Instruction Manual

Language Reference • Reference 279

Publication 1398-PM601A-EN-P — October 2000

WORDS

WAIT

Wait Program Structure

Purpose Wait for a condition to occur before proceeding to the next instruction.

Syntax WAIT condition

condition The condition to be tested. The condition may be a comparison,

an input being ON or OFF, or a flag being ON or OFF.

Comparisons compare the values of two operands and determine

if the condition is TRUE or FALSE. A comparison may be

greater than (>), less than (<), equal to ( = ), not equal to (<>),

less than or equal to (< = ), or greater than or equal to (> = ). The

operands of a comparison may be user variables, system vari-

ables, analog input values (ADC), or constants.

I1 ON ;an input

F1 ON ;a user flag

INPOSN ;system flag

G1 > G2 ;comparison user variable

G1 > POS1 ;comparison system variable

POS2 <= 7.00 ;comparison constant

Remarks