Chapter 17
ASCII Serial Port Instructions (ABL, ACB, ACL, AHL, ARD, ARL, AWA, AWT)
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Scan
Rung-condition-in
false
.EN
off
.EU
off
.RN
off
.DN or .ER
off
.FD
off
.EM
off
Enters Queue
Executes
In this example,
finds termination
characters.
The ASCII queue holds up to 16 instructions. When the queue is full, an
instruction tries to enter the queue on each subsequent scan of the instruction, as
depicted below.
Scan
Rung-condition-in
false
.EN
off
.EU
off
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Scan
true
false
on
off
on
on
off
on
on
on
When scanned and .DN
or .ER are set, sets the
.EM bit.
Scan
true
false
on
Attempts to enter queue but queue is full
Scan
Scan
true
false
on
off
on
off
off
on
off
on
off
on
Resets status bits.
Scan
Scan
on
Enters queue