TcpBinSend

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Function Block A function block groups an algorithm and a set of private data. It has inputs and outputs. - Sends characters over a socket.

Inputs

Input	Data Type	Range	Unit	Default	Description
Execute	BOOL	0, 1	N/A	No default	On the rising edge The transition of a digital signal from low to high. AKA: positive edge., send a string over a socket connection.
ID	UDINT	N/A	N/A	No default	The ID of the client socket.
Data	USINT[ ]	N/A	N/A	No default	The data array to send.
DataSize	DINT	N/A	N/A	No default	Number of bytes in the Data array to send.

Outputs

Output	Data Type	Description
Done	BOOL	If TRUE, the command completed successfully.
Error	BOOL	If TRUE, an error has occurred.
ErrorID	DINT	Indicates the error if Error output is TRUE. See the table in Search IndexFile and TCP/IP Function Block ErrorIDs.
NbSent	DINT	The number of characters actually sent.

Remarks

It is possible that the socket becomes invalid if an error occurs in the TCP connection after this function block is called.
Use the TcpIsValid function block after TcpSend.
If the socket is no longer valid, close it using the TcpClose function block.

It is possible the number of characters actually sent is less than the number expected.
- In this case, use this function again to send the pending characters.

Figure 1: TcpBinSend

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ST Language Example

(* TcpBinSend example *)
CASE StepCounter OF
0:
   Inst_TcpBinSend(TRUE, MySocketID, MyDataArray, 256);
   StepCounter := StepCounter + 1;
1:
   Inst_TcpBinSend(TRUE, MySocketID, MyDataArray, 256);
   IF Inst_TcpBinSend.Done THEN
      BytesSent := Inst_TcpBinSend.NbSent;
      Inst_TcpBinSend(FALSE, 0, MyDataArray, 0);
      StepCounter := StepCounter + 1;
   END_IF;
END_CASE;