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BCD conversion error

Created by: PC4 at: 7/8/2009 8:03 PM (16 Replies)

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7/14/2009 9:16 PM	Rate (0)
SteveA Posts: 297 Rating: (41)	The S7 timers and counters use BCD internally. If you supply a value to either one that is not properly formatted as an S7TIME or BCD count, then you will also get this fault. (Found out the hard way...) HTH, SteveA
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7/15/2009 3:36 PM	Rate (1)
fritz Diamond Expert Joined: 10/7/2005 Last visit: 12/7/2023 Posts: 2997 Rating: (1040)	SteveA The S7 timers and counters use BCD internally. If you supply a value to either one that is not properly formatted as an S7TIME or BCD count, then you will also get this fault. (Found out the hard way...) just to avoid confusion, replace "S7 timers" with "S5 Timers" and "S7TIME" with "S5TIME" in SteveA's post and his advise is spot on correct.
	Cheers fritz The advice and opinion given in this thread is that of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of I S Systems Pty Limited. To find out how I S Systems can help you with your automation needs please visit www.issystems.com.au.
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7/15/2009 4:46 PM	Rate (0)
PC4 Posts: 23 Rating: (0)	No S7 or S5 timers either.
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7/16/2009 10:01 AM	Rate (0)
Sydney Gold Member Joined: 1/4/2008 Last visit: 10/9/2023 Posts: 703 Rating: (96)	Hello, don't know such thing as S7timer . There is either hardware timer or software timer. HW timers in S7 PLCs are based on S5TIME as fritz wrote. Regards Sydney

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7/16/2009 12:58 PM	Rate (0)
fritz Diamond Expert Joined: 10/7/2005 Last visit: 12/7/2023 Posts: 2997 Rating: (1040)	[quote user="PC4"]No S5 timers either. unusual but why not, what about counters though, are any of them used?
	Cheers fritz The advice and opinion given in this thread is that of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of I S Systems Pty Limited. To find out how I S Systems can help you with your automation needs please visit www.issystems.com.au.
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7/20/2009 1:37 PM	Rate (0)
Jeebs Posts: 218 Rating: (28)	IBN-Service What you say may be not really correct. A 16 Bit (Word) BDC - Code can be four digits: 9999. 1 digit of BCD need 4 Bit (= 1/2 byte, = 1 nibble) This fit anyway in an integer word! But if one of the BCD digit is a preudotetrade (A-F), Than the error will appear. Example: 9999 is OK 1A is NOT OK. Whats been said is correct. When using the ITB function you must be careful not to exceed 999 as 1000 will be larger then a word and result in a BCD conversion error. And it's 999 and not 9999, bit 12-15 are the sign bits. If it were a S7-400 you could've used the OB121 diagnostics to find out where the problem is. But you're using a S7-300 which makes it a tad more difficult. If you really really really don't know where to begin looking, then it might be time for a more 'brutal' way to find the problem.
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3/1/2018 10:07 AM	Rate (1)
Thomas123V Posts: 1 Rating: (1)	Hi, Try taking the ob121 out of the online programm. Your plc will go to stop. Then you go to the failure in the "Module information" when you find the failure, click on the bottom of the window in "Go to..." It will take you to the failure in the code.
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