Manual

110 Publication LOGIX-UM001B-EN-P - April 2010
Appendix C Configure an Equipment Phase
Equipment Phase Settings
Use the following settings to configure an equipment phase.
Setting Choices
Prestate
The prestate routine runs all the time, even when the equipment phase is in the idle state.
It runs before each scan of a state.
Do you want to run a prestate routine?
 YES — Select the routine that you want to run.
 NO — Leave this box set to none.
Fault A fault routine lets you clear a major fault made by an instruction.
Do you want to set up a fault routine for the instructions in this equipment phase?
 YES — Select the routine that you want as your fault routine.
 NO — Leave this box set to none.
Inhibit Equipment Phase Do you want the controller to run this equipment phase?
 YES — Leave this box unchecked or uncheck it.
 NO — Check this box.
Initial State Which state do you want the equipment phase to go to when you turn on the controller?
 idle
 complete
 stopped
 aborted
Complete State Immediately If not
Implemented
Do you want the equipment phase to skip any states that you aren’t using?
 YES — Leave this box checked or check it.
 NO — Uncheck this box.
Initial Step Index A. Are any of the state routines in ladder diagram or structured text?
 NO — Skip this box.
 YES — Go to step B.
B. Do any of those state routines use step numbers?
 YES — Type the number for the first step of each state.
 NO — Skip this box.
The tag for the equipment phase has a StepIndex number. The controller resets the
StepIndex each time the equipment phase changes states. The controller resets the
StepIndex to the number you put in the Initial Step Index box.
current state
routine
prestate routine