31.3 Number of Steps Per Instruction

The conversion of the number of steps per instruction is described. (For details on the number of steps for each instruction, refer to the description of the relevant instruction.)

The following program uses only the output coil OUT which is always ON.

Definition of variable OUT

Variable name -> out

Retentive settings -> volatile

Array element -> none

The total is 5 steps.

For 1 step instructions, the number of steps indicated below a rung number and the actual number of steps may differ, as 1 step instructions are optimized upon saving and error checking.