SerializeOut

Description

This function copies the value of a variable to a binary frame. This function is commonly used for building a communication frame in binary format.

In LD"Ladder diagram" Ladder logic is a method of drawing electrical logic schematics. It is now a very popular graphical language for programming Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). It was originally invented to describe logic made from relays. The name is based on the observation that programs in this language resemble ladders, with two vertical "rails" and a series of horizontal "rungs" between them language, the operation is executed only if the input rung (EN) is TRUE. The output rung (ENO) keeps the same value as the input rung.

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• This function is not available in IL"Instruction list" This is a low-level language and resembles assembly language.

The FRAME input must be an array large enough to receive the data. If the data cannot be safely copied to the destination buffer, the function returns 0.

The function copies the following number of bytes to the destination frame:

1 byte	BOOL, SINT, USINT and BYTE variables
2 bytes	INT, UINT and WORD variables
4 bytes	DINT, UDINT, DWORD and REAL variables
8 bytes	LINT and LREAL variables

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• The function cannot be used to serialize STRING variables.

The function returns the position in the destination frame, after the copied data. Thus the return value can be used as a position for the next serialization

Arguments

Input

En	Description	Execute the function
	Data type	BOOL
	Range	[0,1]
	Unit	n/a
	Default	—
FrameIn networking dialect, a message is called a frame[]	Description	Destination buffer - must be an array.
	Data type	USINT
	Range	[0,+65535]
	Unit	n/a
	Default	—
Data	Description	Source variable to be copied
	Data type	any except STRING
	Range	—
	Unit	n/a
	Default	—
Pos	Description	Position in the destination buffer
	Data type	DINT
	Range	[0,+65535]
	Unit	n/a
	Default	—
BigEndian	Description	TRUE if the frame is encoded with Big Endian format.
	Data type	BOOL
	Range	[0,1]
	Unit	n/a
	Default	—

Output

OK	Description	Returns true when the function successfully executes. See Function - General rules.
	Data type	BOOL
	Unit	n/a
NextPos	Description	Position in the destination buffer after the copied data. 0 in case or error (invalid position / buffer size).
	Data type	DINT
	Unit	n/a

Examples

Structured Text

NextPos := SerializeOut(Frame[](*USINT*), Data(*ANY*), Pos(*DINT*), BigEndian(*BOOL*)); //Read the position