Chapter 9—C445 Logic Engine and Expansion I/O
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RTON—Retentive On-Delay Timer
The RTON function block is a retentive on-delay timer that delays a FALSE to TRUE
transition of IN to OUT by a time defined by PT. Once the timer reaches the PT, the timer
stops running and sets the OUT to TRUE. This behavior is the same as that of the TON
function block, but compared to TON, the RTON function block can retain the state of the
timer when IN transitions from TRUE to FLASE before the timer could complete (ET = PT),
essentially “pausing” the timer. When the IN transitions back to TRUE while the timer is in
the paused state, the timer resumes from its retained state instead of starting from zero.
The timer can be reset by providing a rising edge trigger to the RESET input. In addition to
being retentive, the timer is also persistent through power cycle, meaning that the timer
will retain its state in the event of a power loss to the device.
Parameter Data type Description
IN BOOL Input trigger to start timer—rising edge
PT UINT Preset time (x1ms, x10ms, 100ms, x1s)
RESET BOOL Reset timer—rising edge
OUT BOOL Timer expired flag—active high
ET UINT Elapsed time (x1ms, x10ms, 100ms, x1s)
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