Other Configurations

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Other Configurations

On the Setup tab, users must select the None item on the Physical Layer option, indicating that no physical interface is directly triggered by this Driver. This is the default option when adding a new Driver object in an application.

Any configuration other than the ones mentioned until now are irrelevant and have no effect, so they must be disregarded and kept with their default values.

Click OK to save all configurations and close this Driver's properties window.

Types of variables

Data Type

Size in Bits

Format

Range of Values

BIT

1

Bit

0 (zero) or 1 (one)

BOOL

8

Boolean

FALSE or TRUE

BYTE

8

Byte

0 (zero) to 255

WORD

16

Word

0 (zero) to 65535

DWORD

32

Double Word

0 (zero) to 4294967295

SINT

8

Signed 8-bit integer

-128 to 127

USINT

8

Unsigned 8-bit integer

0 (zero) to 255

INT

16

Signed 16-bit integer

-32768 to 32767

UINT

16

Unsigned 16-bit integer

0 (zero) to 65535

DINT

32

Signed 32-bit integer

-2147483648 to 2147483647

UDINT

32

Unsigned 32-bit integer

0 (zero) to 4294967295

REAL or FLOAT

32

Single precision floating point in IEEE 754 standard

-3.402823e+38 to 3.402823e+38

LREAL or DOUBLE

64

Double precision floating point in IEEE 754 standard

-1.79769313486231e308 to 1.79769313486232e308

STRING

-

Text in ASCII format

Maximum of 255 characters

TIME

32

Time in milliseconds

0ms to 71582m47s295ms

TIME_OF_DAY (TOD)

32

Time of the day in milliseconds

00:00:00 to 1193:02:47.295

DATE

32

Current date

1970-01-01 to 2106-02-06

DATE_AND_TIME (DT)

32

Current date and time

1970-01-01-00:00 to 2106-02-06-06:28:15

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