Task Control Instructions
3-34 Task Control Instructions
3-34-1 TASK ON: TKON(820)
Purpose
Ladder Symbol
Variations
Applicable Program Areas
Operands
Operand Specifications
This section describes instructions used to control tasks.
Instruction
TASK ON
TKON
TASK OFF
TKOF
Makes the specified task executable. Also, causes an interrupt task to operate
as an extra cyclic task. (Extra cyclic tasks are supported by CS1-H, CJ1-H,
and CJ1M CPU Units only.)
TKON(820)
N
N: Task number
Variations
Executed Each Cycle for ON Condition
Executed Once for Upward Differentiation
Executed Once for Downward Differentiation
Immediate Refreshing Specification
Block program areas
OK
OK
N: Task number
The allowed range for N depends on the kind of task being specified.
• Cyclic tasks:
N must be a constant between 0 and 31 decimal. (Values 0 to 31 specify
cyclic tasks 0 to 31.)
• Extra cyclic tasks (CS1-H, CJ1-H, CJ1M, and CS1D CPU Units only):
N must be a constant between 8000 and 8255 decimal. (Values 8000 to
8255 specify extra cyclic tasks 0 to 255.)
Area
CIO Area
Work Area
Holding Bit Area
Auxiliary Bit Area
Timer Area
Counter Area
DM Area
EM Area without bank
EM Area with bank
Indirect DM/EM
addresses in binary
Indirect DM/EM
addresses in BCD
Mnemonic
Function code
820
821
Step program areas
Subroutines
OK
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TKON(820)
@TKON(820)
Not supported.
Not supported.
Interrupt tasks
Not allowed
N
1255
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