Festo 174335, Electronic Manual

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4. Commissioning
4-3
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4.1 Addressing and configuring the valve terminal
4.1.1 Ascertaining the configuration data
Before configuring, ascertain the exact number of available
inputs/outputs. A multifunctional valve terminal consists of a
varying number of I/Os, depending on what you have
ordered.
Please note
S
The status bits must be treated like inputs and occupy
four additional input addresses.
S
The maximum possible extension of the valve terminal is
limited by the addressing limits of the relevant field bus
protocol and the mechanical limits of the valve terminal.
S
Type 04-B
With this valve terminal, the assignment of the valve
addresses can be set fixed by means of a DIL switch in
the adapter block. This manual valve terminal configur-
ation (“Address reserving”) is described in the Appendix
of the Pneumatics manual for type 04-B.