Fail-Safe signal module (SM) applications
3.2 Digital output applications
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Application 4: Wiring external contactors: Separate P and M output channels for
each contactor
Application 5: Separate circuits of a relay channel controlling external
contactors
Redundant external relays or contactors are controlled by independent electrical circuits that
are switched as a single process variable channel.