Locator

Description

With the Locator (previously known as Device Discovery) function, an IO-Link device can be found again by starting signaling on the LED of the device by means of a system command.

ISDU

Locator Timeout parameter – ISDU

Name

Index

Subindex

Access

Length

Data Type

Data Storage

Default

Locator Timeout

0x00FE (254)

0

R/W

2 bytes

UINT16

Yes

0x0A

Locator Timeout

The Locator Timeout parameter sets the duration of the Locator signal that is displayed via LEDs.

The value is specified minutes. The value range from 0 to 30 minutes is allowed. If the parameter is set to 0, the Locator signal is deactivated. The parameter is reset by Application Reset and Factory Reset (also see Reset Commands).

System Commands

Device detection – System Commands

Command Value

Device Action

0xAF (175)

Start Device Discovery

(for backward compatibility)

0x7E (126)

Start Locator

0x7F (127)

Stop Locator