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LED (and Display) Control

series4x (Display) supports three modes for controlling its LEDs (and Display):

  • Automatic Scene Selection
  • Scene controlled by IO-Link-Process Data
  • Advanced Control by IO-Link Process Data

The control mode can be selected via IO-Link parameter LED Control Mode (see ISDU Indices).

Automatic Scene Selection​

The LEDs (and Display) behave like the selected Scene. Scene n is selected by the state of Touch (Sensor actuation) and the state of the input pins E1 and E2:

LED SceneActuation FlagE1E2NonePin2 (E1)Pin2 (E1) and Pin5 (E2)
0000✓✓✓
1100✓✓✓
2010✓✓
3110✓✓
4001✓
5101✓
6011✓
7111✓

The number of applicable scenes depends on parameter Active Inputs:

Active InputsApplicable Scenes
None (3 pin mode)0, 1
Pin2 (E1) (4 pin mode)0 ... 3
Pin2 (E1) and Pin5 (E2) (5 pin mode)0 ... 7

The active Scene is set to the value written to the LED Scene field of the Process Data. For LED Scene = 255, the active Scene is selected by inputs like "Automatic Scene Selection" (LED Control Mode = 0).

LEDs always act like described in the active Scene. The Display behavior depends on the Display Mode field of Process Data: It can show the Display Text of the selected Scene, or a number or a text given in the respective field of Process Data.

The LED pattern, color, brightness, effect, and effect frequency is controlled by IO-Link process data. For more information see Process Data.

The LED indexing is clockwise starting from the top left LED (LED 1).

Output Locking​

The "Output Locking" was designed for applications without IO-Link only. The sensor needs to be set to LED Control Mode "Automatic Scene selection". It locks the Pin 4 output signal but has no impact on the Actuation Flag.

The "Output Locking" has no influence on the scene or scene change. This means touching/inputs on E1/E2 will change the scene accordingly.

For locking, the inputs must be set active (Active Inputs parameter).

Output locking can be used to interrupt an infinite timer / terminate an output signal.