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Installing Remote Base Controllers—RBCs
SIMATIC 545/555/575 System Manual
The following actions take place when an RBC is reset.
• The CPU logs the RBC off the system and zeroes the image register
points which represent the inputs from this RBC’s base. The image
register is zeroed out until the RBC completes reset and resumes
communication with the CPU. If this occurs while the system is
operating, depending on your RLL program, turning these inputs off
could affect other base outputs.
• From the assertion of reset until the RBC completes the reset and
resumes communication with the CPU, the state of the outputs on this
RBC’s base is determined by the output module, with no reference to
the RBC’s JP6 (Off/Freeze) jumper. Discrete outputs go off (to a value of
zero). Analog/word outputs obey their own Zero/Hold Last Value
selection. If no Zero/Hold Last Value selection is available on the
module, the analog/word outputs hold their last value.
• If the base number you assign to the RBC (by setting the thumbwheel
or rotary switch) inadvertently duplicates the number already in use by
a second RBC on the I/O channel, then when the first RBC completes
its reset and attempts to communicate, identifying itself with the new
base number, the second RBC will be logged off the system. The state of
the second RBC’s outputs is determined by the selection made on
jumper JP6 (Off/Freeze). The CPU image register containing the input
points for the second RBC is zeroed. Intermittent operation could occur
as long as the two RBC base numbers are set to the same value.
When the CPU logs an RBC off the system, it sets a corresponding bit in one
of the status words that are available to your RLL program. Your RLL
program can use these bits to detect the loss of the RBC and control the
outputs of other bases as appropriate for your application. For details about
status words and more information about programming, refer to the
SIMATIC 545/555/575 Programming Reference User Manual.
Resetting the RBC
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