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In an .L5X file, the AlarmConfig element contains the alarm message text alarm
class, and HMI command.
<AlarmConfig>
<Messages>
<Message Type="type">
<Text Lang="language">
<![CDATA[ message_text ]]>
</Text>
</Message>
/Messages>
<AlarmClass>
<![CDATA[ class_text ]]>
</AlarmClass>
<HMICommand>
<![CDATA[ command_text ]]>
</HMICommand>
</AlarmConfig>
AlarmConfig elements
L5X Item Description
Message Each message element contains a separate message. Specify a Type attribute for the analog
alarm type.
Specify For
HH high-high alarm
H high alarm
L low alarm
LL low-low alarm
POS rate-of-change positive alarm
NEG rate-of change negative alarm
Text
The text of the message. Specify a Lang attribute for the language: EN-US (United States
English), DE (Germany German), ES (Spain Spanish), FR (France French), IT (Italian), PT
(Brazil Portuguese), JA (Japanese), KO (Korean), ZH (Chinese).
AlarmClass Specify an alarm class for the alarm.
HMICommand Specify a command string for the HMI.
L5K ANALOG_ALARM message structure
In an .L5K file, the ALMMSG statement contains the alarm message text.
ALMMSG.<alarm_type>:<language>:=<"message_text">
L5X AlarmConfig structure
