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Chapter 5. FUNCTIONS
 
G.Soak (guarantee soak)
G.SoakON/OFFandG.Soakwidthcanbeset
foreachsegment.TheG.Soaktimecanalsobe
setbythevariableparameterGS.titem.
TheG.Soakfunctionensuresasegmentexecu-
tiontimewithPVclosetoSP.G.Soakfunctions
notonlyinsoaksegmentsbutalsoinramp
segments.
Atthesegmentstartpoint,PVandSPare
compared,andtheabsolutevalueoftheresult-
ingdeviationcontinuesfortheG.Soaktimeor
longer.Whentheabsolutevalueissmallerthan
theG.Soakwidth,operationofthatsegmentis
started.
ThecontrollerisintheG.Soakstandbystate
untilthisconditionissatisfied,andthelinear
lampontheleftoftheprofiledisplayblinks.
Theoperationstateisthesameasholdatthe
segmentstartpoint(timeissetto0).However,
notethatintheFASTmode,thecontroller
doesnotentertheG.Soakstandbystateevenif
G.SoakissettoON.TheG.Soakstandbystate
canalsobecanceledbyexternalswitchoutput.
Thefollowingcancelconditionscanbeselected
bythesetupdateC52toC54settings:
(1) G.Soakcancelwhenexternalswitchinput
contactisONorPVsatisfiestheG.Soak
cancelconditions
(2) G.Soakcancelwhenexternalswitchinput
contactisONandPVsatisfiestheG.Soak
cancelconditions
G.Soaktime-outtimecanbesetforeachseg-
ment.
IftheG.SoakwidthandG.Soaktime-outtime
arebothset,theG.Soakstandbystateisforce-
fullycancelledafterthepassageofG.Soak
standbytimeforthesettime,andthentheseg-
menttimecountstarts.
IftheG.Soakwidthisnotset,theG.Soakfunc-
tiondoesnotfunction.Asaresult,thistime-out
functionalsodoesnotfunction.
SP
PV
G.Soak width
G.Soak width
Segment execution time
G.Soak standby time
Time count start
Segment set time
Time
G.Soak at segment start point
Time
SP
G.Soak width
SP
PV
Segment execu-
tion time
G.Soak time-out time
Time count start
G.Soak width