User`s guide

General
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2.3 Signal Format
The following signal formats are available in the dialog for each object, on the as-
sumption that the selected driver supports the signal format.
Format type Area
Signed 16-bit -32,768 – +32,767
Unsigned 16-bit 0 – +65,535
Signed 32-bit -2147483648 – [phone]*
Unsigned 32-bit 0 – [phone]*
Float with
exponent, 32-bit
±3.4E38*. Numbers larger than 1,000,000 are shown with exponent.
Float without
exponent, 32-bit
Parameters Positions (including decimal point and characters) and
Decimals indicate the available area*.
E.g. 8 positions and 3 decimals result in ±999.999.
BCD Float 0 – 9999,9999.
BCD 16-bit 0 – 9999
BCD 32-bit 0 – 99999999*
HEX 16-bit 0 – FFFF
HEX 32-bit 0 – FFFF FFFF*
Seconds 16-bit The object Analog numeric can present the time format. Syntax:
<hours:minutes:seconds>.
Example: The register value in D0=3661, the object Analog numeric
linked to D0 and defined as Seconds 16-bit will then show
<1:01:01>.
Seconds 32-bit The object Analog numeric can present the time format*. Syntax:
<hours:minutes:seconds>.
String Character string which can be used in the dynamic function for
graphic objects.
Example: In the object Static symbol, Digital symbol and Multiple
symbol, the dynamic property Symbol can be linked to a register
with the format String.
Array 16-bit Table format which can be used for an Event in the dynamic func-
tion for graphic objects.
Example: A group of registers is to be allocated different values
when “Value entered” is equal to 99. The first value in the field
Value will then be entered to register D21 in the field Signal. If the
field Value appears as follows, <1,2,3,4> the value 2 will be
entered in next subsequent register (D22), etc.
* Values in 32-bit format will contain some inexactness, since both the configuration
tool and the operator panel handles only the first 6 digits of a 32-bit value.
The remaining digits will be truncated or changed into zeroes.