Codesys Power-up bit

I am using SoMachine 4.3, but I would think that all versions of Codesys would be the same in this regard.

I am looking for a power-up bit. A bit that will turn on for one scan when the plc is booted up.

How is this normally done in a clean way in Codesys?

thanks!

With CODESYS all variables are reinitialised to whatever you set in the declaration editor on powerup, unless you explicitly mark them as retain and or persistent.

So declare your variable

Powerupbit : BOOL := TRUE;

and then reset it at the end of the task you wish to reset it in.
Powerupbit := FALSE;

Of course, you could write a function "isFirstCycleOfTask", but I think your own powerupbit is cleaner.
Use the cmpIecTask library
You will need the following parts:
IecTaskGetCurrent()
IecTaskGetInfo3()
.dwIECCycleCount

Help file here
https://help.codesys.com/webapp/idx-CmpIecTask-lib;product=CmpIecTask;version=3.5.14.0

Hey, thanks for your help. I hadn't thought of trying that, but declaring my own power up bit will easily work for what I am attempting.