Working With Projects 4.7.5 Variable format: BCD The value of the specified operand is interpreted as a 4- digit BCD number (0 to 9999). The input editor only accepts keys 0 ... 9. The number of place holders is to be between 1 and 4. Any nibbles in the controller that have been assigned values greater than 9 will be indicated by letter A to F. 4.7.6 Variable format: BCDL The value of the specified operand is interpreted as an 8- digit BCD number (0 to 99999999). The input editor only accepts keys 0 ... 9. The number of place holders is to be between 5 and 8. This variable word takes 4 instead of only 2 byte, i.e. it includes the next variable word.
In this case you must ensure that the number of the next variable word is not used for other variables. 4.7.7 Variable format: HEX The value of the specified operand is interpreted as a 4- digit hexadecimal number (0 to FFFF). The input editor only accepts keys 0 to 9 and . To input numbers A to F, press and hold the key while pressing one of keys 0 to 5. The number of place holders is to be between 1 and 4. 4.7.8 Variable format: BIT The value of the specified operand is shown as a 16-digit bit number. The input editor only accepts keys 0 and 1. The number of place holders is to be between 1 and 16. 53