Macro - Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series User Manual

Macro

The data, of which a value is not determined at the job setting such as a date and time when the trigger condition is satisfied,
is set with a macro name and replaced to data in an MES interface module.
The following tables show the specifications for a macro according to the classification.
Macro list
Time at trigger monitoring
Data type
Date and time
Time at trigger ON
Data type
Date and time
Job execution start date and time
Data type
Date and time
Server date and time
Data type
Date and time
Failure Action No.
Data type
Word [unsigned]/Bit string [16-bit]
Date and time character string
Data type
Character string [Unicode]
Up to 64 characters
Description
A date and time when the monitoring of a trigger condition starts.
Description
A date and time when the trigger condition of a job is satisfied.
Description
A date and time when the first action of a job starts.
Description
A server date and time at DB field insertion/update.
• Outputs the value as an identifier of the macro to DB Connection Service.
• There is no data type, because values are not used in an MES interface module.
• It is treated as a date and time when checking the setting for the data assignment function in MES
Interface Function Configuration Tool.
• It can be used when selecting "Connection via Service" for "Access Type."
Description
An action number executed when a processing failed.
Upper 8 bits (processing type)
• 1: Pre-processing
• 2: Main processing
• 3: Post-processing
Lower 8 bits (action number)
• 1 to 20: Action number
Description
A character string converted the time, when the trigger condition is satisfied, based on the specified
format.
Specifies a format character string when using a macro.
The following characters in the format character strings are replaced with numerical values.
(Example) YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.fff OFFSET  2015-02-01 13:05:43.532 +09:00
Characters to Values to be replaced (When a value has a small number of the digits, '0' is
be replaced added to the head.)
• YYYY • Year (4 digits)
• YY • Year (last 2 digits)
• MM • Month (01 to 12)
• DD • Day (01 to 31)
• hh • Hour (00 to 23)
• mm • Minute (00 to 59)
• ss • Second (00 to 59)
• fff • Decimal part of second: Millisecond (000 to 999)
• OFFSET • UTC offset [+|-]xx:xx
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