Block Transfer
Chapter 18
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Figure 18.7
Programming Multiple Reads from One Module
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Buffer block transfer data so you can validate it before you use it. Data
that is read from the block transfer module and transferred to data table
locations must be buffered. Data that is written to the module need not be
buffered because block transfer modules perform this function internally.
Buffer transferred data to ensure that both the transfer and the data are
valid. As an example, readings from an open-circuited temperature sensor
(invalid data) could have a valid transfer from an analog input module to
the data table. Program the processor to examine data-valid and/or
diagnostic bits contained in the transferred data to determine whether or
not the data is valid. The block transfer done bit is set if the transfer
is valid.
The data-valid and/or diagnostic bits differ for each block transfer module.
Some modules set one or both for the entire file of words transferred, while
others set a data-valid diagnostic bit in each word. See the documentation
for the block transfer module to determine the correct usage of the data
valid and/or diagnostic bit(s).
Buffering Data
