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Data Type
For a PLC, you can specify the type of read or write data using a file number or tag
name in a command. However, the data type is fixed to INT16 for commands "PLC2
UnprotectedRead/Write"and"PLC5WordRangeRead/Write."
Ontheotherhand,thedatatypesontheDXaredeterminedasshowninthefollowing
section, "Data on the DX". For values to be used when the data type specified for a
PLC in a command is different from the type of data on the DX, see "Communication
Considerations"(onPage14).
Data on the DX
Data Count
ThedatacountontheDXisasfollows:
Model Measurement
channel
Computation
channel
Communication
input data
External input
channel
Count Number Count Number Count Number Count Number
DX1002 2 001
– 002 12 101
– 112 24 C01–C24 - -
DX1004 4 001 – 004
DX1006 6 001
–006 24 10
1 – 124
DX1012 12 001 – 012
DX2004 4 001 – 004 12 101
– 112 60 C01–C60
DX2008 8 001 – 008
DX2010 10
001 – 010 60 101–160 240 20
1 – 440
DX2020 20 001 – 020
DX2030 30
001 – 030
DX2040 40 001 – 040
DX2048 48 001
– 048
Data Type
ThedatatypesontheDXareshowninthefollowingtable:
Data Data type Remarks
Measurement
channel data
INT16 16-bitsignedinteger T
oacquireaphysicalvalue,itis
necessary to obtain the decimal
place and unit information in
advance.
Computation
channel data
INT32 32-bit signed integer
Communication
input data
FLOAT 3
2-bit floating-point
number
-
External input
channel data
INT16 16-bitsigned
integer T
oacquireaphysicalvalue,itis
necessary to obtain the decimal
place and unit information in
advance.
Explicit Message