Technical information

Controller States and Behaviors
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Note 8
The SoMachine software platform allows many powerful options for managing task
execution and output conditions while the controller is in the STOPPED or HALT
states. Refer to Controller State and Output Behavior (see page 55) for further
details.
Note 9
To exit the HALT state it is necessary to issue one of the Reset commands (Reset
Warm, Reset Cold, Reset Origin), download an application or cycle power.
Note 10
The RUNNING state has two exceptional conditions that will be indicated in run state
or error messages on HMI screen.
z RUNNING with External Error: You may exit this exceptional condition by clearing
the external error. No controller commands are required.
z RUNNING with Breakpoint: Refer to Controller State Description (see page 52)
for further details on this exceptional condition.