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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Temple L. Fulton, Elizabethton, TN (US);
Lothar Trapp, Feucht, DE;
Heiner Fuchs, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for providing a signal indicative of a set single bit flag, which is set for a scan cycle responsive to a detection of a fault in an Input/Output (I/O) device of a programmable logic controller (PLC) system or an I/O interface of the PLC system. Numerous other aspects are provided.