Reporting and recording errors

The output of error messages is defined globally by the P-STUP-00167 parameter.

All the required options must be set in P-STUP-00167. If you set NO_WARNINGS exclusively, this will result in no output.

The output control mode can also read and write via CNC objects.

• Read via cnc_error_manager_mode_r
• Write via cnc_error_manager_mode_w

Output options

Basically, the following 3 parallel output options are available:

1. Print: Output to screen/shell
2. Log: Output to log file
3. Report: Application-specific output

Print

Depending on the application, errors can be output directly to screen or to the shell.

Logging to file

Errors are logged to a log file. They can be defined by name via the P-STUP-00170 parameter and their maximum size can be defined in P-STUP-00171. Once the log file overwrites the maximum size defined, the original file is copied to a backup file and the original file is deleted.

Application-specific report

An application-specific output is additionally possible.

“Direct” output to PLC

In addition to the output of a pre-processed error message via PRINT/LOG/REPORT, the error message is sent in “raw format” directly to the PLC after it occurs. As required, this output can be fully disabled via the logging mode P-STUP-00167 in the Error Manager.

The error output from the PLC cannot be filtered. The corresponding filters must be implemented in the PLC:

If the PLC is no longer required to evaluate other CNC error messages, the output to the PLC can be completely skipped by the Control Unit (Cu) on the HLI.