ADAM 6050 Digital Input State Follows Digital Input State Change

Sometimes, sites utilizing the ADAM 6050 Digital I/O devices require an output to mirror an input state change on the same unit. This guide will detail the steps to achieve this directly on the ADAM 6050, rather than through alternative methods like BVMS scripting. This is accomplished using the ADAM’s Graphic Condition Logic (GCL), enabling output state changes to function locally on the ADAM unit, independent of network connectivity to the ADAM module. However, if the ADAM unit loses power and lacks a network connection, the functions will cease. Once network connectivity is restored, the rule will resume operation. It is advisable to keep the ADAM/APAX utility active on a workstation or server that maintains communication with the unit(s) and can readily download the configuration in case of a power outage.

You will need the ADAM/APAX Utility to configure the ADAM 6050 and this guide assumes the module has already been assigned an IP address. For reference, the default IP address for configuring any part of the ADAM 6050 is 00000000.

The ADAM 6050 comes with twelve Digital Inputs (DI’s) and six Digital Ouputs (DO’s). The DI’s are all out of the box defaulted to Normally Closed (N/C) operation. The DO’s are all out of the box defaulted to Normally Open (N/O). This guide assumes that the DI states have not been inverted and are default. However, there will be a section at the end to show you how to invert the DI default state to N/O and what you must change with the GCL rule if you do invert it.

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