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Message Instructions

Fault (FAULT)
The Fault instruction is used to display a message on the
230
handheld programmer or DirectSOFT. The message has a
maximum of 23 characters and can be either V-memory
240
data, numerical constant data or ASCII text.
250-1
To display the value in a V-memory location, specify the
260
V-memory location in the instruction. To display the data
in ACON (ASCII constant) or NCON (Numerical
DS Used
constant) instructions, specify the constant (K) value for
HPP Used
the corresponding data label area.
See Appendix G for the ASCII Conversion Table.
Operand Data Type
V-memory
Constant.
NOTE: The FAULT instruction takes a considerable amount of time to execute. This is because the FAULT
parameters are stored in EEPROM. Make sure you consider the instruction execution times (shown in
Appendix C) if you are attempting to use the FAULT instructions in applications that require faster than
normal execution cycles.
Chapter 5: Standard RLL Instructions - Message
DL240 Range
A aaa
V All (See page 3 - 54)
K 1-FFFF
DL205 User Manual, 4th Edition, Rev. B
DL250-1 Range
aaa
All (See page 3 - 55) All (See page 3 - 56)
1-FFFF
FAULT
A aaa
DL260 Range
aaa
1-FFFF
5–197
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
A
B
C
D