Outputs Available Only for Action Elements

The Action element has 11 outputs:

Note that if the element is being modeled as a system with child elements, these outputs are contained within a “Properties” folder when viewing the output port for the element:

The first seven outputs are shared with the Function element.

The other four outputs are unique to the Action element:

ActionOK. An event that is output whenever the element is triggered and successfully performs its action.

ActionFailed. An event that is output whenever the element is triggered and fails to successfully perform its action.  The event is output whether the action failed due to the element not being operating or if it failed because the element was unreliable.

NumActionTriggers. An integer representing the cumulative number of times the element has been triggered.

NumOK. An integer representing the cumulative number of times the element has successfully carried out its action after being triggered.

In addition, under some circumstances (if the Action is being modeled as a system, and actions are handled internally), a locally available property called ActionEvent is available for Trigger inputs inside the Action element.

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