Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Alarms and Events Quick Start - Manual (Page 147)

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Follow these steps
Create device-based alarm messages
To create device-based alarm messages in multiple languages you can use the import
and export features in RSLogix 5000. At run time, alarm messages located in
Logix5000 controllers can be displayed in the language of the FactoryTalk View
application in which they are displayed.
When RSLinx Enterprise connects to the controller, all alarm messages and their
languages are uploaded from the controller. When a FactoryTalk View SE Client runs,
the FactoryTalk Alarms and Events objects (Alarm and Event Summary, for example)
connect to the FactoryTalk Alarms and Events system and request alarm messages in
the current language. When you switch languages on the client computer, the alarm
monitoring system and all of the client screens switch to the appropriate language on
that specific client.
Historical alarm messages are logged in the language currently associated with the
Alarm and Event Log. The Alarm and Event Log displays messages in the language in
which they were logged. For example, a message logged in English will be displayed
in English, even if the language is switched to Italian.