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Set Tag Bit with M address

Created by: candyengineer at: 7/4/2008 9:31 AM (8 Replies)

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7/4/2008 9:31 AM	Rate (0)
candyengineer Silver Member Joined: 5/17/2006 Last visit: 9/25/2023 Posts: 218 Rating: (26)	Hello SIEMENS forum members, IS there any small piece of code which allow us to set bit within the direct address ? like SetTagBit(M33.0 ,1 ) instead of SetTagBit("My_Tag",1) Thanks in advance Best regards
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7/4/2008 3:27 PM	Rate (0)
Darius Platinum Member Joined: 9/28/2005 Last visit: 8/22/2023 Posts: 2957 Rating: (242)	Hello, I might be wrong, but I think there is no way to use direct address. Only tags.
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7/4/2008 4:51 PM	Rate (0)
candyengineer Silver Member Joined: 5/17/2006 Last visit: 9/25/2023 Posts: 218 Rating: (26)	Hello Darius , Ive written small piece of code, it works like "I write the names of variable onto IOfield as string" then i set or reset the bit within the button It could be nice with direct memory address Even if not SIEMENS rocks all the way Best regards
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7/4/2008 4:58 PM	Rate (0)
pinky Experienced Member Joined: 10/17/2006 Last visit: 9/26/2023 Posts: 97 Rating: (17)	It sounds like indirect adressing SetTagBit(GetTagChar("Name_of_my_Tag"),1); the tag "Name_of_my_Tag" contains the name of the tag, which should be set.

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7/4/2008 6:19 PM	Rate (0)
Darius Platinum Member Joined: 9/28/2005 Last visit: 8/22/2023 Posts: 2957 Rating: (242)	Hi, I think candyengineer had in mind different thing as you said. He wanted to enter for exmaple "M10.5" address into I/O field and then push button and toggle this address. So its not indirect addressing. In any way you must have declared all tags that you will use, but in this situation you must create tags "on fly". I think that's not possible. If you have some small range of bits you need to toggle then you can declare every bit as tag and the use indirect addressing as said above.
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7/5/2008 1:15 AM	Rate (0)
Phantom75 Posts: 2661 Rating: (278)	candyengineer ...like SetTagBit(M33.0 ,1 ) ... Why not create a tag M33.0 with address M 33.0? Then you can use SetTagBit("M33.0" ,1 )! No space between M & 33 since WinCC does not like spaces! Regards
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7/5/2008 12:35 PM	Rate (0)
Darius Platinum Member Joined: 9/28/2005 Last visit: 8/22/2023 Posts: 2957 Rating: (242)	Hi, What if he needs to set 200 random memory bits ? I still suggest to create all tags for every bit in the certain range, for example from M0.0 to M19.7 and then name tags as memory bits and use indirect addressing. It seems the only way...
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7/5/2008 6:03 PM	Rate (0)
Phantom75 Posts: 2661 Rating: (278)	Darius ...What if he needs to set 200 random memory bits ?... You are right. In this situation the solution suggested by you is the best way to go about. How ever, the need to set 200 bits randomly is not very likely in a practical situation. If for example there 10 fields on WinCC from where you want to control any 10 M bits, I would not use SetTagBit at all. Instead I would send 10 byte addresses, 10 bit addresses and 10 value addresses to the PLC and use indirect addressing in the PLC to toggle the appropriate bits. This way you can control any set of 10 bits without any predefinition. Actually it all depends on what exactly Candy needs! Regards
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7/6/2008 8:36 PM	Rate (0)
candyengineer Silver Member Joined: 5/17/2006 Last visit: 9/25/2023 Posts: 218 Rating: (26)	Thank you Phantom75 & Darius for your solutions Thats why I like this forum. I think my request is something else ... Just like accessing diretly & as you have already told its not possible. Your solutions are applicable, thanks Best regards
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