SFCD: Federal Commander Digital System - Federal Signal

Federal Commander Digital System
Language Translation
To facilitate translation into languages other than English, most strings used in SFCDWARE are
contained in a file named “Resource.fil”. Each line of this file contains a line number followed by
a string in quotation marks:
380 "Double click desired zone"
There are some important rules to follow when editing a string:
Only change what is between the quotation marks. Do not edit the line
number of anything between the line number and the first quotation mark
(there are tab characters between the line number and first quotation mark
that must be present).
If possible keep the length of translated strings shorter or equal to the length
of the original English string. Longer strings may not fit in the space
allocated on the screen.
The following strings must not exceed their original English length:
Fail
Open
Pass
Reset
Modem
Closed
Standby
Enabled
Disabled
Function name strings must be 19 characters or less.
UltraVoice program Function Lists must be deleted and recreated after the
translation file is changed. The strings that appear in the “Function List” must
match those in the “Function Select” box. If not, the siren will not be
programmed successfully and may fail to operate.
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Language Translation