DEADBAND

Report-by-exception deadband: the output follows the input only once it has moved further than the band.

Validated application blockProcess ControlIEC 61131-3IEC 61499v1.0.0

When to use it

Use DEADBAND when a noisy analog value is driving something that costs money to move — a modulating valve, a VFD, an archive tag, a telemetry link — and small fluctuations should not be passed on.

Interface

The published port signature. This is the whole of what the block exposes to your program — the implementation body is not shown here and ships with the download.

Inputs

PortTypeUnit
INREALeng. units
DBREALeng. units
IN_OKBOOL
RESETBOOL

Outputs

PortTypeUnit
OUTREALeng. units
CHANGEDBOOL
VALIDBOOL
ALM_CFG_ERRBOOL

IEC 61499 event interface

EI INIT, REQ·EO INITO, CNF

Validation evidence

Tests
8
Simulated scans
76
Simulator
v0.1.0

Complete IEC 61131-3 implementation with a published test suite that runs on the vplant simulator. The counts above are that suite, executed on this build.

  • Conforms to IEC 61131-3
  • Conforms to IEC 61499

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