Allen-Bradley GuardPLC 1753, Safety Reference Manual

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Chapter
8
Technical Safety for the Application Program
Introduction This chapter gives information about technical safety for the
application program.
The following sections contain defaults, rules, and requirements
developed from sample construction surveys.
You must create the application program by using the RSLogix Guard
PLUS! programming tool for personal computers using the Windows
XP, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 operating system.
RSLogix Guard PLUS! software contains these features.
•
Input (function block editor) monitoring and documentation
•
Variables with symbolic names and variable types (BOOL and
UINT)
•
Assignment of the controllers (GuardPLC 1200, 1600, 1800, or
2000 controllers)
•
Code generator (translation of the application program into
machine code)
•
Hardware configuration
•
Communication configuration
Topic Page
General Procedure 86
Basis of Programming 86
Variable Declaration and I/O Naming 87
Functions of the Application Program 89
Program Documentation for Safety Applications 95
Considerations for DeviceNet Safety Data 95
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