SetPoint block for "time"

Hi all.

I any possibility how to make SetPoint block for time?

Easy situation: do something for a time. And user from PXM20 or InSight have to be able set that time. In seconds or minutes.

Logicaly is use TIMER, but input for setting of time is DoubleWord. So how to make editable SetPoint value (like AVAL_OP for temperature) for time.

THX

Lukas

BTW: I know. Use CYCLEGEN (1s) + COUNTER. But I think it is complicated when you have more then 50 different times and 50 signals

Dear Lukas,

Dependending on your application use case, you may have to differentiate if the time set point will be used as a duration or schedule. One opportunity is the use of DAT (FB180). By default this block is an Auxilliary element, but can be set Component and BACnet read/write settings of the input pins can be changed according to the operational needs.

A different approach is the use of AVAL_OP, in case a duration shall be set as time set point. There exists no block like DAT with reverse functionality, that calculates a date time value (DW) from minutes and seconds, but this can be programmed use convert blocks like R_I (FC78) and I_DW.

Hope this gives you some ideas to resolve your issue.

AVAL_OP -->R_I -->I_DW -->TIMER

Done. THX :)