[?]: How to use timers in a function block

joopiter · Post by **joopiter** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:01 pm

Dear friends
I want to use a timer in a FB and call that FB in my program,
but I dont know how to use the timer in FB,
if I use T01 for timer name in FB,
then can I call that FB many times with T01 timer?

Yury · Post by **Yury** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:40 am

joopiter · Post by **joopiter** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:58 am

Dear Yury
thanks a lot

pkbiju · Post by **pkbiju** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:13 pm

When you call FB many times, from another FB or OB, the same timer will be used parellally for all the application. So will is really work or not if you have the Fb called multiple times? (eventhough instance DB are different)

bunglehead · Post by **bunglehead** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:26 pm

pkbiju wrote:When you call FB many times, from another FB or OB, the same timer will be used parellally for all the application. So will is really work or not if you have the Fb called multiple times? (eventhough instance DB are different)

Each time a timer supplied to IN parameter will be used.
Of course it will overlap if you have multiple calls with same timers.

marcs7 · Post by **marcs7** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:46 pm

you can multi instance the SFB4

i never use s5timer , just for dirty patch

pkbiju · Post by **pkbiju** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:35 am

marcs7 wrote:you can multi instance the SFB4
i never use s5timer , just for dirty patch

I think this is the better way to use the SFB4, in this case each instance of the FB will use a different timer !! Thank you very much

bunglehead wrote:
pkbiju wrote:When you call FB many times, from another FB or OB, the same timer will be used parellally for all the application. So will is really work or not if you have the Fb called multiple times? (eventhough instance DB are different)
Each time a timer supplied to IN parameter will be used.
Of course it will overlap if you have multiple calls with same timers.

Thank you very much !