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19.2 PLC STATUS


The PLC keeps track of its status, for internal use, as well as allowing use by the ladder logic.

Some of the status flags available in PLC's are,

- Communication errors
- PLC power on, first scan
- Data retention -- PLC restarts with same outputs stopped with
- Battery low
- Scan time too long error
- I/O error -- problem with one of the I/O cards
- etc.

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