Incandescent lamp [LAMP]: While the
ISO2H823Vdelivers compelling benefits over pre-
vious generation solutions, it must also be able to
retrofit with factory automation systems which
are not yet at the end of their operational life. The
detection of the presence of an incandescent lamp
(used for signaling purposes on the factory floor)
is a requirement for many such legacy systems.
The LAMP feedback permits the systemcontroller
to distinguish between the turning-on of a cold
incandescent bulb and short circuits. Integrity of
the communication across the integrated galvanic
isolation [TE]: To attain uncompromised ro-
bustness against electro-magnetic interference,
communication across the integrated galvanic
isolation is safeguarded by multiple proprietary
measures. In the unlikely event of disturbance of
that communication its occurrence would be
flagged to the microcontroller by way of setting
the transmit error (TE) flag. If this error were to
occur repetitively then it would indicate a sub-
stantial problem present on PCB-level.
Being sure all outputs are in fact off [ALLOFF]:
To verify system status, but also for safety rea-
sons, it can be of importance to be sure that
all outputs are in fact off. The IC provides
such explicit ALLOFF feedback when all out-
puts are indeed off.
With this list of ten different types of diagnostic
feedbacks, the ISO2H823V clearly sets a new
standard in diagnostics for industrial control
applications. The channel-specific diagnostic
as well as the types of channel-specific diag-
nostic feedbacks can be enabled and disabled
on a channel-by-channel basis. This grants
the user the maximum of flexibility and allows
the selective use of these features to meet
application-specific requirements.
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ANAGEMENT
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