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There are two fundamental types of memory used in Allen-Bradley PLCs -Program and Data memory. Memory is organized into blocks of up to 1000 elements in an array called a file. The Program file holds programs, such as ladder logic. There are eight Data files defined by default, but additional data files can be added if they are needed.
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Program Files
2 3
999
These are a collection of up to 1000 slots to store up to 1000 programs. The main program will be stored in program file 2. SFC programs must be in file 1, and file 0 is used for program and password information. All other program files from 3 to 999 can be used for subroutines.
Data Files
O0 I1 S2 B3 T4 C5 R6 N7 F8
This is where the variable data is stored that the PLC programs operate on. This is quite complicated, so a detailed explanation follows.
Figure 14.1 PLC Memory
14.3 PROGRAM FILES
In a PLC-5 the first three program files, from 0 to 2, are defined by default. File 0 contains system information and should not be changed, and file 1 is reserved for SFCs. File 2 is available for user programs and the PLC will run the program in file 2 by default. Other program files can be added from file 3 to 999. Typical reasons for creating other
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programs are for subroutines.
When a user creates a ladder logic program with programming software, it is converted to a mnemonic-like form, and then transferred to the PLC, where it is stored in a program file. BACK | NEXT Easy Access To All Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126
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