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Series Programmable Controllers
Programming Manual - Basic & Applied Instruction Edition
5 How to Specify Devices and Constants to Instructions
5.1 Numeric Values Handled in PLCs (Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal and Real Numbers)
5.
How to Specify Devices and Constants to Instructions
This chapter explains how to specify sources and destinations in sequence instructions which are the basis in
handling instructions for PLCs.
• Specifying constants in decimal, hexadecimal and real numbers
• Specifying digits of bit devices
• Specifying a bit position of data registers
• Directly specifying BFM (buffer memory) in special blocks/units
• Indexing with using index registers
5.1
Numeric Values Handled in PLCs
(Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal and Real Numbers)
FX PLCs handle five types of numeric values according to the application and purpose.
This paragraph explains the roles and functions of these numeric values.
5.1.1
Types of numeric values
1. Decimal numbers (DEC)
• Set value (constant K) of timers and counters
• Device numbers of auxiliary relays (M), timers (T), counters (C), state relays (S), etc.
• Numeric values in operands and instruction operations in applied instructions (constant K)
2. Hexadecimal numbers (HEX)
• Numeric values in operands and instruction operations in applied instructions (constant H)
3. Binary numbers (BIN)
For a timer, counter or data register, a numeric value is specified
in decimal or hexadecimal as described above. But all of these
numeric values are handled in the binary format inside PLCs.
When these devices are monitored in peripheral equipment, they
are automatically converted into the decimal format as shown in
the figure on the right (or can be converted into the hexadecimal
format).
• Handling of negative value
A negative value is expressed in complement of PLCs.
For the details, refer to the explanation of NEG (FNC 29)
instruction.
4. Octal numbers (OCT)
In FX PLCs, device numbers of input relays and output relays are assigned in octal.
Because "8" and "9" do not exist in octal, device numbers are carried in the way "0 to 7, 10 to 17, 70 to 77,
100 to 107".
5. Binary coded decimal (BCD)
BCD format expresses each numeric value from 0 to 9 constructing each digit of a decimal number in a 4-bit
binary number.
Because handling of each digit is easy, this format is adopted in controlling digital switches of BCD output
type and seven-segment display units.
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
512
1024
2048
4096
8192
16384
(binary)
Input from
keyboard
0: Positive value
1: Negative value
(decimal)
(decimal)
K 7 8 9
Monitoring in programming tool
Automatic
conversion
1+4+16+256+512
= 789
Example of decimal
number input
K 7 8 9