Counter Behavior At Gate Start - Siemens SIMATIC ST-1500 Function Manual

2.2 Basics of counting, measuring and position input (TM Count, TM PosInput, Compact CPU)
2.2.5.4

Counter behavior at gate start

You have the following configuration options for counter behavior upon gate start:
● Setting counter to start value
● Continuing with the current counter value
Setting counter to start value
Counter behavior is as follows for this configuration:
Each counting process starts with the start value when the internal gate is opened.
The figure below shows an example for continuing the counting process after counter is set
to the start value:
Continuing with the current counter value
Counter behavior is as follows for this configuration:
Each counting process starts from the current counter value after the internal gate is
reopened.
The figure below shows an example for continuing the counting process with the current
counter value:
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