Defining the problem, Implementing the solution, Example 2 - power on relay – INFICON STC-2000A Thin Film Deposition Controller Operating Manual User Manual

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key), the ID number will remain unchanged. This number (with hex digits such as A4F656) is a check sum
of the entire I/O program and can be used to uniquely identify an I/O program. This can be used as an
integrity check for this part of a system with a problem or as a means to check that entries have been
correctly made when entering in a program, for example. When an I/O program is known to be correct,
write the ID number down in a journal of software entries / programs, having method or recipe attributes
being integral to objective. The first character of the ID# will be either an A or B, indicating in which
memory section the program resides. Using the SWP (swap) key accessed through the MEM key reverses
this. [See section 2.21, Check Sum Validation for checksum discussion. See section 3.6, Factory Settings...
for saving programs. See section 3.20, memory module.)

SECTION 5.14

Example 2 - Power On Relay

Defining The Problem

At this point, a few examples might be helpful. This program is almost trivial, but it will

demonstrate what is needed to write an I/O program. Its job is to close relay number 8 when the STC-
2000A is powered up. While there are several ways to do this, we will pick the method shown in Figure
5.6.

I0

O15

I0

Figure- 5.6: Power On Relay.

Implementing The Solution

The rung to implement this function is:

013: I0

I0!

¦ O15

At a first glance, this may seem like a roundabout way of implementing the desired function. If

you look through the event and state ID list (Refer to Table 5.4, ), you will not see a state that exists for
indicating that power is on. This is not a problem for us however, as we can use a logical identity to
implement the desired function.

What this program does is take remote input 1 and its complemented term, then ORs them

together. One of these terms is always false and the other always true. ORing 2 terms together with one of
them always true will result in the output always being true. You could pick any state as an input, we just
picked input 1 arbitrarily (the

I0 term). Keep in mind that this input is not "used up". We can still use it

for its default use of a remote start, we just needed an input term. The reason for using rung 13 is that the
factory installed program uses rungs 1 through 12. We want to keep our example isolated from the factory
installed I/O program so we can delete it easily later. Remember that the factory installed I/O program is
what is shipped from the factory and defines the first four remote inputs and relays. Let's go through
programming this step by step.

Step 1 Get to the RunTime screen. This is the power-on default display for the STC-2000A, otherwise,

press the fixed STATUS key. (See figures 2.1, 2.4)


Step 2 Get to the I/O SETUP menu. This is done by pressing the fixed MENU key, then the

EXECUTIVE Menu key and finally the I/O SETUP key. The display will look like Figure 5.3
(except for the rung information). Pressing the fixed MENU key within other menus invokes the
MAIN menu.

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