Foundation Fieldbus function block Modes

FF function blocks support all of these modes:

• OOS (Out Of Service) – All function blocks are required to support this mode, where the block freezes its output at the last calculated value and attaches a “Bad” status value

• Man (Manual) – the output of the block is fixed at a value determined by the technician, with a “Good” status value attached

• Auto (Automatic) – the function block processes information normally

• Cas (Cascade) – the function block processes information normally

• Iman (Initialization Manual) – the output of the block is fixed at its last calculated value, due to the output signal path being incomplete

• LO (Local Override) – the output of the block is fixed at its last calculated value, due to a detected fault condition within the device

• RCas (Remote Cascade) – the function block processes information normally based on a setpoint sent from a remote source to the block’s RCas In input

• ROut (Remote Output) – the function block passes data to its output sent from a remote source to the block’s ROut In input

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