Apparatus for operating a motor driven device and testing state

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ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for operating a motor driven device and testing the state of a limit switch in series with the motor, in the environment of a field interface device in a tank farm is disclosed. During operation of a relatively high power relay (115), a latched (145) signal ties one side (130) of the two-wire circuit to ground through a low impedance (139). When testing of the state of a series limit switch (119) is needed, the same supply voltage is switched onto one side of the two-wire circuit (147) but the low side of the two-wire circuit is grounded through a relatively high impedance (135, 136) to prevent sufficient current for operating the relay coil (117) from flowing. The presence or absence of current through the high impedance is detected through a coupling device (137) which provides a logical one or zero on an output line (68) to determine whether the limit switch is open or closed.

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