Programming the Structure of the Sequencer
S7-GRAPH for S7 300/400 Programming Sequential Control Systems
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6.8
Simultaneous Branch
A simultaneous branch consists of more than one parallel path (a maximum of 249)
each of which starts with a step. The path are executed simultaneously. A
simultaneous branch corresponds to an AND branch.
The transition before the simultaneous branch (in the figure T1 and T7) activates
the first steps of the individual simultaneous branch paths.
Every path in a simultaneous branch ends with a step and is completed by a
successor transition.
If more than one simultaneous branch path joins to a transition, this transition only
enables the next step when all active simultaneous branch paths have been
executed.
1
2
3
➀
: Simultaneous sub-branch 1
➁
: Simultaneous sub-branch 2
➂
: Simultaneous sub-branch 3 with a
further simultaneous
branch
Tm
T2
T4
T5
T1
T3
T7
Tx
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
Sm
S7
Sx
Sz
T5
Sy