Mapping of the datatypes

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All variables in zenon are derived from IEC data types. The following table compares the IEC datatypes with the datatypes of the PLC.

Example for all possible zenon data types:

PLC

zenon

Data type

BOOL

BOOL

8

BYTE

SINT

10

BYTE

USINT

9

WORD

INT

1

WORD

UINT

2

DWORD

DINT

3

DWORD

UDINT

4

FLOAT

REAL

5

STRING

STRING

12

Data type

The property "Datenart" is the internal numerical name of the data type. It is also used for the extended DBF import/export of the variables.