Any actuation of these switches has to be converted into a pulse.For this the function PLS_M is
used. How a function is enterd into the ladder program is covered in chapter 4.7.7.
Click on the button (output variable) in the tool bar.
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The variable is entered.
Click on the editor to display the full identifier of the
variable.
The ladder network may be re-sized by moving the
mouse pointer to the lower boundary of the net-
work header and ‘click-hold’dragging downward to
increase the vertical size.
Enter also the push-button for opening the gate.
Then click on the output of the PLS_M function to
display the variable prompt field.
Click the desired variable (in this case
“S1_OPEN_GATE_Switch”) to highlight that vari
-
able
The thus selected variable is entered by a click on
the
Apply
button or by double-clicking on the vari
-
able itself.