Rockwell Automation D64046.5.1 U MNL WIN DDMC - Manual (Page 21)

Chapter 1
Understanding How a DDMC32 System Works
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100 MHZ Pentium Processor
10.4” TFT
16Mg RAM
3.5” Floppy Drive
1.3G Hard Drive
PCI 2Mg DRAM Video Board
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120V Power Card
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message displays
DDMC32 Software
DDMC32 software contains several tools to help you monitor, generate,
annunciate, and store information about faults.
When a fault is detected by a PLC diagnostic instruction, a message packet
with the appropriate coded data is sent to the operator interface terminal.
The DDMC32 software assembles the data used during programming to
form the text of the fault message. If configured by the user, the terminal
automatically displays the message in a window reserved for alarm
messages. Because the software automatically assembles the message, you
do not have to create and store separate and unique diagnostic messages.
You have to configure the message templates using the Template Editor in
the DDMC32 software. The Template Editor permits you to design
templates to reflect individual types of DFA and SDS faults (per each
Processor/Control File combination for these instructions. When a DFA or
SDS instruction generates a fault, the corresponding template is used by
the DDMC32 software to build the appropriate message that will be
displayed.
For more information on the DDMC32 Message Template Editor see the
section on Accessing the Message Template Editor in Chapter 7 –
Configuring Diagnostic Messages.