Chapter 9. Diagnostics396 PACSystems* RX7i, RX3i and RSTi-EP CPU Programmer's Reference Manual GFK-2950C9.3.3 Using Point FaultsPoint faults pertain to external I/O faults, although they are also set due to the failure of associatedhigher-level internal hardware (for example, IOC failure or loss of a rack). To use point faults, theymust be enabled in Hardware Configuration on the Memory parameters tab of the CPU.When enabled, a bit for each discrete I/O point and a byte for each analog I/O channel are allocatedin CPU memory. The CPU memory used for point faults is included in the total reference tablememory size. The FAULT and NOFLT contacts, described in Using Alarm Contacts, provide access tothe point faults.The full support of point fault contacts depends on the capability of the I/O module. Some Series 90-30 modules do not support point fault contacts. The point fault contacts for these modules remainall off, unless a Loss of I/O Module occurs, in which case the RX3i CPU turns on all point fault contactsassociated with the lost module.9.3.4 Using Alarm ContactsHigh (-[HA]-) and low (-[LA]-) alarm contacts are used to represent the state of the analog inputmodule comparator function. To use alarm contacts, point faults must first be enabled in HardwareConfiguration on the Memory parameters tab of the CPU.The following example logic uses both high and low alarm contacts.Note: HA and LA contacts do not create an entry in a fault table.
