Rockwell Automation 1771-DB BASIC MODULE - Manual (Page 232)

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Call Routines 0–68 12
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Use CALL 45 to retrieve the current time in a string (hh:mm:ss).
Input and Output Arguments
This routine has one input argument and no output arguments. The input
argument is the number of the string to receive the time. You must use the
STRING statement (see page 11 -37) to allocate a minimum of 8 characters
for the string.
Syntax
PUSH number of string to receive the time
CALL 45
Example
>10 STRING 100,8
>20 PUSH 1: CALL 45: REM put time in string 1
>30 PRINT $(1)
>40 END
>READY
>RUN
15: 45: 27
Use CALL 46 to retrieve the time of day in numeric form.
Input and Output Arguments
This routine has no input arguments and three output arguments.
The output arguments are hours, minutes and seconds in that order.
Syntax
CALL 46
POP hour
POP minute
POP second
Example
>10 REM TIME IN VARIABLES EXAMPLE
>20 CALL 46 : REM GET WALL CLOCK TIME
>30 POP H,M,S
>40 PRINT “CURRENT TIME IS”, H,M,S
>50 END
>RUN
CURRENT TIME IS 13 44 54
READY
>
CALL 45: Retrieve Time
String
CALL 46: Retrieve Time
Numeric