CODESYS - the IEC 61131-3 automation software

Good morning,
I'm a newby to codesys (V3.5.7), I'm currently reading the 'input variable' by modbus by using the slave modbus/Channel slave modbus/Read Holding Registers and declaring them in global variable.
I can write on this node as well by using 'Write Multiple Register' but I need to write the value only when I change it, not cyclically.
To better explain, I have a net in which the same value should be written from local (plc on the machine) or remote (plc controlled by codesys). I have to maintain the last value written (from local or from remote, same importance). I'm sure it should be done quickly but I can't find the solutions. Any suggestions?

Hi
i think you should be able to do it with the 'Rising Edge'. You just Need a variable that would be triggered when the Value changes and this could be mapped to the 'Rising Edge' variable.

Thankyou very much for the respons.

I made something like this:

2 writing, one is for the trigger variable and the other for the value I want to change.
1 reading, that is pointed to the same value of the second reading.

I was espected that if I put one on the trigger variable (which come to true), the value on the writing should pass to the reading as well. But no way to connect the trigger variable to the action that identify the changing of the value on the plc?

Thank you very much.

Hello,
I would like to do smt simmilar.. I want to save value everytime it changes and cyclicly every 15 min for ex.. How i detect change? Did you succed to write program for it?
Thank you.

just read the source variable cyclically to know the value. Then compare with one you previously saved. If values are different, then trigger your write.

Well.. I have problem with comparing bytes. With BOOL variable works fine:
IF NOT new = Old THEN
Save := TRUE;
Old := New;
END_IF

With BOOL All good, Save goes TRUE but with BYTE not.. Nothing happens.. Any ideas?

Update: I used memcmp and memcpy. It works now.

The statement IF NOT xxx = yyy will only work for BOOLs. For other types simply use IF New <> Old. Use memcmp when you have complicated variables like structures or arrays - I am not sure this always works: IF structX = structY... (aka deep compare)

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Hello,

Yes I used memcmp and memcpy and it worked for comparing it. But.. How do I say I want to know if the difference is more then 5 for ex. MEMCMP has outputs just less, equal or more..

Just comparing:

IF MEMCMP( pBuf1 := ADR(Byte1) , pBuf2:= ADR(SaveByte1) , n:= 1) <> 0 THEN
      Trig_Byte1 := TRUE;
      MEMCPY(destAddr:= ADR (SaveByte1) , srcAddr:= ADR(Byte1) , n:= 1 );
END_IF

Update:
Smt like that: save input into pointer, save also saved value (new value with thich you compare to the pointer) that compare that..

VAR
Input_Byte1   AT%IB1    : BYTE; //our read variable
new_Byte1         : BYTE;//variable into which we save it
 
pBUf1   : POINTER TO UDINT; //pointer for our variable
pBuf2   : POINTER TO UDINT;//pointer to variable where we save readed variable
delta      : UDINT := 5;

END_VAR

pBuf1    := Input_Byte1;
pBuf2   :=new_Byte1

CASE nSTEP OF
0:
   MEMCPY(destAddr:=ADR (new_Byte1), srcAddr := ADR(Input_byte1),n:=1); 
   nStep :=1;
   
1:
   IF ((pbuf1- pBuf2) > delta) OR ((pBuf1 - pbuf2 < (-delta)) THEN
   MEMCPY(destAddr:=ADR (new_Byte1), srcAddr := ADR(Input_byte1),n:=1); //save if delta
   END_IF
END_CASE
   
   

Did you actually test this, because when you do this: pbuf1- pBuf2, you are asking the compiler to subtract pointer positions, not the value inside...

If you have UDINTs to compare:

Val1 : UDINT;
Val2 : UDINT;

IF ABS(Val2-Val1) > 5 THEN
   ...
END_IF

You need the Absolute value in case Val1 is bigger than Val2. Again, you can do math and less than/greater than/equal compares with any number data type.

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I tested it with real inputs and looks like that my delta was approx equally big as the position difference. I look it one more time now a bit longer and yes you have right. THANK YOU!