Data Types - Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE Programming Manual

12.4.4

Data types

Data types
Data types
Type Note
INT Integers with sign
REAL Real numbers (fractions with decimal point, LONG
REAL to IEEE)
BOOL Boolean value TRUE, FALSE or 1, 0
CHAR 1 character in ASCII code
STRING Character string, number of characters in [...]
(max. of 200 characters)
AXIS Axis names (axis addresses) only
FRAME Geometrical parameters for translation, rotation,
scaling, mirroring
Fundamentals
Programming Manual, 10.2004 Edition, 6FC5 298-7AB00-0BP1
12.4 List of predefined subprograms
Value range
± (2 -1)
31
± (10 ... 10 )
-300 +300
1, 0
0 ... 255
Sequence of values with 0 ... 255
Any axis identifiers in the channel
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Tables
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