Struct arrays?

[kvlada]

Is it possible to implement struct arrays in UniLogic?

 

For example, I have a struct for a motor:

 

STRUCT MotorData:

• BIT RunCommand
• BIT Feedback
• BIT IgnoreFeedback [retained]
• TIMER FeedbackDelay [retained]
• BIT Fault
• UINT8 FaultCounter [retained]
• UINT16 WorkingHoursTotal [retained]

 

And I want to do:

 

GLOBALVAR MyMotors:

Type: MotorData[37]

 

Because I have 37 motors to control.

 

And then later, I want to do things like:

SET ALIAS: MyMotors.RunCommand[12] = "Motor_K4-5A_Run"

SET ALIAS: MyMotors.Fault[12] = "Motor_K4-5A_Fault"

SET ALIAS: MyMotors.FaultCounter[12] = "Motor_K4-5A_FaultCounter"

 

And other wicked things, like:

if (Motor_K4-5A_Fault && Motor_K4-5A_FaultCounter < 255)

   Motor_K4-5A_FaultCounter++;

 

 

This would ease things up so much! Instead of creating 37 individual global variables for each motor, I'll need only one. 

[Saragani]

Well, sort of.

You have Data Tables, which are basically array of structs.

[Flex727]

Rather than an array of Structs, could you build a UDFB and call it for each motor?

[kvlada]

Well, sort of.

You have Data Tables, which are basically array of structs.

 

But I can't set aliases to individual fields in a data table.

 

 

 

Rather than an array of Structs, could you build a UDFB and call it for each motor?

 

That's what I resorted to, after trying out everything else.

[Saragani]

But won'y you still need to create 37 instances of the Motor struct, even though you have a UDFB?

[kvlada]

But won'y you still need to create 37 instances of the Motor struct, even though you have a UDFB?

 

I made arrays in the struct definition. And then, defined aliases in a global var.

 

Kinda cumbersome, but gets the job done.

If I want to put more motors, just increase array length in struct definition, and copy-paste more UDFB to take care of data processing.

 

UniStream has 2 MB memory for variables, and that's awesome. Don't have to worry about losing free space. Still, it would be really nice to be able to make arrays of structs.