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Avatar Control Function Blocks

For each avatar type (Device, Load, or Application), the TeSys™ island function block library for the TIA Portal provides a dedicated control function block in the folder “DP_Avatar” or “PN_Avatar”. These function blocks can be used to control the functionalities of the respective avatars and retrieve status information about the avatar. Each instance of an avatar on a TeSys™ island also requires its own instance of the appropriate avatar control function block in the PLC program, if it will be controlled from the PLC program.

Avatar Control function blocks use a combination of cyclic input and output data as well as acyclic read requests, depending on the functionality of the individual function block and the data the avatar provides.

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