Micro800 Time to String in usable format

Hello Guys,

Im struggling to find an easy way (Hoping for a UDFB) or simple alternative
to take a TIME value (time remaining from a timer) and put in the middle of STRING text to send as an SMS.

I have got the sms and the inserting string valve into a string sorted,
However I cant insert time as it is into a string, and everything i convert it to is in an unusable format

I found the hard way, To convert to a DINT then /1000 to get seconds, then /60 for Min, then /60 for hours
Then its about another 6 rungs of code to get into a usable format to insert as a string
however I have to do a lot of these and its a LOT of code and memory
There must be an easier way someone has come up with?

Any ideas

Thanks
Shaun

Are you using the Micro800 to send the SMS or will a different device be what actually sends the sms message?

Have you tried the Any to String function block that Rockwell provides?

have a look at www.oscat.de for a nice library with functions.

Hi Damica1

Yes a Micro820
From NHP you can buy in a kit comes with
-Micro 820
-Power supply
-2080-SERIALISOL (Serial plug in module)
The Micro comes pre-programed with some code to get you started
-SmartSAM4T 3G/4G Modem
-Antenna

I cant use the any-to-string
It just spits out an unusable figure

BTW,

From NHP the kit is
REMOTESMSKIT $849 AU

Hi Shooter,

I failed to find any content for CCW Micro800 Range ??

RTC_Read function block will return the "Date/Time" into UINT. Now just convert each output into a string with "any to string" function then merge into a single string.

This should work!

This is not done or tested but I think it may help with getting you what you need.

Localvars picture shows the local variable that I used. The ladder shows how I might flow the program.

Once I got everything working as I needed I would create a UDFB so that all I had to do was to drop on a rung input a couple of variable and the end result is at hand.

Hope this helps, have a great day.

Hi David,

Thank you for that, looks simpler than what i came up with I wish i had have seen this first. Thanks for the reply, I might have a play with this new info!

However I couldn't use for a timer value it wouldn't let me.
Have a look at my UDFB if you want
Cheers

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Yy-G970mM4twCHF378W454Jl-2kQNnMK?usp=sharing