ControlLogix Integer Type Conversion

What is the simplest way to convert two (2) INTs (16-bit integers) to one DINT (32-bit integer)?

Is that really your name or a tribute? Cool either way.

I am assuming that the two integers of which you speak at the high word and low word of a 32-bit integer and you want them back together.

Use the COP (copy) command if the 16-bit values are tags internal to the plc and are not written to from outside the PLC program from things like HMIs or I/O. Use the CPS (synchronous copy) command if the 16-bit values can be written to from outside the program. The synchronous copy makes sure the two integers come from the same value.

The copy command performs a byte-by-byte move of the source data to the destination without considering data type. Note that the length is in terms of the destination data type. So if you are copying two 16-bit values to a 32-bit value the length is 1. However, a single 32-bit value copied to two integers would require a length of 2.

Buy the way, this also works with REAL values.

Keith

It depends what result you are looking for.
If you wants just a bit pattern copy and INT are in array then use
COP INT[0] DINT 1

To answer my own question, 2 BTD instructions seem to do the trick. Can anyone think of a better, more elegant way?

Well I posted the answer to my question before I read the responses. Thanks for the quick replies. The copy command does indeed work and is more elegant than the 2 BTDs. Thanks!