Help Menu Error??

[TODDSTER]

Not to sound picky, but I was reading in the Help Menu in my spare time and saw this (I hope it attaches OK). Saturday is shown to be selected in the function block, but the wording below indicates otherwise.

Have a great day!

[Cara Bereck Levy]

Hello Toddster!

This is Cara, Unitronics technical writer.

I am glad to see that you are using the Help file

Thanks--you are entirely correct, and I have corrected the image.

You will see it updated in the Help file of our next release. Please feel free to contact me in the future if you find errors in the Help.

[TODDSTER]

Thanks Cara. I was actually looking for execution times for various functions and stumbled upon that page. I never found what I was looking for. To illustrate, I use the INCrement function block in my programs. If I knew that ADD 1 (which serves the same purpose) were quicker, then I could decrease my scan time by using the ADD function. Most PLC software manufacturers make this information available, but I couldn't find it in the help menu or on the website. Does this information exist?

Helpful tip for the day: For those of you who might be wondering how to get nice partial screen captures using Windows 7, go to START--ALL PROGRAMS--ACCESSORIES--SNIPPING TOOL. Snipping Tool allows you to click on an area, drag your mouse to select an area to capture, and save as an image file. I use this tool so often that I have it pinned to my taskbar, along with Calculator.

Have a great day!

[Emil]

About execution time - there is simple, practical and elegant solution - functin "Interval". It lets you to measure versy precise execution time from point to point in your application.

[TODDSTER]

Well, I guess this decides it, INCREMENT is faster than ADD 1. The DW values are in units of 10 micro seconds.

Thanks Emil.