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Reading back-up status – Rockwell Automation 1794-L34 FlexLogix Controller System User Manual User Manual

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Publication 1794-UM001G-EN-P - January 2007

114 FlexLogix Back-Up on DeviceNet

Reading Back-up Status

You can read the back-up status of the DeviceNet scanner with a
single rung of ladder logic. The back-up state is useful for debugging
or more sophisticated back-up schemes. The message in this rung
uses the SINT data type.

Figure shows the rung you can use to read the back-up state.

Table describes the possible values this message may return when
reading the back-up status of the DeviceNet scanner.

Rung 6 message configuration and communication tabs

If the message reads
this value:

the back-up state of the DeviceNet scanner is:

0

No back-up scanner detected

1

Primary scanner forcing IDLE (back-up in RUN but primary in
IDLE)