TON, TOF, or RTO? Which PLC Timer Should You Use?

TON, TOF, or RTO? Which PLC Timer Should You Use?

Almost every PLC program you will ever write has a timer in it. PLC timers will sound a horn before a motor starts. A fan keeps running after a heater shuts off. A pump counts its running hours until it is due for service. Those three jobs need three different timers: TON, TOF and RTO. … Read more