RSLOGIX 5000 Datatype question

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How do you convert datatypes in RSLogix 5000. More specifially, convert at COUNTER datatype to a DINT datatype.

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The counter datatype in Logix5000 is a pre-defined structure which is made up of two DINT's (ACC & PRE) and several BOOLS (CD, CU DN etc) Thus you cannot convert the entire structure into a simple data type such as a dint. Instead you could simply move the ACC part of the counter structure into a dint such as MOV my_counter.ACC count1 Or you could create a user defined data type with exactly the same elements as the counter structure and move the values as a block