NOTIFICATION LOGGER Window

Notifications sent by the PLCnext Technology target (i.e., sent by firmware components) are shown in the NOTIFICATION LOGGER window. Notifications are messages referring to special events that occurred on the controller. You can use the NOTIFICATION LOGGER for analyzing the firmware and applications running on the controller.

The notifications are also displayed in the 'Notification' category of the PLCnext Cockpit. The category provides the same information and operating options as provided in the NOTIFICATION LOGGER window. For details, see the topic "Controller Diagnostics out of the Cockpit".

You can hide/show the window by clicking the button shown left on the Cross Function Area toolbar.
For closing the window, you can also click the cross icon on the right of the window title bar:
How to pin/unpin the window in the Cross Function Area

You can open several windows in the Cross Function Area at the same time by pinning them. Only if pinned, a window remains visible when another window is opened. If a window is unpinned, it is closed when you open another window.

To pin/unpin a window, click the pin icon in the upper right window corner. Unpinned windows show horizontal pin icon , pinned windows show the icon .

How to undock/dock the window /

By clicking the 'Undock' icon in the window title bar, the window can be undocked from the user interface and placed anywhere on the screen (or on a second screen, if available).

To insert it at its original position, click the 'Dock' icon .

If the window is closed and contains at least one element, the icon on the Cross Function Area toolbar is shown with an envelope icon.

Note
PLCnext Engineer must be connected to the controller for reading the notifications from the controller and displaying them in the NOTIFICATION LOGGER window.

The notifications table is updated every second when a connection to the PLCnext Technology controller is established. New notifications appear at the top of the list. For each notification, the following information is provided in the notifications table:

Information Description

Severity Severity level of the notification displayed by the following icons:
         Internal (or Default)
         Information
         Warning
         Error
         Critical error
         Fatal error

Sender Name of the sender of the notification.

Time Timestamp of the notification.

Name Name of the notification.

Details Full text/payload of the notification.

Redundancy role / Redundancy type If you have configured a redundant control system built up with two controllers of, for example, type RFC 4072R, the notifications table also displays information on the redundancy role (PRIMARY/BACKUP) and redundancy type (FIRST/SECOND) of the controller that initially created the notification.
The columns are only visible if the controller supports the corresponding services in its firmware.
For detailed information, see the topic "Configuring a Redundant Control System".

Information	Description
Severity	Severity level of the notification displayed by the following icons: Internal (or Default) Information Warning Error Critical error Fatal error
Sender	Name of the sender of the notification.
Time	Timestamp of the notification.
Name	Name of the notification.
Details	Full text/payload of the notification.
Redundancy role / Redundancy type	If you have configured a redundant control system built up with two controllers of, for example, type RFC 4072R, the notifications table also displays information on the redundancy role (PRIMARY/BACKUP) and redundancy type (FIRST/SECOND) of the controller that initially created the notification. The columns are only visible if the controller supports the corresponding services in its firmware. For detailed information, see the topic "Configuring a Redundant Control System".

Operations in the NOTIFICATION LOGGER Window

Filter the notifications

Filter criteria	Description
Severity	The combobox contains all possible severities. The filter is applied showing all notifications that have the selected severity or a higher value. For example, filtering on the severity level Warning displays notifications from severity levels Warning, Error, Critical Error, and Fatal Error.
Archive	Filters the notifications by their archive name. Notifications are saved in logger archives. The logger archives offer functions for acquiring and filtering of incoming notifications as well as for requesting and deleting. Using different archives makes it possible to save notifications for different issues and purposes.
Sender	Filters the notifications by their sender name. You can either select a sender name from the drop-down list (the list provides an entry for each sender name contained in the notifications table) or enter a sender name or part of a sender name in the input field.
From, To	Filters the notifications according to their timestamps. You can either enter a date and time in the input field or use the buttons on the right to select a date and time.

Search notifications

Sort the notifications