Micrologix and long strings

[BJR 0]

I'm sending a status command to a device and the response I get back is 87 characters long! Is there any way to deal with a string that is longer than 82 characters?! If the buffer is reporting 87 I guess it's possible to store it into two separate strings but the process I may use is just not coming to me right now... What are my options?

[JRoss 84]

Which Micrologix do you have? I have a SLC program that can handle up to 246 characters. It uses the ARL instruction instead of the ARD instruction, so it only reads up to the first 82 characters out of the buffer. When you call the ARL instruction again, it will grab any remaining characters. Here's a pic of the important rung:

[BJR 0]

ML1100 Thanks. I'll take a look at that and see if I can get it to work for me.