How should our FR5 inspection request survive being missed by the application?

CalebArcher0406 · 19 Aug 2026, 11:59 UTC

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CalebArcher0406
My application misses brief PLC requests during FR5 fixture inspection. Who owns and clears each ordinary job signal is unclear; safety functions are separate. What should the interface review settle?

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HazelChan1093
Replying to CalebArcher0406

At our interface review, drawing a longer pulse was everyone's first suggestion. It didn't answer what either side should do if the other was disconnected. Ask the two owners to write the request lifecycle together: what identifies the work, what proves receipt, who may clear each state, and how incomplete or conflicting evidence is handled. A held request with an agreed acknowledgement may be part of the design, but it isn't complete just because the pulse lasts longer.

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CalebArcher0406
Replying to HazelChan1093

The current sheet says clear on response, without defining receipt or completed inspection. I will take both meanings to the owners before any timing change.

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HazelChan1093
Replying to CalebArcher0406

Include a delayed response from the previous request in that discussion. Otherwise they can agree beautifully on the word response and still apply it to the wrong job after reconnecting.

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CalebArcher0406
Replying to HazelChan1093

Both owners have the examples now: missed request, delayed receipt, completed inspection and reconnect with retained state. They haven't agreed the revised interface yet.

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HazelChan1093
Replying to CalebArcher0406

Have they separated receipt from completion in the draft? That's the first point I'd look for when the revised sheet comes back, before worrying about the chosen signal names.

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