Reference Manual Owner's manual

Publication GMLC-5.2 - November 1999
Motion Controller Functions 619
Syntax:
Flex_I/O_analog_input[module, address]
Group Input
Use the Group_input function to directly specify discrete input groups
(Integrated and Basic only) in an expression.
You define and select input groups in the Tag Explorer (under General
Purpose I/O Input Group) and Tag Window. It is not necessary to use this
function to specify them directly.
Syntax:
Group_input[address, total signals in group, optional mask]
Argument Description
Module The Flex I/O module number (from 0 to 7) whose output is read.
Address The address of the selected module’s specific input (from 0 to 15) to be
read.
Argument Description
Address The address or signal number (from 0 to 11) of the first signal from
which output is read.
Total Signals in
Group
The total number of consecutive signals comprising the group,
including any masked (or omitted) signals.
Optional Mask An integer representing the sum of the binary value of each group
input bit whose signal is read, excluding—or masking—the binary
value of every group input bit whose signal is not read. (See
Optional
Masks
.)