A-12 Serial Communications
DC590+ Series DC Digital Drive
5. Encoding
Type Description Encoding Comments
BOOL Boolean FALSE >00
TRUE >01
Will accept >0 and >1
WORD 16-bit Bitstring >0000 to >FFFF Will accept leading zero suppression, except >0
INT 32-bit Signed Integer -XXXXX. to XXXXX.
-XXXXX.X to XXXXX.X
-XXXXX.XX to XXXXX.XX
-XXXXX.XXX to XXXXX.XXX
-XXXXX.XXXX to XXXXX.XXXX
Leading zeroes suppressed up to digit before decimal
point.
Trailing zeroes suppressed after decimal point.
ENUM Enumerated Value ( 0 to 99)
>00 to >FF Leading zeroes suppressed, except >0.
TAG Tag No. -XXXX. to XXXX. or
0. to XXXX.
As INT above.
Source tag numbers may be set negative to indicate a
feedback link, used to break a loop of function blocks.
Note: The “.” in the above formats is
not optional. It must be sent to
conform to the EI-BISYNCH standard.