Communicate with your flexarmor system, Troubleshooting with the indicators – Rockwell Automation 1798-IB8 FlexArmor 24V dc Sinking Input Modules User Manual
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6 FlexArmor 24V dc Sinking Input Modules
Publication 1798-IN001A-EN-P - January 2001
Communicate with Your FlexArmor System
The FlexArmor DeviceNet adapter module supports multiple 
communication choices. The network master makes the actual 
communication choice. The choices are:
Polled - data is sent by the adapter in response to received data.
Strobe - data is sent by the network in response to the strobe 
command. The single bit allocated to the adapter in the strobe 
message is not used. If the configured size of the input data (sent 
from the adapter) is greater than 8 bytes, the strobe connection 
establishment will fail. In this case, the input size must be 
re-configured to 8 bytes or less.
Change of State - data is sent by the adapter based on detection of 
any changed value within the input data. Data is independently 
received based on change of state from the sender. Data in both 
directions can be acknowledged or unacknowledged depending on 
the run time configuration of the system.
Cyclic - data is sent cyclically by the adapter based on a configured 
time value. Data is independently received cyclically from the sender. 
Data in both directions can be acknowledged or unacknowledged 
depending on the run time configuration of the system.
Troubleshooting with the Indicators
The following table describes status indicators on digital input
modules.
I/O Status Indicators
Function Indicator
Status
Inputs
Inputs
Fault LED
Yellow
Off
Red
Off
Input ON
Input OFF
Sensor Power Short
Normal