Finding information about instructions and ladder elements Chapter 1
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Defining function block and parameter names
The interface of a function block must be explicitly defined with a type and a
unique name for each of its calling (input) parameters or return (output)
parameters. Function blocks can have more than one output parameter. The value
of a return parameter for a function block is different for each programming
language (FBD, LD, ST).
Function block names and function block parameter names can use up to 128
characters. Function block parameter names can begin with a letter or an
underscore followed by letters, numbers, and single underscores.
The following table lists the instruction set available in Connected Components
workbench in alphabetical order.
Instruction Instruction block type
ABL on page 110 Function block
ABS on page 62 Function
ACB on page 111 Function block
ACL on page 114 Function block
ACOS on page 64 Function
ACOS_LREAL on page 66 Function
Addition on page 68 Operator
AHL on page 116 Function block
AND on page 157 Operator
AND_MASK on page 132 Function
ANY_TO_BOOL on page 278 Function
ANY_TO_BYTE on page 279 Function
ANY_TO_DATE on page 280 Function
ANY_TO_DINT on page 281 Function
ANY_TO_DWORD on page 282 Function
ANY_TO_INT on page 282 Function
ANY_TO_LINT on page 284 Function
ANY_TO_LREAL on page 285 Function
ANY_TO_LWORD on page 286 Function
ANY_TO_REAL on page 287 Function
ANY_TO_SINT on page 288 Function
ANY_TO_STRING on page 289 Function
ANY_TO_TIME on page 290 Function
ANY_TO_UDINT on page 291 Function
ANY_TO_UINT on page 292 Function
ANY_TO_ULINT on page 292 Function
ANY_TO_USINT on page 294 Function
Instruction set in
alphabetical order