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5.1.3  General attributes of the Position Sensor 
Object 
Attribute41:
Measurement status (Operating Status)
This attribute contains information on the various statuses 
of the encoder.
Bit0 shows the current direction of movement. If the bit is 
0 (FALSE), the position value is moving in a positive 
counting direction. If it is 1 (TRUE), it is moving in a 
negative counting direction.
Bit1 shows whether scaling is active. If this bit is deleted, 
scaling is deactivated and BTL7-V50D-… outputs raw 
values in this case. Scaling is activated if the bit is set.
Attribute42:
Measurement steps (Physical Resolution Span)
This attribute can only be read and it returns the number 
ofphysical measurement counts over the nominal length 
(inµm).
Attribute43:
Number of turns (Number of Spans)
The number of turns is shown here because the Position 
Sensor Object is also valid for rotary encoders. For the 
BTL7-V50D-…, the return value is always 1. The attribute 
can only be read.
Attribute44:
Alarms (Alarms)
The attribute Alarms shows whether there is a malfunction 
disturbing determination of the position value. The alarm 
remains active until the error is rectified and the device 
supplies a valid position value again. The only active bit  
is the Flag Position Error. It is set if position determination 
is not possible. This is the case, for example, if the 
corresponding magnet is no longer in the measurement 
range.
In the Flexible Magnet Mode all positions for a defined time 
are invalid if the number of magnets changes. In this case, 
the Position Error is also set.
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  Configuration and parameterization (continued)
5.2  Attributes of the device configuration object
General sensor settings are made in the device 
configuration object. This is a manufacturer-specific object 
with only one instance.
See Attributes of the device configuration object (class 
100 (0x64)) in the appendix on page34 for an overview 
of attributes.
5.2.1  Settings for synchronous operation
The BTL7-V50D-… can work in synchronous operation in 
which internal measurements are triggered with clocked 
synchronization. The time parameters must be set for this.
Activate CIP-Sync (Synchronous Mode)
If this BOOL is set to TRUE (1), the BTL7-V50D-… works 
in synchronous mode. The parameters Synchronous 
Period, Synchronous Shifttime and Synchronous Offset 
must be correctly set for this, and control take place in the 
correct timing from the point of view of the control system.
Synchronous Period, Synchronous Shifttime and 
Synchronous Offset
Fig. 5-1:  Timing synchronization
So-called Sync0 impulses are generated by an internal 
timer for timing synchronization using CIP Sync. For 
cyclical, timing synchronous operation, the BTL7-V50D-… 
must know the expected Synchronous Period 
(seeFig. 5-1).
Attribute4 Synchronous Offset can be used to move the 
start of the internal measurement procedure in relation to 
the Sync0 time. A further delay can be set in the internal 
measurement process using Synchronous Shifttime. 
Detection of the position takes place at this time.  
In conjunction with the time for measurement  
value processing and output, this results in the  
Minumum Cycle Time.
The values of attributes 2 to 5 have the unit  
nanoseconds (ns).
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