Rockwell Automation 1769-L23E-QB1B_L23E-QBFC1B_L23-QBFC1B CompactLogix Packaged Controllers Quick Start and User Manual User Manual
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Network Communication Chapter 2
Read and Write ASCII Characters
Create and Modify Strings of ASCII Characters
Convert Data to or from ASCII Characters
Instruction Code
Description
ABL
Determine when the buffer contains termination characters
ACB
Count the characters in the buffer
ACL
Clear the buffer
Clear out ASCII Serial Port instructions that are currently executing or
are in the queue
AHL
Obtain the status of the serial port control lines
Turn on or off the DTR signal
Turn on or off the RTS signal
ARD
Read a fixed number of characters
ARL
Read a varying number of characters, up to and including the first set of
termination characters
AWA
Send characters and automatically append one or two additional
characters to mark the end of the data
AWT
Send characters
Instruction Code
Description
CONCAT
Add characters to the end of a string
DELETE
Delete characters from a string
FIND
Determine the starting character of a substring
INSERT
Insert characters into a string
MID
Extract characters from a string
Instruction Code
Description
STOD
Convert the ASCII representation of an integer value to a SINT, INT,
DINT, or REAL value
STOR
Convert the ASCII representation of a floating-point value to a REAL
value
DTOS
Convert a SINT, INT, DINT, or REAL value to a string of ASCII characters
RTOS
Convert a REAL value to a string of ASCII characters
UPPER
Convert the letters in a string of ASCII characters to upper case
LOWER
Convert the letters in a string of ASCII characters to lower case