Operation Using
a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
OUTPUT REGISTERS 01, 02, 03, and 04: Pump
Status
ThePumpStatu
s registers contain a number that
indicates the
state of Pumps 1 — 4. This status can
be used for gen
eral monitoring of the pump state,
or as an indica
tor for driving independent pump
operations.
See INPUT REGISTER 02: Flush/Prime
Pump Command
, page 36.
Table4PumpS
tates for Output Registers 01–04
Nu-
m-
ber
Pump
State
Description
0
Off
The pump is powered down or
not enabled.
1
Standby
The pump is powered but not
currently active.
2 Busy The pump i
s currently in
arecipec
hange or mixing
operatio
n.
3 Flushing
The pump is currently flushing
with solvent
4 Priming The pump
is currently priming
with mat
erial.
OUTPUT REGISTER 05: Actual Mix Flow
The Act
ual Mix Flow register reports back the
insta
ntaneous mixing flow rate in cc/min.
NOTE: This register is valid only during a mix
operation.
OUTPUT REGISTER 06: Actual Mix Ratio
The A
ctual Mix Ratio register contains the
inst
antaneous calculated mix ratio.
• The value reported is the ratio antecedent
multiplied by 100. The ratio consequent is always
1.
Example
: Value = 250 >> A mix ratio of 2.5:1
(Material A to Material B)
•Ift
he current recipe ratio is 0:1 (1K recipe) this
va
lue will be 0.
This register is valid only during a mix operation.
OUTPUT REGISTER 07: Actual Mix Potlife
Remaining
The Actual Pot
life Remaining register contains
the current am
ount of time remaining in the active
recipe’s potl
ife in seconds.
NOTE: If potlife is disabled for the active recipe or at
initial startup this value will be 0xFFFFFFFF.
OUTPUT REGISTER 08: Active Recipe Number
TheActiveR
ecipe Number register contains the
number of th
eactiverecipe(1–60).
• This value is 0 if the system was flushed.
• This value is 61 if the system does not know the
current loaded recipe, if the recipe is invalid, or at
initial startup.
OUTPUT REGISTER 09: Active Recipe Material A
The Activ
e Recipe Material A register contains the
number of
the Color (1 – 30) that is associated with
the curre
nt recipe.
• This value is 0 if the system was flushed.
• This value is 61 if the current recipe is invalid or at
initial startup.
OUTPUT REGISTER 10: Active Recipe Material B
The Act
ive Recipe Material B data register contains
the num
ber of the Catalyst (31 – 34) that is associated
with t
he current recipe.
• This value is 0 if the system was flushed.
• This value is 61 if the current recipe is invalid or at
initial startup.
• This value is 0 if the current recipe ratio is 0:1 (1K
recipe).
OUTPUT REGISTER 11: Active Recipe Material A
Flush Sequence
The
Active Recipe Material A Flush Sequence
reg
ister contains the number of the Flush Sequence
(1 –
5) that is associated with the Color pump of the
cur
rent recipe.
If the current recipe is invalid this value reflects the
Flush Sequence associated with Material A pump
of recipe 0.
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