Use a PLC register to send a trigger to follower devices provisioned in the Connectivity Gateway.
Navigate to the
Configuration
screen using the left menu on the
Home
page.
Ensure that
Run Mode
is set to
Trigger
. Select
Trigger Mode
and click
Update
.
Switching run mode erases the scan data.
Create the PLC device and navigate to the
PLC Configuration
screen from the
Admin Settings
menu.
Click
Monitoring Tag
.
Select the PLC device from the menu, specify the PLC
Tag to Monitor
, and define a
Trigger Value
.
Click
Apply
to save the settings and apply them.
The PLC triggers the Connectivity Gateway when a tag matches the specified value in the
TRIGGER WHEN EQUAL TO (INT2)
field and when the PLC tag value changes back to the specified trigger value from another value. Program the PLC to keep the tag total low as a part of its results handling procedure or enable Reset after Trigger to reset the trigger tag to 0 when enabled.
The
Trigger Device
,
Monitoring Tag
, and
Trigger Value
at the top of the menu updates to reflect the new monitoring definition.
In
PLC Config
, enable
PLC Triggering
to monitor the specified PLC
Monitoring Tag
when it becomes equal to the
Trigger Value
. Every time the PLC tag value becomes equal to the configured
Trigger Value
, a trigger is sent to the follower devices.
The PLC trigger device must be active for triggering to occur. Start the PLC device from the
