Coils
A coil copies the state of the link on its left side to the link on its right side without modification, and stores an appropriate function of the state or transition of the left link into the associated Boolean variable.Standard coil symbols are shown in the following table.
Name | Description | Symbol |
Coil | The state of the left link is copied to the associated Boolean variable and right link. | |
Negated coil | The state of the left link is copied to the right link. The inverse of the state of the left link is copied to the associated Boolean variable, that is, if the state of the left link is OFF, then the state of the associated variable is ON, and vice versa. | |
SET (latch) coil | The associated Boolean variable is set to the ON state when the left link is in the ON state, and remains set until reset by a SET coil. | |
RESET (unlatch) coil | The associated Boolean variable is reset to the OFF state when the left link is in the ON state, and remains reset until set by a SET coil. | |
Positive transition sensing coil | The state of the associated Boolean variable is ON from one evaluation of this element to the next when a transition of the left link from OFF to ON is sensed. | |
Negative transition sensing coil | The state of the associated Boolean variable is ON from one evaluation of this element to the next when a transition of the left link from ON to OFF is sensed. |