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11 | Appendix
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11.2.4
Attribute and format elements: Possible combinations
The
attribute
element describes the access to a parameter structure (e.g. to values, descriptive texts, etc.); the
format
element describes the transfer format of a parameter. The values of both elements can be combined as follows.
Attribute
Format
FLOAT
(8 hex)
BYTE
(41 hex)
WORD
(42 hex)
DWORD
(43 hex)
STRING
(1C hex, 1D hex,
1E hex)
Value
(10 hex)
Not permitted
Not permitted
Not permitted
Scaled value for all
parameters
represented as
integer (4 bytes)
8, 16 or 80
characters
Raw value
(80 hex)
Unscaled raw
value, specifically
for FLOAT data
type (4 bytes)
Unscaled raw
value, specifically
for BOOL, WORD,
I8 data types
(1 byte)
Unscaled raw
value, specifically
for WORD, I16
data types
(2 bytes)
Unscaled raw
value, specifically
for DWORD, I32
data types
(4 bytes)
Not permitted
Integer
(81 hex)
Not permitted
Not permitted
Not permitted
Scaled value for all
parameters
represented as
integer (4 bytes)
Not permitted
Floating point
(82 hex)
Scaled
representation for
all parameters as
floating point
(4 bytes)
Not permitted
Not permitted
Not permitted
Not permitted
Tab. 15: Attribute, format: Possible combinations
