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Is there a tick box to make all I/O, bool's and variables global instead of clicking the make global button every time.......as I forget in haste from time to time

Worked a treat!!!!!!! Now back down at 3.2 - 3.5ms. Many thanks for all assistance, I may even sleep this weekend now, lol.

Ohhhhh - now that looks like it would work a treat. I will give it a shot first thing, test on test bed first. ........a/w the dawn

I am using a CP1L taking input from High speed Counter. This is a copy of the actual code: Thanks for the above Sergei but the calculation overspilled as the count is actually: *10296 / 100000 The sum is required to cope with 300M conveyor, after 21M the counter overspilled as the calculation was massive.

Is there an alternative in ladder logic that I can: Take a dint, convert to real, multiply with constant and convert back to dint for 'mm' output? What I have works but it's running slower than I wish.

Hi, I have a motor outputting 30pulses/rev at the encoder. With output shaft measured I get a calc of 0.1295mm/pulse. I made up a function block with st: Length_x = dint to real (raw_x) Length_x = raw_x * 0.1295 Length_x_mm = real to dint (length_x) when added to the program my scan rate jumps from 3.2ms cycle time to 7.ms as the shaft is moving all the time. I was wondering if I can do the calc in ST but simply bring in raw_x * 0.1295 = length_x_mm without the dint to real/real to dint conversion in a hope that cycle time will decrease? Thanks in advance

I tried CTBL and it kept missing the downward pulse. Altered my way of doing sweep but still not happy as its not right

I take Leading edge and trailing edge readings fed back from the encoder as a limit passes the film. As the leading edge passes I send the encoder value to leading edge and to an interrupt register. same with trailing edge. Then I am trying to compare trailing edge + offset with the raw encoder value. I am about to attempt altering values to signed, if not successful I am looking at swapping over inputs to give me an input with interrupt capability to do it at source. Hopefully, number is reached, fire interrupt and move number to Leading & Trailing edge calcs in time for compare.

no, i am simply using PLS2 for movement, i amaling with the posision via a limit on the sweeping head. repeatable value +/- 50 steps, i need to add offset of around 1000 to move out a bit. so i actually stop and start the PLS2 via CW & CCW wired to plc

That was my exact worry Bob.

I have used a PLS2 function to sens a servo sweeping Left to right with code inbetween working out limits, stops and home positions. All works great apart from the head requires a little offset, around 1000 steps to clear the area. I have used -(410) to subtract offset from trailing edge = trailing edge offset When scan_Sensor is off: =(301) (Ignore the 'S' I was clutching at straws) to compare the raw encoder value against the above calc. Or LH_Limit activated Scan CW If in the calc I put subrtact 0 - the scan works great. If I subtract or add any number from 1 - 10000 say, the head ignores the =301. Can anyone see where my logic has failed, as it seems a very simple calc? All figures are UINT's

I am using a CP1L plc and have two high speed counters used for pulse output to servo and main drive. On the servo I am attempting to use CTBL function. I have set up the register with 2 interrupts. One opens a solenoid and one closes it. The problem is that the position alters every time so I cannot hard code two values. I have a sweeping head with solenoid fitted and proximity sensor. When the sensor picks up target I fire the value to first interrupt figure in ctbl and when trailing edge has been picked up I fire this value for the second interrupt value. My query is, is the above method acceptable as I don't seem to be getting the interrupts to run. Can anyone shed some light on this please as I am not 100% on the ctbl function?

S1 and process active were not needed as S2 will only be active on its own. just cant understand why the first count does not fire on upwards pulse.

Works great in simulation mode. connect to actual running machine and I get no first count. I removed S1 and process active so I was only looking at S2 upward and S2 downward pulses. The S2 downward works great for some reason but the upward just doesn't fire........where am I going wrong? I have even reduced the input settings for S2 to read every 2ms as the endoder is every 3ms, made no difference. I can run simulation and it works perfectly, does the calculation and outputs the correct sheet length......suprisingly!

I will give it a whirl online in the morning using the actual encoder. Got head buried in interupts @ 23:13pm........not good! Many thanks, I will test am Friday