MLPipeAddBlock

Pipe Network motion icon

 Function - Adds a Pipe Block to a pipe.

A Pipe contains an Input Pipe Block (Master, PMP, or Sampler), a Converter Output Pipe Block, and any Transformation Pipe Block that can be in between.

  • The MLPipeAddBlock image shows two Pipes, both with the same Master Input Pipe Block.
  • If Pipe 1 is created without using the Graphical Engine, these commands are used once a Pipe and the Pipe Blocks have been created:
    • MLPipeAddBlock( PipeAXIS1, MASTER);
    • MLPipeAddBlock( PipeAXIS1, MyGear);
    • MLPipeAddBlock( PipeAXIS1, CNV1);

Figure 1: MLPipeAddBlock


    • All Blocks in the Pipe Network are added to a Pipe automatically.
    • Code with MLPipeAddBlock commands are automatically generated and called in a program with PipeNetwork(MLPN_CREATE_OBJECTS).
    • When using the Pipe Network graphical engine to create Pipe Blocks, the user does not have to manually add MLPipeAddBlock commands to the Project.

Inputs

Input

Data Type

See Data Types.

Range

Unit

Default

Description

PipeID

DINT

1 to 1024

N/A

No default

ID number of a created Pipe object.

BlockID

DINT

1 to 1024

N/A

No default

ID number of a created Pipe object to add to the selected Pipe.

Outputs

Output

Data Type

See Data Types.

Range

Unit

Description

Default (.Q)

BOOL

FALSE, TRUE

N/A

FBD Language Example

FFLD Language Example

IL Language Example

Not available.

ST Language Example

//Add a block to a pipe
MLPipeAddBlock( PipeAXIS1, MyGear );

See Also