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Appendix A
Getting started with language switching
You can use language switching to display text strings that you define when you create
an application, in up to 40 different languages. At run time, a FactoryTalk View SE
Client can switch between any of the languages the application supports. In a network
application, multiple clients can run in different languages at the same time.
For information, see “Language identifiers for language switching” on page 217.
Time and date formats in FactoryTalk Alarms and Events objects do not switch.
These objects always display the date and time format of the operating system. The
rest of a FactoryTalk View application shows the format for the language
FactoryTalk View is displaying.
Dialog boxes that are part of the graphical user interface of FactoryTalk Alarms and
Events — for example, the Acknowledge with Comment dialog box — do not switch
languages. They are displayed in the language of the operating system.
Historical alarm and event messages do not switch languages. They are displayed in
the language in which they were logged.
Before you begin
To implement language switching, the steps depend on whether you are using device-
based alarm monitoring or tag-based alarm monitoring. If you are not sure what type
of alarm monitoring you are using, see Chapter 2, “Plan your system”.
If you are using device-based alarm monitoring
„ Review Chapter 3, “Define device-based alarms in Logix5000 controllers”.
„ Verify that you have installed and activated the software listed under “What you
need”.
„ Verify that the Logix5000 firmware has been updated to version 16 or later.
If you are using tag-based alarm monitoring
„ Review Chapter 6, “Add a tag-based alarm server for Logix5000, PLC-5, SLC
500, or third-party controllers”.
„ Configure a data server, as discussed in Chapter 5, “Add an OPC Data Server for
third-party controllers”.
For more detailed information, see the FactoryTalk View Site Edition Help in
FactoryTalk View Studio.