Conversion instructions
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Part II IEC Instructions
WORD_TO_TIME
WORD in TIME
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PLC types
Availability of WORD_TO_TIME (see page 1333)
Data type I/O Function
WORD input input data type
TIME output conversion result
Examples: Input variable Output variable
12345 T#123.45s
16#0012 T#180.00ms
Description
WORD_TO_TIME converts a value of the data type WORD into a value of the data type TIME.
Data types
Example
In this example, the same POU header is used for all programming languages. For an example
using IL (instruction list), please refer to the online help.
POU header
All input and output variables used for programming this function have been declared in the POU
header.
This example uses variables. You can also use a constant for the input variable.
Body
WORD_value of the data type WORD (16-bit) is converted into a value of the data type TIME
(16-bit). The result will be written into the output variable time_value.
LD
ST
When programming with structured text, enter the following:
time_value:=WORD_TO_TIME(WORD_value);