Dear Experts and Users
I am trying to simulate (i have no real hardware here) to know how FM350-2 counter work.

I create input CH 0 (assume encoder connect to CH0) increase by second. Then i can see that PV1 display the number that CH0 had enven though SwGateEn = 0 (i didn't use HwGate in config). And when i try to turn ON/OFF SwGateEn or StopGate the value in PV1 also same with input CH0.

My questions are:
1. Why this chart still count when SwGateEn=0 ? i thought it have just work when this En=1
2. How to reset PV1 value ? In case i want to count 2 value in two process by one encoder, i need to reset the last PV1 to count the next one.

Do i make something wrong or i have to have real hardware to test this function ?

Thanks you for your attention and sharing. (Attached is what i configured for counter CH0)

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Split from Counter Module FM350 block in PCS7 .

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Dear Experts and Users
I am trying to simulate (i have no real hardware here) to know how FM350-2 counter work.

I create input CH 0 (assume encoder connect to CH0) increase by second. Then i can see that PV1 display the number that CH0 had enven though SwGateEn = 0 (i didn't use HwGate in config). And when i try to turn ON/OFF SwGateEn or StopGate the value in PV1 also same with input CH0.

My questions are:
1. Why this chart still count when SwGateEn=0 ? i thought it have just work when this En=1
2. How to reset PV1 value ? In case i want to count 2 value in two process by one encoder, i need to reset the last PV1 to count the next one.

Do i make something wrong or i have to have real hardware to test this function ?

Thanks you for your attention and sharing. (Attached is what i configured for counter CH0)

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Split from Counter Module FM350 block in PCS7 .

See: https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/de/en/view/109760968 chapter : 16.15

-> You need real Hardware to test this function's. 

There is some communication behind the scene between FM350-2 and Cnt blocks.

Regards