Activate Power Sector

This command is used to activate a Power Sector by activating the XBots located within that Power Sector.

An activated Power Sector will have a fence built around it to block XBots from entering or leaving the Power Sector until the Recover Power Sector command is called.

Auto Driving and Auto Driving Velocity commands cannot be used in an Active_Fenced Power Sector.

Fieldbus Interface

PMC_Sector_Activate

Inputs

Name	Data Type	Description
Execute	BOOL	Execution of the function block begins on a rising edge of this input.
SectorID	USINT	ID of the Power Sector to activate
PM_Controller	PMControllerType	Data structure that specifies which PMC to connect to. There should be only 1 instance of this variable for each connected PMC.

Outputs

Name	Data Type	Description
Ack	BOOL	Command has been accepted by the PMC when Ack = TRUE.
Done	BOOL	Execution successful. Function block is finished. (Note: Done will not become TRUE if Execute is already FALSE)
Busy	BOOL	Function block is active and must continue to be called.
Aborted	BOOL	Command aborted by another command.
Error	BOOL	If there is an error in processing the command, then Error = TRUE, otherwise, FALSE.
ErrorID	UINT	0x0: All OK. Otherwise, please see PMC Reply Codes.

Conditions

Operating Conditions
Preconditions	The specified Power Sector is in the Inactive state. No XBots located on the Sector boundary.
Postconditions	The specified Power Sector enters the Activating state

Description

This command is used to activate a Power Sector by activating the XBots located within that Power Sector.

An activated Power Sector will have a fence built around it to block XBots from entering or leaving the Power Sector until the Recover Power Sector command is called.

Auto Driving and Auto Driving Velocity commands cannot be used in an Active_Fenced Power Sector.

Typical workflow for powering up a Power Sector that is currently off

Turn on power to Flyways in the Sector
Get Power Sector Status until it is in the "Inactive_Fenced" state (go to step 3), or "Active_Fenced" (go to step 5) state
Activate Power Sector to activate XBots inside the Power Sector.
Get Power Sector Status until it is in the "Active_Fenced" state
Recover Power Sector to remove the fence around the Power Sector