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Chapter 6: Variables LogicPro User’s Guide
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Table 6.1 File Format Specification of Import/
Export
1. If the Variable type is defined as real, then Input/Output,
Size, Driver Name and Address are not be available.
2. The Variable Name, Variable Type Short, Retentive Flag
must be present for all Variables. The Initial Value is op-
tional and defaults to zero. The
Comment field may be
left empty.
3. If the Variable is an I/O Variable, the input/output, Size,
Driver name, Address must also be present.
Item Name
Max
Size
Legal Values Comments
Variable Name 26
1st char must be
letter. Others
must be alpha-
numeric or ‘_’.
Variable Type
Short
4
BOOL, INT,
LONG, REAL
BOOL for Boolean, INT
for Integer, LONG for
Long Integer, REAL for
Real Type. See Note 4.
Retentive Flag 1 0, 1
1 indicates a Retentive
Variable.
Initial Value 10 Digits only See Note 5.
Comment 26 ASCII chars
Input or Output 1 I, Q
I for input, Q for Output.
See Note 4.
Size 1 X, B, W
X for bit, B for byte, W
for Word. See Note 4.
The size indicates how
I/O is mapped to a Vari-
able.
Driver Name 26
1st char must be
letter. Others
must be alpha-
numeric or ‘_’.
See Note 4.
Address 49 digits.digits
This item must be in the
form of
moduleaddress.offset or
parameternumber.off-
set as required by the
driver; only digits and
the decimal are allowed,
and these digits must
also be in the legal
range specified by the
particular drivers.