Simatic S7 SCL reference: move / memory

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You can use the „Move block” instruction to move the content of a memory area (source area) to another memory area (destination area). The move operation takes place in the direction of ascending addresses. You use ANY pointer to define the source and destination area.

See: move operations

_FB_ RetVal := BLKMOV (SRCBLK := P#M12.0 BYTE 10, DSTBLK ⇒ P#DB1.DBX0.0 BYTE 10);

The sample program reads the local time in DT and splits the variable into BYTEs.

A more complete version of this program can be found here, which converts the DT type to a STRING: TIA typeconversion: date_and_time to string. This feature can be important for text-based communication solutions, such as SMTP.

The code:

// author OB121 / Sandor Vamos
// ob121.com; 2022.04.11.
// BLKMOV example: read local time and convert byte array
// 
// More information:
// https://www.ob121.com/doku.php?id=de:s7:scl_reference#blkmov
 
// read local time to date_and_time
#state := RD_LOC_T("BLKMOV_DB".datum_dt);
 
// move date_and_time to byte array
#state := BLKMOV
(SRCBLK := P#db4.dbx0.0 BYTE 8,
 DSTBLK => P#db4.dbx8.0 BYTE 8,
 ENO => ENO);

The DB:

Copy arrays in memory blocks.

See: move operations

_FC_ MOVE_BLK (IN:= source block; OUT:= target block; COUNT:= number of elements; ENO ⇒ operation enable );

The MOVE_BLK command can be used to move a memory area (IN) to another memory area (OUT) by a specified length (COUNT). The command does not implicitly monitor for irregular addresses, so it is worth monitoring the (ENO) output.

The operation can be performed with the ARRAY types (in which case COUNT determines the number of items). In case of over-addressing, ENO indicates.

Example of moving ARRAY with MOVE_BLK (ENO OK):

Example of moving ARRAY with MOVE_BLK (ENO error!):
I overrated the source area with COUNT: = 3.

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