{"id":108,"date":"2014-01-06T02:50:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T02:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2014-01-06T02:51:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T02:51:38","slug":"controllogix-output-modules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"ControlLogix Output Modules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The purpose of the discrete output module is to control field devices. Discreet (digital) output devices only have two states:\u00a0 On or Off<\/p>\n<p>The discrete output module requires power from an external source. When a 1 is placed into the output tag of the ControlLogix (in run mode), a status light is energized on the module, and a connection is made between the source, and the corresponding output terminal.\u00a0 An example of a Controller Tag for an output module would be:\u00a0 Local:6:O.Data.0\u00a0 (The Local Chassis (where the processor resides), Slot 6, Terminal 0.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of output devices include: lights, solenoids, motor starter coils, and contactors. If you have an inductive load as the output, be sure to use the proper surge suppression.<\/p>\n<p>Many different output modules are available, such as Triac, Transistor, Relay, Isolated, and Diagnostic modules.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget that most output modules with solid state switches, such as the Triac, will require a minimum load due to leakage current.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/OutputModule.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-109\" alt=\"OutputModule\" src=\"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/OutputModule.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The purpose of the discrete output module is to control field devices. Discreet (digital) output devices only have two states:\u00a0 On or Off The discrete output module requires power from an external source. When a 1 is placed into the output tag of the ControlLogix (in run mode), a status light is energized on the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethernetsupport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}