How to up date and date/time over modbus

[TT_ZX]

I have a modbus device that I would like to update the time on periodically. The date format is not quite the same as the PLC and I can't work out a simple way of sending the correct values.

The data structure is detailed below (hopefully it will display correctly). All values are 16bit unsigned integers.

Address Words Description

49 1 WEEKDAY

50 3 YEAR, MONTH, DAY

53 3 HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND

My intention was to get the correct values into a vector of XI's and then write them to the modbus device in one operation. It looks simple enough but I can't get the correct YEAR, MONTH, DAY values into consecutive XI's in the correct order.

There maybe be a better way to do this but I can't figure it out with my limited experience. Hopefully someone here can help me out with this one.

Thanks in advance,

Justin

[Joe Tauser]

Try this-

Joe T.

[TT_ZX]

Thanks Joe. Net 2 was the key, SL4 in particular. I've already founds another use for SL4 before posting back.

Cheers,

Justin