Rockwell Automation 2707-NP DTAM Programming Software - Manual (Page 177)

Appendix D
Data Formats
D–7
Examples of Floating Point Display
The following examples show how various numbers would be displayed with
floating point display on and off. All floating point examples assume a
display width of 8 and a decimal position of 4.
Table 2
Floating Point Display With Decimal Option Set to 1
Number From
PLC
Displayed Value Note
0.1231 .123
.00004 .000
99.999999 100.000 Number is rounded at decimal position 8
9999.9999 >>>>>>>>>>
Number is rounded at decimal position 8 to display
10000, but is too large to display
–999.99999 <<<<<<<<<<
Number is rounded at decimal position 8 to display
–1000, but is too large (negative) to display
2.012E+9 >>>>>>>>>> Number too large to fit in display (positive)
–2.012E+9 <<<<<<<<<< Number is to large to fit in display (negative)
2.012E–9 .000 number is too small to fit in display and is truncated
Table 3
Floating Point Display With Decimal Option Set to 0
Number From
PLC
Displayed Value Note
0.1231 0.1231
0.0004 0.0004
.0000000001 0.0000000 Number is truncated
1234567.0 >>>>>>>>>> number is greater than 6 places
99.999999 100. Number is rounded at decimal position 8
2.012E+9 >>>>>>>>>> Number too large to fit in display (positive)
–2.012E+9 <<<<<<<<<< Number is to large to fit in display (negative)