Forcing And Unforcing An I/O Point - Siemens SIMATIC TD 200 User Manual

Operating the TD 200

Forcing and Unforcing an I/O Point

If you select the force outputs option, the display appears as shown in Figure 3-5.
The cursor appears on the right-most character of the I/O address.
To change the force status of an I/O point, perform the following steps.
1. Press either the UP or DOWN arrow to change the I/O address to the desired
value. The second line of the display shows the force status of the current
address.
2. When you reach the desired address, press ENTER to move the cursor to the
second line.
3. Press either the UP or DOWN arrow to change the force status to one of the
following choices:
NOT FORCED
FORCED ON
FORCED OFF
4. When you reach the desired status, press ENTER to write that status to the
S7-200 CPU. The cursor moves back to the I/O address.
Figure 3-5 Changing the Force Status of an I/O Point
Note
If you wish to change the force status, press ESC to return the cursor to the I/O
address.
With the cursor on the I/O address, press ESC to return to the Force I/O menu.
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