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Please send comments or suggestions to [email protected] For public disclosure Document Updates Revision Location Description Array Compress Boolean (ARRAY_ COMPRESS) Array Compress Boolean (ARRAY_ COMPRESS_UDI) New blocks Array Expand Integer (ARRAY_ AC EXPAND) Array Expand Integer (ARRAY_ EXPAND_UDI) Updated the Description in the Comparison Functions table for LE and LT Array Compare (ARRAY_COMPARE) Updated Data Type for N in the Inputs table Updated for consistency and clarification as to what information applied to I/O AB Variable Health (VAR_HEALTH) packs or EGD AA Timer (TIMER) Corrected parameter name from mCurTime to CURTIME Controller Monitor (CTRLR_MON) Updated for the UCSC controller platform Z Temperature Status (TEMP_STATUS) Updated for the UCSC controller platform Y Interpolator DL (INTERP_DL) A better description of the FTBL input array Updated to include the UCPA platform, and clarification on hardware sensors that Temperature Status (TEMP_STATUS) are only in the UCCx platform Legacy Category Blocks New section X Timer Version 2 (TIMER_V2) New section Timer (TIMER) Changed to LEGACY category and added example with MOVE Throughout the document Updated description of the LEGACY category 2 GEI-100682AC Mark VIe Controller Standard Block Library For public disclosure Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................................7 Block Data Type ............................................................................................................................................8 Change Data Type of Variant Block ...................................................................................................................9 Legacy Category Blocks ................................................................................................................................ 10 Absolute Value (ABS) ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Add (ADD) .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Analog Alarm (ANALOG_ALARM) .................................................................................................................. 13 Any Forces (ANY_FORCES) ............................................................................................................................ 26 Application State (APP_STATE) ........................................................................................................................ 27 Array Average (ARRAY_AVERAGE) ................................................................................................................. 29 Array Calculator (ARRAY_CALC)..................................................................................................................... 30 Array Compare (ARRAY_COMPARE)................................................................................................................ 32 Array Compress Boolean (ARRAY_COMPRESS)................................................................................................. 37 Array Compress Boolean Long Integer (ARRAY_COMPRESS_UDI) ....................................................................... 38 Array Empty (ARRAY_EMPTY) ....................................................................................................................... 39 Array Expand Integer (ARRAY_EXPAND).......................................................................................................... 40 Array Expand Integer Long Integer (ARRAY_EXPAND_UDI) ................................................................................ 41 Array Fill (ARRAY_FILL)................................................................................................................................ 43 Array Find Element (ARRAY_FIND) ................................................................................................................. 44 Array Minimum/Maximum Element Determination (ARRAY_MINMAX) ................................................................. 45 Array Relay Ladder Logic (ARRAY_RUNG) ....................................................................................................... 46 Array Sum (ARRAY_SUM) .............................................................................................................................. 47 Average Input (AVRG) ..................................................................................................................................... 48 Bit Counter (BIT_CNTR).................................................................................................................................. 49 Boolean Alarm (BOOLEAN_ALARM) ............................................................................................................... 50 Bubble Sort (BSORT)....................................................................................................................................... 53 Calculator (CALC) .......................................................................................................................................... 54 Capture Data (CAPTURE) ................................................................................................................................ 56 Theory of Operation...................................................................................................................................... 59 Configuration .............................................................................................................................................. 60 Enabling Collections..................................................................................................................................... 60 Triggering Issues.......................................................................................................................................... 60 Buffer Control Details ................................................................................................................................... 61 Time Stamping ............................................................................................................................................ 61 Capture Status ............................................................................................................................................. 62 Redundancy Issues ....................................................................................................................................... 62 Memory Use ............................................................................................................................................... 63 Change Detection (CHG_DET) .......................................................................................................................... 64 Clamp (CLAMP)............................................................................................................................................. 65 Code Timer (CODETIMER).............................................................................................................................. 67 Comment (_COMMENT) ................................................................................................................................. 69 Comment Block Functionality (_COMMENT_BF) ................................................................................................ 69 Comment No Break (_COMMENT_NB) ............................................................................................................. 70 Compare (COMPARE) ....................................................................................................................................