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random element on ladder programming
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Im not entirely sure what you mean but if you have say "12 memories" or data memory areas, then each particular memory will contain a piece of information which may or may not change like if you are monitoring an analouge input it will change. When you say activate or deactivate randomly im not sure what you are trying to achieve? As each of the twelve areas maybe used in twelve different circumstances. If you can be a bit more specific then maybe i or others could help.
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Taggy
Im not entirely sure what you mean but if you have say "12 memories" or data memory areas, then each particular memory will contain a piece of information which may or may not change like if you are monitoring an analouge input it will change. When you say activate or deactivate randomly im not sure what you are trying to achieve? As each of the twelve areas maybe used in twelve different circumstances. If you can be a bit more specific then maybe i or others could help.
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ok well i guess you mean you just want to randomly switch your twelve outputs on and off. Personally im unaware of function that would do this well on PLC's i use, but the easiest way (From my known knowledge anyway)would be to write some code that would switch different outputs on and off for a cycle then on then when this small routine is complete begin another which switches them on and off in a different order and different times say. All depends how random you want it to be i suppose. Hope this makes sense?
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A common way to generate random numbers in a PLC is to use a time value, either a free running timer value or a system clock.
With a timer, each time the PLC program scans the logic it should see a different accumulated time, since the program scan and the timer typically run asynchronous.
If you have a system clock, you could just look at the current seconds or milliseconds value, each time the program scans the rung. Again, if the clock and program scan are asynchronous, you should get a different value on each program scan.
With a timer, each time the PLC program scans the logic it should see a different accumulated time, since the program scan and the timer typically run asynchronous.
If you have a system clock, you could just look at the current seconds or milliseconds value, each time the program scans the rung. Again, if the clock and program scan are asynchronous, you should get a different value on each program scan.
in c programming, there is a rand() function that generates a pseudo-random number. but each time the function is called, it generates the same sequence. in order to generate truly random numbers, there is a function called srand() that uses time as the base for generating the numbers.
i would look up the source code for those functions to see if it could be translated into ladder logic.
i would look up the source code for those functions to see if it could be translated into ladder logic.
jonesy29847
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Go to and search downloads for random number, you may find what you need.
Also have a look at this has been discussed many times there.
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