Ethernet/IP Byte Order Issue

RobotStudio
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I’m setting up communication between an Ethernet/IP device and an OmniCore C30 controller via IO Engineer in RobotStudio, and I’m running into an issue with formatting an unsigned 32 bit integer.

I’m receiving 6 bytes of process data via an Ethernet/IP connection from an IO Link Master. 4 of these bytes should be an unsigned 32 bit integer. When I assign the appropriate bit range as an analog input, I receive the incorrect value. I tried adjusting the endianness and unsigned vs 2sC, but no dice. Interestingly, when I convert the decimal number I’m getting in the analog input to binary, and compare it to the binary of the number I should be receiving, the words have been swapped. So byte 0 and 1 should be swapped with byte 2 and 3, and vice versa. Is there a word swap (not a byte swap) that I can use to correctly format the bytes within the 32 bit integer?

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You could try mapping them in a different order. They do not have to be continuous bits. From the Technical reference manual, System parameters:

Examples of valid mapping of an analog or group signal (2-32 bits):
• 4, 6-7
• 16-31
• 8-15, 0-7

One caution, ensure that your bit mapping in this way does not cross byte boundaries, e.g., 14-21.

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Thanks for the help, that worked! I didn’t realize you could map bits non continuously.

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Great! You are welcome. :+1: