Buzzer Soft-Device

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Overview

You might reasonably ask why Soft-I/O contains a separate Soft-Device for a buzzer.  The answer goes to the core of the philosophy of Soft-I/O.  The answer is, "Because Soft-I/O can!"  With a PLC or a conventional old-style I/O system, inputs and outputs are just wires tied to the terminal blocks.  With Soft-I/O, the entire device, power and all, is connected to the module.  That means that Soft-I/O knows about the device and how to handle it.  Lights flash and buzzers beep.  But we need to stop buzzers from beeping, so there are various methods of handling devices like buzzers so that you don't have to write software or maintain it!  It could not be simpler with Soft-I/O.

Features

  • Two-wire connection
  • Soft-I/O supplies power to the buzzer, so your wiring is simple
  • You can drive the buzzer with either 5 volts or 24 volts
  • You choose the state names
  • You can invert the state names
  • Flexible pin assignments
  • Non-volatile saving of settings
  • Flexible tags for remote control

In Action

You configure the buzzer and then test it.  You may then tie the buzzer to alarms and other events that require the machine operator's attention.  With PLC's and old-style I/O systems, you have to wire one of the buzzer wires to a power supply and then tie the other buzzer wire to the output module.  Oh, and you have to then reference the output module to the power supply.  That's a lot of wiring.  With Soft-I/O, you merely pick two convenient pins and wire it up. 

Technical Specifications

Each buzzer is connected to the Soft-I/O module with two wires—the Soft-I/O module supplies buzzer power, and that simplifies wiring.
Non-volatile, user-configurable parameters include: Soft-I/O module supplied 24 V or 5 V power selection; sourcing or sinking circuit configuration and state naming and Soft-I/O pin assignments.

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