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ILX56-MM ♦ ControlLogix Platform

Configure the ILX56-MM module

InRAx Message Manager for Industrial Communication

User Manual

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

Page 57 of 112

February 6, 2012

3.5

Triggers

Triggers define when the data is transferred from one programmable controller to

another. A Trigger contains the following attributes.

Parameter

Description

Name

The Name that uniquely identifies the Trigger.

Type

Specifies how the Trigger fires. This value is fixed and cannot be

modified.

Scan Period

The rate at which the Trigger will be evaluated.

Condition

The Condition under which the Trigger will fire. Condition can be any of

the following.

Parameter

Description

ALWAYS

Always fires.

NEVER

Never fires.

CHANGE

Fires on change of state.

LT

Fires when Compare Value 1 < Compare Value

2.

LTE

Fires when Compare Value 1 <= Compare Value

2.

GT

Fires when Compare Value 1 > Compare Value

2.

GTE

Fires when Compare Value 1 >= Compare Value

2.

EQ

Fires when Compare Value 1 = Compare Value

2.

NEQ

Fires when Compare Value 1 <> Compare Value

2.

BAND (Bitwise

AND)

Fires when Compare Value 1 bitwise ANDed

with Compare Value 2 is non zero.

ELT, ELTE, EGT,

EGTE, EEQ,

ENEQ, EBAND

These conditions are the same as the conditions

above, except that these conditions are edge
trigger conditions. They only fire once when the

condition evaluates to true. The trigger will fire

again once, when the condition evaluates to

false and then changes again to true.

Tolerance

Optional comparison Tolerance value (numeric constant).

Ignored for ALWAYS, NEVER, CHANGE, BAND, and EBAND

conditions.

Used as hysteresis value for LT, LTE, GT, GTE, ELT, ELTE, EGT,

and EGTE conditions.

Used as range for EQ, NEQ, EEQ, and ENEQ conditions.