Test Your Inputs - Allen-Bradley SLC 500 Installation And Operation Manual

4. Test Your Inputs

After successful processor initialization and test, you may begin
testing inputs following these steps:
1. Assuming you are still online with the programming device, put
the controller into the Continuous Scan Test mode. This allows
the processor to scan the I/O and program, but not turn on any
physical outputs.
2. Monitor the data in data File 1, the input data file. All configured
Inputs should be displayed.
3. Make sure the first input slot, whatever slot number that may be,
is shown on the monitor.
4. Select the first input device connected to the first input terminal
on the input module in the I/O chassis.
5. Manually close and open the addressed input device.
ATTENTION: Never reach into a machine to actuate
a device, unexpected machine operation could occur.
!
6. Observe the associated bit status using the programming device
monitor function. Also, observe input status LED.
A. When the input device is closed and the signal power is at the
input terminal, the associated status bit is set to a one, and the
input status LED should turn on.
B. When the input device is opened and signal power does not
exist at the input terminal, the associated status bit is set to a
0, and the input status LED should go off.
7. If associated bit status and input status LED match input device
status, select the next input device and repeat steps 5 and 6 until
all inputs in the SLC 500 chassis have been tested.
If associated bit status and input status LED does not match the
input device status, follow the recommended troubleshooting
steps listed in chapter 10.
AB PLCs
Starting Up Your Control System 8–5
Publication 1747-6.2