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PLCKeef

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Hi all
I need a bit of help with the program below.
I have a thumwheel switch and I want to transfer the left hand three digits to a dat wod specified by the
right hand digit.
The program works , but seems to transfer to the wrong data word.
for example if I have 1234 dialed up on the thumbwheel switch , 123 should be transfered to data word 4.
But it actuall goes to data word 8?
The data at MW20 seems to be doubled when put into the pointer ?

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Any ideas ?
thanks

//Indirect adddressing example

OPN DB 10 //open data block 10 as the resident DB
L IW 124
L W#16#F
AW
T MW 20 //left hand digit on it's own
//
L IW 124
AW W#16#FFF0
SRW 4
T MW 50 //right hand 3 digits on their own
//
//
L MW 20
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SLD 4
LAR1 //put the right hand digit in the correct pointer format
//
//
L MW 50
T DBW[AR1, P#0.0] //transfers the data to the DW specified by MW20

November 28th, 2005, 01:00 AM

tehu

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The code looks Ok. Siemens is doing the numbering in bytes, so actually word 4 equals byte 8.

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November 29th, 2005, 04:50 PM

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#3

I still don't understand , looking at what I have below , if MW20 has 4 in it

L MW 20
SLD 4
LAR1
then when I execute the next part
L MW 50
T DBW[AR1, P#0.0]
MW 50 gets transferred to DBW 8 , not 4 as I would expect ?

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November 29th, 2005, 04:58 PM

SimonGoldsworthy
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#4

If you want to write to a byte address, you shift the number left 3 bits. You are shifting the number 4
bits left (as you should if you are writing a DBW), hence why you are writing to DBW 8.

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November 29th, 2005, 07:23 PM

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Ok thanks
But how does 4 become 8 ?

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I have
0000 0000 0000 0100
in MW20
I shift it left 4 spaces
0000 0000 0100 0000

PLCKeef

so the pointer would be 4.0 ?

November 30th, 2005, 03:41 AM

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The bottom 3 bits of a pointer define the bit address, the remainder of the bits (when shifted right 3
bits) define the byte address. Pointer addresses increment as below:
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000

0000
0001
0010
0011
0100

= 0.0
= 0.1
= 0.2
= 0.3
= 0.4
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0000
0000
0000
0000
0001
0001
0010
0010
0011
0011
0100
etc.

0101
0110
0111
1000
0000
1000
0000
1000
0000
1000
0000

= 0.5
= 0.6
= 0.7
= 1.0
= 2.0
= 3.0
= 4.0
= 5.0
= 6.0
= 7.0
= 8.0

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November 30th, 2005, 07:53 AM

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#7

S7 indirect pointing is simple. Pointer (DWORD) points the bit number in open memeory space.
"SLD 3", "LAR1" etc. are not necessary, but mostly helpful.
L L#3
T #Pointer // points bit 3 (from zero)
L L#1
+D
T #Pointer2 // 1-bit more (4) than #Pointer (3)
L DBD[#Pointer] // Loads bits 3-34 to accu
T DBD[#Pointer2]// Writes from accu to bits 4-35

November 30th, 2005, 09:29 AM

SimonGoldsworthy
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#8
Quote:

Originally Posted by seppoalanen

S7 indirect pointing is simple
Unfortunately, the code you have posted may have caused more confusion than anything else.

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Firstly using the variable #Pointer is not possible because it is a reserved word. I would recommend
cutting/pasting example code from the block editor into the thread - that way you can only post code
that will be acceptable to the Step 7 block editor.
Secondly, you cannot reference a DBD from any address unless the bit number is zero (i.e. the bottom 3
bits of the pointer must be zero). Attempting to execute this code will cause the plc to fault out with an
alignment error. I would recommend running code in the plc simulator before posting it, that way you
know the posted code will do as you say.

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