Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Lathe - Manual (Page 56)

Basic Control Operation
Chapter 2
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The control has two screens dedicated to displaying messages. The
MESSAGE ACTIVE screen displays up to nine of the most current
system messages and ten of the most current machine (logic generated)
messages at a time. The MESSAGE LOG screen displays a log of up to
99 system messages and a separate log of up to 99 machine messages that
occurred since the last time memory was cleared. For single process
controls, this log displays up to 11 pages of messages (99 messages total)
and up to six pages per process for dual process systems.
Important: The control automatically displays the highest priority, single,
active message on all screens (other than the message screen) on line 1 of
the CRT. If more than one message occurs with the same priority, the
control displays the most recent message (provided no other message is
active with a higher priority).
Use the MESSAGE ACTIVE screen to display all the messages that are
currently active, or the MESSAGE LOG screen to display a log of the
recorded messages. To access these message screens, follow these steps:
1. From the main menu press the continue { Þ } softkey to change the
softkey functions.
(softkey level 1)
PRGRAM
MANAGE
OFFSET MACRO
PARAM
PRGRAM
CHECK
SYSTEM
SUPORT
2. Press the
{ERROR MESAGE}
softkey to enter the MESSAGE ACTIVE
screen shown in Figure 2.9.
(softkey level 1)
FRONT
PANEL
ERROR
MESAGE
PASS-
WORD
SWITCH
LANG
The control displays the currently active messages in sections
dedicated to:
system messages in the top half of the screen
machine messages (logic generated) in the bottom half of the
screen
2.9
Displaying System and
Machine Messages