GX Works3 / GT Designer3 Data Memory Cell to Hexadecimal

[Yusheng 0]

How do I convert the values in my data memory cell to hexadecimal?
Eg. D0500 stores 12.34 in the form of a real number, how do I convert this to hexadecimal?

[Gambit 324]

DEC and Hex are just interpretations of the Data.
So for your numerical display on your GOT just choose format HEX.

Your Datatype should be the type as it is in the PLC

 

Edited 19 Dec 2019 by Gambit

[Yusheng 0]

14 hours ago, Gambit said:

DEC and Hex are just interpretations of the Data.
So for your numerical display on your GOT just choose format HEX.

Your Datatype should be the type as it is in the PLC

 

Sorry, I'm but I'm trying to send the data through socket communication to a PC in a HEX format.
Eg. instead of manually entering H5449, I would like to convert D500 into the HEX format.

Edited 20 Dec 2019 by Yusheng

[Wasan 76]

@Yusheng as @Gambit said hexadecimal and decimal are just numerical format they are same value as 000Ah = 10 but I understand your condition for monitor value as hexadecimal you should add D303 to watch window that can change display style to HEX. By go to Device/Buffer Memory Batch Monitor then select address then double click in value to add to watch window after that change display format from Decimal to Hexadecimal.

 

 

Edited 20 Dec 2019 by Wasan

[Yusheng 0]

Oh, I now understand what you guys were trying to say.
I now realize that the issue is that the actual result is different from my calculated result.

Figure 1 Actual result

Figure 2 Desired result

Do you guys know why there is a difference between the conversions?
When I did the conversion using EXIT  I didn't have any issues.

Figure 3 Exit (1)

Figure 4 Exit (2)

 

 

 

Edited 20 Dec 2019 by Yusheng

[Gambit 324]

As you are using GX works 3. you bare using an FX5 or Q-R. why not take a look at  pre-defined protocol support which will make it this socket comm much easier.

[Yusheng 0]

Just now, Gambit said:

As you are using GX works 3. you bare using an FX5 or Q-R. why not take a look at  pre-defined protocol support which will make it this socket comm much easier.

Yes I'm using GX Works 3, I'm using a FX5U. 
I'm new to this, I doing this with guidance from the Mitsubishi Manual.
What pre-defined protocol support are you referring to?

[Gambit 324]

take a look in you e-manual viewer for some more info. But basically in you can define all the data strings you want to send and what the answers look like
From the program all you do is give a command to send string 1 or 5 etc.
Of course parts of the data strings can be data variables so they are ease to change in the program.

there are also some already defined. look under Tools -> pre defined protocol support function