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LookoutDirect Timer Count Down
Created Date: June 27,2013
Created By: Wiseman
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I'm going to show my ignorance a little here. I am using LookoutDirect and would like to make a timer appear to count down rather than up. Easy enough? The problem I'm having is that the DL260 is BCD and Lookout is Decimal. It counts for instance, 82, 81, 80, 73, 72...65, 64,57, 56.... and so on. Is there an easy fix? Joe
Created Date: June 27,2013
Created by: bcarlton
I think it is rather odd that Lookout Direct doesn't support BCD values. You might want to check again.
Otherwise, in the PLC program you will convert the value.
LD whatever V register holds the BCD downcount
BIN converts the value to decimal
OUT a currently unused V register.
Let LookoutDirect monitor that new V register.
Created Date: June 27,2013
Created by: Do-more PE
Lookout supports all of the data formats. See Appendix B, Page 7 for the suffixes to alter one data type to another.
Created Date: June 27,2013
Created by: Wiseman
I'm going to show my ignorance a little here. I am using LookoutDirect and would like to make a timer appear to count down rather than up. Easy enough? The problem I'm having is that the DL260 is BCD and Lookout is Decimal. It counts for instance, 82, 81, 80, 73, 72...65, 64,57, 56.... and so on. Is there an easy fix?
Joe