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03 Memory Organization and Addressing

- Logix Designer projects can contain multiple tasks, programs, and routines to organize executable code. Tasks schedule and prioritize program execution. Only one task and program run at a time. - Routines contain the executable ladder logic, SFC, FBD, or ST code. The main routine must call other routines. Tags can be shared between routines in the same program or kept separate. - Programs each have their own tags. Routines in the same program can share tags, while routines in separate programs prevent tag value changes from affecting each other. Tasks prioritize program execution based on configuration as continuous, periodic, or event-driven.

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03 Memory Organization and Addressing

- Logix Designer projects can contain multiple tasks, programs, and routines to organize executable code. Tasks schedule and prioritize program execution. Only one task and program run at a time. - Routines contain the executable ladder logic, SFC, FBD, or ST code. The main routine must call other routines. Tags can be shared between routines in the same program or kept separate. - Programs each have their own tags. Routines in the same program can share tags, while routines in separate programs prevent tag value changes from affecting each other. Tasks prioritize program execution based on configuration as continuous, periodic, or event-driven.

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MEMORY

ORGANIZATION AND
ADDRESSING
Darwin L. Boyd
College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Kent State University
Introduction
• Introduction
• ControlLogix/Compact
Logix Memory
• MicroLogix and SLC-
500 Memory
• Chapter Summary
ControlLogix and CompactLogix Memory
STUDIO 5000 logix designer tasks,
programs, routines
• A Logix Designer project can contain multiple tasks
• A Logix Designer task can contain multiple programs
• A Logix Designer program can contain multiple routines
• By default Logix Designer creates one MainRoutine in
one MainProgram in one MainTask
Logix Designer Hierarchy
Logix Designer
Project

Task 1 Task 2

Program 1 Program 2 Program 3

Routine 1 Routine 3 Routine 4

Routine 2 Routine 5
Tasks
• Multiple tasks are supported to schedule and prioritize the
running of programs based on specific criteria. This
balances the processing time of the controller.
• The controller runs only one task at one time.
• A different task can interrupt a task that is running and
take control.
• In any given task, only one program runs at one time.
Tasks
• Tasks can be
• Continuous
• Periodic
• Event

• There can be at most one continuous task


• The continuous task runs whenever the controller is not
doing anything else
• Periodic tasks run at set intervals of time (0.1-2000 ms)
• Event tasks run when an event (trigger) occurs
Programs
• Each program has its own program tags
• If you want routines to share tags, put them in the
same program
• If you want each routine to use the same tag names
without changing values in other routines, put the
routines in separate programs Logix Designer
Project
• Here Routine 1 and Routine 2
share tags with each other. Task 1 Task 2

Routine 4 shares tags with Program 1 Program 2 Program 3


Routine 5. Routine 3 does
not share tags with any other Routine 1 Routine 3 Routine 4

routines. Routine 2 Routine 5


Routines
• Contain the executable code
• Must have one Main Routine
• Can be one of four types
1. Ladder Logic
2. Sequential Function Chart
3. Function Block Diagram
4. Structured Text

• “MainRoutine” is always executed first – must call the


other routines with Jump to SubRoutine (JSR)
Program Scan
• In ControlLogix PLCs, program execution is NOT
coordinated with scan of I/O modules
Tags and Data Types
• Some rules that you don’t really need to remember
• First character is not a digit
• Not two or more consecutive underlines
• Last character is not an underline

• No distinction between upper and lower case


• Tags must be assigned a data type
• We will use BOOL, INT, DINT, CONTROL, COUNTER, and TIMER
• Input/Output Tags

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