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Diagnostics
23.10 System Diagnostics with 'Report System Error'
Programming with STEP 7
536 Manual, 05/2010, A5E02789666-01
23.10.2.10 Importing Error and Help Texts
In order to be able to display error and help texts on HMI devices, these texts have to be imported
into the device. For this reason, several export files are created in the specified export directory
when generating 'Report System Error'. You can set the export directory in the ‘HMI Export Data’
field on the Diagnostics Support tab.
Because display options on HMI devices vary, several export files are created. These files differ in
the maximum length of the texts contained, longer texts are respectively shortened to the maximum
length. For this reason it is recommended that error and help texts be checked and adapted as
necessary.
Name Content
Other_Profibus40...csv Error/help texts for PROFIBUS with a text length of 40 characters
Other_Profinet40...csv Error/help texts for PROFINET with a text length of 40 characters
Other_Profibus80...csv Error/help texts for PROFIBUS with a text length of 80 characters
Other_Profinet80...csv Error/help texts for PROFINET with a text length of 80 characters
Other_Profibus256...csv Error/help texts for PROFIBUS with a text length of 256 characters
Other_Profinet256...csv Error/help texts for PROFINET with a text length of 256 characters
An identifier consisting of the project, station, and CPU is appended to the name of the file
specified above. This allows you to export files for different CPUs to the same folder.
You have to rename the export file with the desired text length in 'other.csv' and import it into the
OP.
In the following cases, you have to import a new export data to the HMI device:
• Modified hardware configuration
• Modified settings of ‘Report System Error’
Display Language German (Liechtenstein) on the OP
The display language German (Liechtenstein) may not be set on the HMI because the error and
help texts will otherwise not be properly displayed.