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displayed on the LCD panel of the logger. Several of the setup commands use the Input Identifier rather
than the lengthier Input Name to reference inputs.
The Event Name pairs are described in the preceding section. As many as twenty Event Name pairs can
be defined by the user. Each pair is identified by a number ranging from one to twenty. After the pairs
are defined the Input Names / Identifiers command is used to assign Event Name pairs to inputs. The
Event Name pair can be assigned by using either of two methods. The
Spacebar
can be repeatedly
pressed when the highlight is located within the OnEvent / OffEvent field until the desired pair is listed.
Alternatively, the number of the required Event Name pair can be entered in the last column.
A typical response to the Input Names / Identifiers command is shown in the following. Only the first three
Digital Inputs and Timer Input T16 have been listed. Analog Inputs follow Digital Inputs. The Virtual Inputs
follow the Analog Inputs. They are followed by the Timer Inputs.
Input Names/Identifiers
Input Name ID OnEvent/OffEvent Event Pair
----- -------------------- -------- ----------------- ----------
D001 Digital Input 001 DInpu001 On/Off 1
D002 Digital Input 002 DInpu002 On/Off 1
D003 Digital Input 003 DInpu003 On/Off 1
T16 Timer 16 Timer16 Violate/Nominal 20
[F1]=Next Page [F2]=Prev Page
Input Names / Identifiers Command
Fifty‑two data screens are required to list all 1027 Digital, Analog, Virtual and Timer Inputs. To advance to
the next screen press the
F1
function key. To return to the previous screen press the
F2
function key.
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Virtual Inputs are a unique feature only found in MICRO‑AIDE’s family of Event Recorders and Data
Loggers. The VDL is a powerful, general purpose recording device that can be used to satisfy the data
logging demands of a variety of applications. A recording device is frequently used to gather data on
a failure condition thought to exist in a control circuit. The failure condition may occur intermittently. The
need to log data over a significant period of time will often impose an additional requirement upon the
device. The suspected failure can often be defined as the abnormal occurrence of states. The normal
operation of the circuit predicts that only certain states can occur. It follows that any deviation from
these normal states suggests a failure that should be flagged and carefully examined.
Identifying failures that occur as the result of abnormal states is greatly simplified by using the Virtual Input
feature. Each VDL allows as many as eight Virtual Inputs to be defined. Each Virtual Input is defined by
specific logical associations among particular Digital, Analog or other Virtual Inputs.
Virtual Inputs are defined by two essential properties. The first property concerns the selection of vari
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ables. Variables are merely the inputs that will be checked to determine if a Virtual Input event is to be
logged. The number of variables that define the Virtual Input can range from one to four. Variables can
be Digital Inputs, Analog Inputs, other Virtual Inputs or Timer Inputs. Assigning a Virtual Input as a variable
to another Virtual Input is referred to as nesting. Nesting allows the user to create a higher level Virtual
Input that evaluates more than four variables.
The second property pertains to the state of each assigned variable. A fault condition in a control circuit
can only be identified if the state of each variable is properly evaluated. The state of a variable is de
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fined by the VDL as either On or Off. Both states are described in the following.
On
– The Digital Input is defined as a logical 1 by the S7‑300. The Analog Input level is outside the ac
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ceptable range as defined by the region between the Limit Values (refer to
Figure 3 on page 26
). The
Virtual Input evaluates to a true logic state. The Timer Input has reported a timed interval that is either too
fast or too slow as compared to its assigned High and Low Limit Values, respectively (refer to the section
entitled
“Timer Inputs (W)” on page 26
).
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