Owner's manual

Paramacros
Chapter 28
28-7
Attempting to use any of the above as MDI commands, 9/PC generates an
“ILLEGAL MACRO CMD VIA MDI”error message.
Use transfer of control c ommands to alter the normal flow of program
execution. Normally the control executes program blocks sequentially.
By using control commands, the programmer can alter this normal flow of
execution and transfer execution to a specific block or begin looping
(executing the same set of blocks repetitively).
Important: Transfer of control commands call a block by its N number. If
more than one N number exists in a block, the control uses only the
left-most N number in that block. If the same N number is used for more
than one block, the c ontrol will use the first block it encounters with the
correct N number (the control searches in the forward direction first, then
starts at the t op of the program).
Two types of transfer of control commands are available:
Conditional ---- The execution of a jump or loop is dependant on
whether a mathematical condition is true.
Non-Conditional ---- The execution of a jump or loop is always
performed when that block is executed.
This section describes conditional operators that are available for
paramacro programming. A conditional operator causes a comparison
between two values and yields a result of true or false. Use conditional
operators in “IF”or “WHILE”commands as described in sections 28.3.2
and 28.3.3 .
Use the true or false c ondition to determine whether the “IF”or “WHILE”
blocks are e xecuted. Table 28.C lists the conditional operators available
for paramacro programming:
Table 28.C
Conditional Operators
Operator Condition Tested
EQ Equal
NE NotEqual
GT GreaterThan
LT Less T han
GE GreaterThan orEqual
LE Less T han orEqual
28.3
Transfer of Control
Commands
28.3.1
Conditional Operators