### Sensor Binder NOTE A control program with this microblock works only with v5.5 or later systems and v5.5 or later drivers. The information below provides a FULL description of this microblock and all of its properties. What information you see and what you can do with it depends on your license and the application you are in, and in some cases, a controller's driver version.
Microblock family | Network I/O microblocks
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What it does | A Sensor Binder microblock is required if your control programs is to work with ZS or wireless sensors. This microblock is where you define up to 5 uniquely-addressed ZS or wireless sensors. The addresses in the microblock must match the sensors' Rnet addresses. This microblock's ALARM output wire turns on any time an error is reported on any of these sensors. A control program can have only one Sensor Binder microblock.
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#### Properties TIPS Alt+click any value in the WebCTRL® or Field Assistant interface to view property details, including its editing privilege and expression (location path) for use on graphics. You can right-click some properties in the EIKON® Property Editor and select Make editable or Make read-only to determine that property's functionality in your system.
Name | The microblock label used in the EIKON® application and the WebCTRL® interface. You can use any characters except the " character.
Reference Name RefName | Use the default reference name unless you want a more descriptive name for graphics or network links. Limitations: lower case only limited to 40 characters cannot begin with a number must be unique within a control program
Editing Privilege | Preset - Each microblock property has an appropriate privilege or role assigned to it. You can use Global Modify in the WebCTRL® interface to find out what the actual privilege is. CAUTION If you change the Editing Privilege from Preset, the privilege you select will be used for all properties of this microblock, which is not always desirable.
Sensor Configuration | The Index number is a reference number for each sensor that you define in this microblock. ASVI and BSVI microblocks refer to the sensors by the index number defined in this microblock.
Area | Type an intuitive name for the sensor's location. This name will appear in the ASVI, BSVI, and Setpoint microblocks in the WebCTRL® or Field Assistant system.
Network Type | Select Rnet for each sensor that you define.
Address | ZS sensors—The physical address set on the sensor's DIP switches. Wireless sensors—The Rnet ID that you get from the SensorBuilder application.
Lock Display | Check to lock a ZS Pro or ZS Pro-F sensor's buttons. The sensor's Home screen will display a icon. The lock can be overridden in the WebCTRL® interface or at the sensor by a user that knows the override procedure.
Show Property Page Text | Check to show this microblock's value on the equipment's Properties page.
In the WebCTRL® or Field Assistant system only: |
Version | The product type, firmware version,and serial number of each sensor defined in this microblock.
Status | Possible statuses | Description
| Sensor Offline | ZS - The controller is not communicating with the sensor. Wireless - The controller is not communicating with the Wireless Adapter or the sensor is not paired to the Wireless Adapter.
| Sensor Unconfigured | ZS - The controller is communicating with the sensor but has not yet sent the information it needs such as setpoints and Rnet tags. Wireless - The controller is communicating with the Wireless Adapter but has not yet sent the information it needs such as setpoints and Rnet tags.
| Sensor Configuring | ZS/Wireless - The controller is in the process of sending the information the sensor needs to operate.
| Sensor Configured | ZS/Wireless - The controller has sent the information the sensor needs to operate.
| Resource Allocation | ZS only - The configuration information (Rnet tags, display text, etc.) exceeded the sensor's available memory.
| Address Duplicate | ZS/Wireless - A Sensor Binder microblock in another control program has the same sensor address as this Sensor Binder microblock.
Error | ZS - Shows No Comm if the sensor is not communicating. Wireless - Shows No Comm if the Wireless Adapter is not communicating.
Alarm | ZS - Shows On if any of the sensors cannot communicate. Wireless - Shows On if the Wireless Adapter is not communicating
#### Simulation Define the value(s) the microblock will use when you simulate the control program.