Manual

36 Publication LOGIX-UM001B-EN-P - April 2010
Chapter 3 Guidelines
Assign a prestate routine.
Use a state bit to limit code to a specific
state
RSLogix 5000 software automatically makes a tag for each equipment phase. The tag has bits
that tell you the state of the equipment phase.
• The tag is at the controller scope.
• The tag uses the PHASE data type.
• Use bits of the tag for code that you want to limit to certain states.
Example
Suppose the name of your equipment phase is My_Phase. And you have some code that you
want to run only when the equipment phase is in the running state. In that case, check the
My_Phase.Running bit for on (1):
If My_Phase.Running then…
See
Appendix B for more information.
Guideline Details
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