.sInAlName := 'EStopPanel';
FUBs.Alarm_EStopPanel.bInAlarmSignal := NOT gbSInStopButtonPanel
FUBs.Alarm_EStopPanel ();
I hope this helps
regards Michi
Servus Michi 
looking could. I will try…
thanks
this is cool idea, thanks for sharing 