Utility
Decay Parameter
Description

Decay Parameter

The parameter value is decremented by one at each execution of the function block engine. This is useful for watchdog applications where the parameter must be written to periodically via a network comms server to prevent it from decaying to zero and triggering an alarm.
Availability
  • Available only in the dw2xx & dw2xx-v2 series products
  • Requires library: Process Control (option -05)
  • Firmware versions 0x2029 and later
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Parameters

Parameter Output, Read-write, Analog (signed 16-bit integer)
0 to 32767

The parameter value is decremented by one at each execution of the function block engine. This is useful for watchdog applications where the parameter must be written to periodically via a network comms server to prevent it from decaying to zero and triggering an alarm.