How To Specify Devices And Constants To Instructions; Numeric Values Handled In Plcs (Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal And Real Numbers); Types Of Numeric Values - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC FX3U Programming Manual

FX /FX /FX Series Programmable Controllers
3G 3U 3UC
Programming Manual - Basic & Applied Instruction Edition
5.

How to Specify Devices and Constants to Instructions

This chapter explains how to specify sources and destinations in sequence instructions which are the basis
for handling PLC instructions.
• Specifying constants as decimal, hexadecimal and real numbers
• Specifying digits of bit devices
• Specifying bit positions in data registers
• Directly specifying BFM (buffer memory) in special function blocks/units
• Indexing with index registers
5.1 Numeric Values Handled in PLCs
(Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal and Real Numbers)
FX PLCs handle five types of numeric values according to the application and purpose.
This section explains the roles and functions of these numeric values.
5.1.1

Types of numeric values

1. Decimal numbers (DEC)
• Set value (constant K) of timers and counters
• Device numbers of auxiliary relays (M), timers (T), counters (C), state relays (S), etc.
• Numeric values in operands and instruction operations in applied instructions (constant K)
2. Hexadecimal numbers (HEX)
• Numeric values in operands and instruction operations in applied instructions (constant H)
3. Binary numbers (BIN)
For a timer, counter or data register, a numeric value is specified
in decimal or hexadecimal as described above. But all of these
numeric values are handled in the binary format inside PLCs.
When these devices are monitored in peripheral equipment, they
are automatically converted into the decimal format as shown in
the figure on the right (or can be converted into the hexadecimal
format).
• Handling of negative value
A negative value is expressed in complement of PLCs.
For details, refer to the explanation of NEG (FNC 29)
instruction.
4. Octal numbers (OCT)
In FX PLCs, device numbers of input relays and output relays are assigned in octal.
Because "8" and "9" do not exist in octal, device numbers are carried in the way "0 to 7, 10 to 17, 70 to 77,
100 to 107".
5. Binary coded decimal (BCD)
BCD format expresses each numeric value from 0 to 9 constructing each digit of a decimal number in a 4-bit
binary number.
Because handling of each digit is easy, this format is adopted in controlling digital switches of BCD output
type and seven-segment display units.
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5.1 Numeric Values Handled in PLCs (Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal and Real Numbers)

Example of decimal
number input
0
1+4+16+256+512
= 789
(decimal)
0: Positive value
1: Negative value
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Automatic
conversion
(decimal)
Monitoring in programming tool
Input from
keyboard
K 7 8 9
(binary)
0 1 0 1
K 7 8 9