Reading a timer output

in Controllogix the timer.acc function displays time in milliseconds. I was wondering is there a way to convert that time into seconds or minutes even within the program so that I can retrieve that number and display into a web page?

Prayder said:

in Controllogix the timer.acc function displays time in milliseconds. I was wondering is there a way to convert that time into seconds or minutes even within the program so that I can retrieve that number and display into a web page?

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I don't think there is a built in function to do that, but you can of course do the math yourself in the PLC to convert ms into minutes and seconds.

With a destination of DINT you can have integer values:
.ACC / 1000 = Seconds.
.ACC / 60000 = Minutes.
.ACC / 3600000 = Hours
.ACC / 86400000 = Days
.ACC / 604800000 = Weeks

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With a destination of REAL you can have integer+decimal values:
.ACC / 1000.0 = Seconds
.ACC / 60000.0 = Minutes
.ACC / 3600000.0 = Hours
.ACC / 86400000.0 = Days
.ACC / 604800000.0 = Weeks

Note that, in RSLogix5000, if the divisor is a REAL then the quotient is rounded.

If you want minutes and remaining seconds then make sure NOT to use a decimal point in the divisor

.ACC / 60000 = minutes

(.ACC MOD 60000) / 1000 = seconds

So if I am wanting to reset a timer based off a certain time of the day... how would I go about that?

That is a very different subject.

Use the 'help' file to read about the GSV instruction.

After reading about the instruction itself scroll to the very bottom and click on 'GSV/SSV Objects'. In the next screen click on 'WALLCLOCKTIME'.

You will have to create a DINT array with 7 elements and use it as the target for the GSV instruction. After executing it will contain the current (assuming that the clock has been set correctly) date and time information (LocalDateTime). You can then perform standard comparisons.