The output module is not an autonomous module, but rather an extension of the OMRON FINS module. With the output module, you can write data from ibaPDA to a controller.

You can configure the module via the Outputs tab. You do not have to add it separately. The module will be available as soon as an OMRON FINS module has been added.

The settings correspond to those in the Inputs tab, apart from the module-specific settings, and can also be configured there. The connection settings also correspond to those in the Inputs tab.

For information about the general module settings refer to General module settings

Module-specific settings

Update time

With the update time, you determine the speed with that ibaPDA tries to request the data from the OMRON PLC. The actual resulting update time may be higher, depending on the load of the device. Check the diagnostic overview for measured update rates, because an overload will cause loss of samples.

Send mode

Determines when new data is written to the controller:

  • Cyclic: Data is written cyclically at the set update time.

  • On change: Data is written each time the signal data is changed.

  • On trigger: Data is written with every rising edge of the trigger signal.

All signals of a module are always written, regardless of the write mode.

Trigger signal

This field only appears when the "on trigger" send mode is selected. Select here a digital signal. A rising edge on this digital signal writes the signal values taken at the time of the rising edge.
Output signals

The OMRON-Xplorer output module does not support digital signals.

You can configure the signals to be output in each case via the expression editor. Open the expression editor via the <fx> button in each signal row.

For each signal, enter a name and select memory type, address and data type. Supported data types are SINT, BYTE, INT, WORD, DINT, DWORD, LINT, QWORD, FLOAT, DOUBLE.