Instruction Manual

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Communicate with ASCII Devices Chapter 21
Data Type Formats
Follow these formats for sending different data types.
Data Type Format Example
BOOL Description: boolean
Size: 1 character
Range: 1 = true; 0 = false
0
1
SINT Description: short integer
Size: 1…4 characters
Range: -128…127
-101
5
127
-128
INT Description: integer
Size: 1…6 characters
Range: -32768…32767
-25724
232
-6
248
DINT Description: double integer
Size: 1…11 characters
Range: -2147483648…2147483647
-1357679042
257
6200471
USINT Description: unsigned short integer
Size: 1…3 characters
Range: 0 …255
123
35
6
255
UINT Description: unsigned integer
Size: 1…5 characters
Range: 0 …65535
65535
7
333
597
UDINT Description: unsigned double integer
Size: 1…10 characters
Range: 0…4294967295
4294967295
256
334510