When functioning nominally, the TBX SAP 10 can operate in two modes :
In
configuration mode, all slaves detected on the network are active and can be used directly.
A configuration fault is sent to the PLC if the actual configuration on the AS-i bus is not the same as the reference configuration, but non-compliant slaves will still be active and usable.
In this mode, it is not possible to use the auto-addressing function.
This mode will be used during installation and deployment of a machine, and specifically for testing all of the devices.
In
protected mode, only the slaves on the AS-i bus whose identification is identical to that of the reference configuration, are active. In this mode, the auto-addressing function is available.
In addition to these two modes is the
diagnostics mode, which allows the list of detected slaves (LDS), the list of projected slaves (LPS) in the reference configuration, and the list of active slaves (LAS) on the AS-i bus to be sent to the PLC.
NOTE: In this mode, these lists replace the state of the AS-i bus inputs; they should not be acknowledged in the application program, as the AS-i bus outputs continue to be controlled.
