Reference Manual

Rockwell Automation Library of Process Objects:

Condition Gate Delay (P_Gate)
Version 3.5

IMPORTANT This manual applies to the Rockwell Automation Library of Process Objects version 3.5 or earlier.
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• PROCES-RM200
For Rockwell Automation Library of Process Objects version 4.0 or later, use the following manuals:
• PROCES-RM013 contains logic instructions
• PROCES-RM014 contains display elements
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 Table of Contents

Preface Software Compatibility and Content Revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Condition Gate Delay (P_Gate) Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Required Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Controller File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Visualization Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Controller Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Condition Gate Delay Input Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Condition Gate Delay Output Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Condition Gate Delay Local Configuration Tags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Implementation by Using the EnableIn False Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Display Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Faceplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Operator Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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 Preface

This manual contains new and updated information. Changes throughout this
revision are marked by change bars, as shown to the right of this paragraph.

Software Compatibility and Table 1 - Summary of Changes

Content Revision Topic Page
Changed software version from 3_1 to 3_5 8
Split visualization files table by type and reordered to align with installation requirements 9

For the latest compatible software information and to download the Rockwell
Automation® Library of Process Objects, see the Product Compatibility and
Download Center at
http://www.rockwellautomation.com/rockwellautomation/support/pcdc.page.

For general library considerations, see Rockwell Automation Library of Process

Objects, publication PROCES-RM002.

Additional Resources These documents contain additional information concerning related products
from Rockwell Automation.
Resource Description
PlantPAx® Distributed Control System Selection Guide, Provides information to assist with equipment
publication PROCES-SG001 procurement for your PlantPAx system.
PlantPAx Distributed Control System Reference Manual, Provides characterized recommendations for
publication PROCES-RM001 implementing your PlantPAx system.
Rockwell Automation Library of Process Objects, Provides general considerations for the PlantPAx system
publication PROCES-RM002 library of process objects.
FactoryTalk® View Machine Edition User Manual, Provides details on how to use this software package for
publication VIEWME-UM004 creating an automation application.
FactoryTalk View Site Edition User Manual, Provides details on how to use this software package for
publication VIEWSE-UM006 developing and running human-machine interface
(HMI) applications that can involve multiple users and
servers, distributed over a network.
Logix5000™ Controllers Add-On Instructions Programming Provides information for designing, configuring, and
Manual, publication 1756-PM010 programming Add-On Instructions.

You can view or download publications at

http:/www.rockwellautomation.com/literature/. To order paper copies of
technical documentation, contact your local Allen-Bradley® distributor or
Rockwell Automation sales representative.

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 Condition Gate Delay (P_Gate)

The P_Gate (Condition Gate Delay) Add-On Instruction provides a ‘gate’ for a
discrete signal and provides on-delay and off-delay timing for the gated signal.

P_Gate is used within P_DIn, all Analog inputs, and P_PIDE for threshold and
target disagree status processing.

When the gate input is true, the input is passed through to the output with
on-delay and off-delay timing applied. When the gate input is false, the output is
kept off (the off-delay still applies).

Add-On Instruction Faceplate

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Guidelines This instruction is integrated with the following Rockwell Automation Library
Objects:
• Basic Analog Input (P_AIn)
• Advanced Analog Input (P_AInAdv)
• Dual Sensor Analog Input (P_AInDual)
• Multiple Analog Input (P_AInMulti)
• Discrete Input Object (P_DIn)
• Enhanced PID (P_PIDE)

Functional Description The primary operations of the P_Gate Add-On Instruction and its faceplate are:
• Provides gate input to turn on and off input monitoring
• Provides Gate delay to define the time the gate input must be on for status
outputs to be enabled
• Provides on and off delays for the status output
• Provides configurable strings for gate and status condition descriptions
• Provides faceplate for setup of gate delay, on delay, off delay, and strings

Required Files Add-On Instructions are reusable code objects that contain encapsulated logic
that can streamline implementing your system. This lets you create your own
instruction set for programming logic as a supplement to the instruction set
provided natively in the ControlLogix® firmware. An Add-On Instruction is
defined once in each controller project, and can be instantiated multiple times in
your application code as needed.

Controller File
The P_Gate_3_5-00_AOI.L5X Add-On Instruction must be imported into the
controller project to be used in the controller configuration. The service release
number (boldfaced) can change as service revisions are created.

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Visualization Files

This Add-On Instruction has associated visualization files that provide a

common user interface. These files can be downloaded from the Product
Compatibility and Download Center at
http://www.rockwellautomation.com/rockwellautomation/support/pcdc.page.

IMPORTANT The visualization file dependencies require Process Library content imports to
occur in a specific order as reflected in the following tables:
• Images
• Global Objects
• Standard Displays
• HMI Tags
• Macros

Images are external graphic files that can be used in displays. They must be
imported for FactoryTalk View to make use of them.

When PNG files are imported, they are renamed by FactoryTalk View with
a .bmp file extension, but retain a .png format.
Table 2 - Visualization Files: Images (.png)
FactoryTalk View SE Software FactoryTalk View ME Software Description
All .png files in the images folder All .png files in the images folder These are the common icons used in the global objects and
standard displays for all Process Objects.

The Global Object files (.ggfx file type) in the following table are Process Library
display elements that are created once and referenced multiple times on multiple
displays in an application. When changes are made to a Global Object, all
instances in the application are automatically updated.
Table 3 - Visualization Files: Global Objects (.ggfx)
FactoryTalk View SE Software FactoryTalk View ME Software Description
(RA-BAS) Common Faceplate Objects (RA-BAS-ME) Common Faceplate Objects Global objects used on process object faceplates.

The Standard Display files (.gfx file type) in the following table are the Process
Library displays that you see at runtime.
Table 4 - Visualization Files: Standard Displays (.gfx)
FactoryTalk View SE Software FactoryTalk View ME Software Description
(RA-BAS) Common-AnalogEdit N/A Faceplate used for analog input data entry. The FactoryTalk
View ME faceplates use the native analog input data entry
so no file is required.
(RA-BAS) P_Gate-Faceplate (RA-BAS-ME) P_Gate-Faceplate The faceplate that is used for the P_Gate object

HMI Tags are created in a FactoryTalk View ME application to support tab

switching on Process Library faceplates. The HMI tags may be imported via the
comma-separated values file (.csv file type) in the following table.

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Table 5 - Visualization Files: HMI Tags (.csv)

FactoryTalk View SE Software FactoryTalk View ME Software Description
N/A FTVME_PlantPAxLib_Tags_3_5_xx.csv These tags must be imported into the
where xx = the service release number. FactoryTalk View ME project to support switching tabs on
any Process Object faceplate.

Controller Code This section describes the parameter references for this Add-On Instruction.

Condition Gate Delay Input Structure

Input parameters include the following:

• Input data elements (Inp_) are typically used to connect field inputs from
I/O modules or signals from other objects.
• Configuration data elements (Cfg_) are used to set configurable
capabilities and features of the instruction.
Table 7 - P_Gate Input Parameters
Input Parameter Data Type Default Description
EnableIn BOOL 1 Ladder Diagram:
If the rung-in condition is true, the instruction’s Logic routine executes. If the rung-in condition is false,
the instruction’s EnableInFalse routine executes.
Function Block Diagram:
If true, or not connected, the instruction’s Logic routine executes. If the parameter is exposed as a pin
and wired, and the pin is false, the instruction’s EnableInFalse routine executes.
Structured Text:
No effect. The instruction’s Logic routine executes.
Inp BOOL 0 Input Condition. This is the result of threshold comparison usually performed by the parent object.
Inp_Gate BOOL 1 Gate input used for status detection. When set to 1, input monitoring is enabled. When enabled, on
delay and off delay times are applied after the gate delay time. When set to 0, input detection is
disabled and the status output is forced off.
Cfg_GateDly DINT 0 The amount of time (in seconds) the gate input must be turned on for status outputs to be enabled. On
delays and off delays are applied to the input after the gate delay is completed.
Cfg_OnDly DINT 0 Determines the minimum time (in seconds) the input must remain on for the status to be set. On-delay
times are typically used to avoid unnecessary status indication or alarm when a value only briefly
overshoots its threshold.
Cfg_OffDly DINT 0 Determines the amount of time (in seconds) the input must be cleared to clear the status. Off delay
times are typically used to reduce chattering status indicators or alarms.

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Condition Gate Delay Output Structure

Output parameters include the following:

• Output data elements (Out_) are the primary outputs of the instruction,
typically used by hardware output modules; however, they can be used by
other application logic.
• Status data elements (Sts_) are bit outputs of the instruction for use by the
HMI. Status bits also can be used by other application logic.
• Error data elements (Err_) are outputs of the instruction that indicate a
particular configuration error. If any Err_ bit is set, then the Sts_Err
configuration error summary status is set and the Invalid Configuration
indicator is displayed on the HMI.
Table 8 - P_Gate Output Parameters
Output Parameter Data Type Description
EnableOut BOOL Enable Output: The EnableOut signal is not manipulated by this instruction. Its output state always reflects EnableIn input
state.
Out BOOL Output after On Delay, Off Delay, enabled by Gate.
Sts_Gate BOOL 1 = Gate Delay done, Output is enabled.
Sts_Err BOOL 1 = Error in Config (see detail Err_ bits for reason), display icon.
Err_Timer BOOL 1 = Error in Config: On Delay, Off Delay, Gate Delay Time Invalid (use 0 …2,147,483 seconds).
P_Gate BOOL Unique parameter name for auto-discovery.

Condition Gate Delay Local Configuration Tags

Configuration parameters that are arrayed, string, or structure data types cannot
be configured as parameters for Add-On Instructions. Configuration parameters
of these types appear as local tags to the Add-On Instruction. Local tags can be
configured through the HMI faceplates or in Studio 5000 Logix Designer®
application by opening the instruction logic of the Add-On Instruction instance
and then opening the Data Monitor on a local tag. These parameters cannot be
modified by using controller logic or Logix Designer application
export/import functionality.

Table 9 - Local Configuration Tags

Tag Name Data Type Default Description
Cfg_GateCond STRING_20 'Gating Condition' Gate input description.
Cfg_InpCond STRING_20 'Input Condition' Input condition description.

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Operations This section describes the primary operations for Add-On Instruction.

Modes
The P_Gate Add-On Instruction does not have modes and does not contain a
P_Mode instruction instance.

Alarms

The P_Gate Add-On Instruction does not generate any alarms. In many
applications, status bits from P_AIn Analog Input or P_DIn Discrete Input
instructions are sent to the P_Gate inputs, and the output of P_Gate is the input
to a P_Alarm instruction.

ATTENTION: Status bits are normally used as permissive conditions. Use alarm
bits as permissive conditions only if you intend that the permissive condition be
ignored when the corresponding alarm is inhibited.

Simulation

The P_Gate Add-On Add-On Instruction does not have a Simulation capability.

Execution

The following table explains the handling of instruction execution conditions

Table 10 - P_Gate Execution

Condition Description
EnableIn False (false rung) Processing for EnableIn False is handled the same as the main logic routine
except that the state of Inp is inverted. This allows the P_Gate Add-On
Instruction in a Ladder Diagram instance to have its condition input
mapped by using the rung condition instead of separate mapping logic.
Be sure the Inp parameter is set to 1 (its default value) when using rung
condition mapping. Refer to ‘Implementation by using the EnableIn False
Feature’ for details.
IMPORTANT: Only the condition input ‘Inp’ is inverted when EnableIn is
false. The gate input ‘Inp_Gate’ must still be mapped.
Powerup (prescan, first scan) During Prescan, the Inp_Gate input is set to 1 to ensure the condition
input Inp is processed with on-delay and off-delay timing if the Inp_Gate
pin becomes unconnected or un-referenced.
Postscan (SFC Transition) No SFC postscan logic is provided.

Refer to the Logix5000 Controllers Add-On Instructions Programming Manual,

publication 1756-PM010, for more information.

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Implementation by Using the EnableIn False Feature

The P_Gate instruction can be used in a Ladder Diagram routine with the input
condition carried by the Rung-In state instead of being mapped by separate logic,
such as an XIC/OTE branch.

The following illustration shows normal implementation with the condition

input and gate input mapped to the P_Gate instance by logic, in this case on the
branches immediately before the instance.

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The following illustration shows the EnableIn False implementation, with the
condition input mapped by using the Rung-In state. (It also shows Rung-In
mapping for the P_Alarm instruction.)

Note that whether or not you map the P_Gate instruction's condition input by
using the Rung-In state, the Inp_Gate signal must still be mapped by logic. Only
the condition input Inp follows the Rung-In state.

The Rung-In condition determines whether the Add-On Instruction's normal

code (‘Logic’ Routine) is executed or its EnableIn False code (‘EnableInFalse’
Routine). The two routines use identical code, except that in the EnableInFalse
Routine all references to Inp are inverted.

When using the Rung-In mapping method, be sure to set Inp to 1 (its default
value). Then, when the rung is TRUE, Inp (which is 1) is treated as TRUE.
When the rung is FALSE, Inp (which is still 1) is treated as FALSE (inverted).

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Display Elements The P_Gate instruction is used within other device instructions to provide status
and alarm timing functions. There are no dedicated display elements for this
instruction. The faceplate is called from the containing instruction faceplate.

Faceplate Some device faceplates include navigation to P_Gate. The P_Gate faceplate title
bar contains the value of the local configuration tag (Cfg_Desc) of the containing
Add-On Instruction from which P_Gate was called.

For example, if the P_Gate Operator faceplate were opened by clicking on a

threshold name in P_AInAdv, the description displayed in the P_Gate faceplate
title bar is the same as the description used in P_AInAdv. (See the P_Gate
faceplate on page 16.)

Edit

Operator

The faceplate provides the means for operators, maintenance personnel,

engineers, and others to interact with the P_Gate instruction instance. When a
given input is restricted via FactoryTalk View security, the required user Security
Code letter is shown in the tables that follow.

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Operator Tab

The Faceplate initially opens to the Operator (‘Home’) Tab. From here, an
operator can monitor the device status.

The Operator tab shows the following information:

• Indictors that show the current Input Value and Output Status
• Gate Input status indicator

The figure below shows the Operator tab.

Input Value

Gate Delay

On Delay

Output Status
Off Delay

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The following table lists the functions on the Operator tab.

Table 11 - Operator Tab Descriptions

Function Action Security Required
Input Condition Type the text for the Input Condition. Engineering
This text appears on the Maintenance tab of Configuration (code E)
the faceplate from which the P_Gate
faceplate is opened.
Gate Condition Type the text for the gate Condition.
Gate Delay Type the amount of time (in seconds) the Configuration and
gate input must be turned on for status Tuning Maintenance
outputs to be enabled. (Code D)
On Delay Type the minimum time (in seconds) the
input must be true to set the status.
On-delay times are typically used to avoid
an unnecessary status indication or alarm
when a value briefly overshoots its
threshold.
Off Delay Type the amount of time (in seconds) the
input must be cleared clear the status. Off
delay times are typically used to reduce
chattering status indicators or alarm.

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