PLC & DCS

CHAPTER 03

I.C.DEPT

SOLATED/ NON ISOLATED INPUT /OPUT PUT

There are PLC available in market, as isolated and non-isolatedI/O terminals
produced by manufacturers.A system with isolated input terminals is shown in
figure.

Since each input has no connection with any other input, each one may be
connected as desired with no concern for power supply interaction. The only
requirement is that, for the led in the opto-isolater to light, a positive voltage must
be applied to the positive terminal of the plc input with respect to the negative
terminal.

PLC & DCS

CHAPTER 03

I.C.DEPT

There are three device connected to the PLC, a normally open push-button, a
normally closed push-button and a photo detector.It has two power supplies have
the negative side connected input com terminal.We are thinking in terms of
lighting the led in the opto-isolator, since led must be forward biased to light, the
positive voltage must be applied to the anode of the led and the negative voltage to
the cathode. All three opto-isolator have the cathode lead of led connected to the
input COM terminal. From figure 2 negative leads of all the power supply ps1 and
ps2 and also cathode leads of all opto-isolator connected to the input com
terminal. With negative leads or ps1 connected to the cathode of the input led, the
positive leads of ps1 must be connected to the anode of the input led, if this is done
the input led will light and the plc will accept as being turned on.To control this
input sw1 is placed in series will the positive power supply lead going to input 1.
If sw1 is not pressed, the switch will be open and no voltage will be applied
across the input led, the led will not light and plc will accept input as being off. If
the switch is pressed, the switch contacts will close, and the positive lead of ps1
will be connected to the anode of the input led causing the led to light. This will
cause the plc to accept input as being on.
Input 2 is connected similar to input 1accepted that switch sw2 is a normally
close push-button it is a normally closed, if the switch is not being pressed the
positive lead of ps1 will be connected to the input to led, causing it to light. This
will cause the plc to accept input to as being on. When push-button switch sw2 is
pressed the normally close contact will be opened removing power from the input
2 led, and thus the plc will accept input 2 being off.
Input 3 is connected to photo detector opto-1, opto-1 is a detector with a
PNP transistor output. In operation, opto-1 required dc power for that reason ps2 is
connected to the device. The emitter of opto-1 is connected to the positive
terminal; Positive terminal of ps2 and the collector is connected to input 3. When
light strikes the photo transistor for in opto-1, the transistor saturates and thus, led
for input 3 to light since it will have positive voltage on the Anode and negative on
the cathode. When the LED lights, the plc will accept input 3 as being on. When no
light strikes photo transistor in opto-1, the transistor will switch off. Thus no
current from input 3 led, the led will not light. In turn, plc will accept input 3 as
being off.