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6.3 UF - User function block
6.3.1 General
Only possible with easySoft 7.
easyE4 base devices provide 128 user function blocks, UF01 through
UF128.
You can configure these function blocks yourself and then use them
in the main program the same way as manufacturer function blocks.
User function blocks are used whenever a recurring functionality needs to be pro-
grammed with various parameters. For example, when similar machines need to be
controlled, the actual control program for them can be written in a user function block
and then called multiple times – separately for each machine. User function blocks also
feature inputs and outputs that can be used to pass custom parameters for each call.
The programming language used in each user function block is independent from the
programming language used for the corresponding main program. In other words, you
can use user function blocks written in ST in an FBD or LD main program, for instance.
User function blocks have their own data range. In fact, there are 64 bytes, which can
be used as bits, bytes, words, or double words, available for each instance (call) of a
user function block. This means, for example, that marker M01 in the main program is
not the same marker M01 in a user function block.
Parts of the markers can be declared as being retentive. In this case, it is important to
keep in mind that the total number of retentive markers cannot exceed 400 bytes, and
that this total includes the retentive markers from the main program and the retentive
markers from all user function block instances.
Just like a main program, a user function block is made up of FBD/LD networks or ST
source code. This means that a user function block can be created the same way as a
main program, with the only differences consisting of the available operands (please
refer to → Section "Configuring a user function block", page 536.
The maximum number of user function blocks that can be called in a single main pro-
gram is 128.
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