Logix5000 Controllers General Instructions - SLAC Confluence

Chapter 20ASCII Conversion Instructions(STOD, STOR, DTOS, RTOS, UPPER, LOWER)IntroductionUse the ASCII conversion instructions to alter the format of data.If You Want To For Example Use ThisInstructionconvert the ASCII representation ofan integer value to a SINT, INT, DINT,or REAL valueconvert the ASCII representation of afloating-point value to a REAL valueconvert a SINT, INT, DINT, or REALvalue to a string of ASCII charactersconvert a REAL value to a string ofASCII charactersconvert the letters in a string of ASCIIcharacters to upper caseconvert the letters in a string of ASCIIcharacters to lower caseconvert a value from a weight scaleor other ASCII device to an integer soyou can use it in your logicconvert a value from a weight scaleor other ASCII device to a REAL valueso you can use it in your logicconvert a variable to an ASCII stringso you can send it to a MessageViewterminalconvert a variable to an ASCII stringso you can send it to a MessageViewterminalconvert an entry made by an operatorto all upper case so you can searchfor it in an arrayconvert an entry made by an operatorto all lower case so you can searchfor it in an arraySTODSTORDTOSRTOSUPPERLOWERAvailable In TheseLanguagesrelay ladderstructured textrelay ladderstructured textrelay ladderstructured textrelay ladderstructured textrelay ladderstructured textrelay ladderstructured textSee Page622624626629631633619 Publication 1756-RM003I-EN-P - January 2007