Causes for multistate push button runtime errors

If the button’s state value is too large for the data type of the tag assigned to the Value connection, or if the value is outside the assigned tag’s minimum and maximum values, the application does not write the value to the Value tag, the state does not change, and the application logs an error.

For example, the state value is too large for the tag’s data type if the data source is a PLC-5, the state value is 2,147,483,647, and the assigned tag is an integer tag using the address N7:0.

If the button is in auto repeat mode when the error occurs, then auto repeat mode ends and the application resets the Repeat delay timer.

If the Indicator tag value does not match any of the state values for the push button, the button displays the error state.

The digital tag works like a Boolean in that any non-zero value is treated as 1.

If the Value connection is not assigned, when an operator presses the button the state does not change and the application logs an error.