Contact language
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General presentation of contact language
General points A section of program written in contact language is made up of a suite of network
contacts run one after the other by the PL7.
A contact network diagram is similar to an electrical circuit diagram.
Illustration of a
contact network
The following screen shows a PL7 contact network.
Composition of a
contact network
This table describes how a contact network is made up.
LD : MAST - CHART
S.F3
S.F4
S.F5 S.F6 S.F7 S.F8S.F2S.F1F12F11 F9 F10 F8 F7 F6 F4 F3 F2
P
X
OR
OPER
COHP
COHP
H
V
FB
F (...)
F5
N
(*Awaiting drying*)
%L100
%I1.0 %M12 %I1.7
%MT4.Q
%M17
%I1.10 %Q2.3 %M27 %MT0 %M2 %MW0.X
%M2 %I1.4
C
%MW15:=%MW18+500
IN MT Q
SOUND MODE
TB: 1 mn
TMP: 9999
MODIF: Y
OPERATE
%Q2.5
SR2
Address Element Function
1 Label Contact network address (optional):
2 Comments Gives information on a network address (optional):
3 Graphic
elements
They represent:
z the PL7 inputs and outputs (push buttons, detectors, relays,
indicators..)
z automatic system functions (timers, counters…,),
z arithmetic, logic and specific operations,
z the PL7 internal variables.