PAC Control or ioControl hex string-to-number commands may give incorrect results

Applies To:

SNAP-PAC-S1
SNAP-PAC-R1
SNAP-PAC-R2
SNAP-UP1-ADS
SNAP-UP1-M64
SNAP-UP1-D64
SNAP-LCE

Versions Affected:

Problem was discovered in version: R8.0a for SNAP-PAC control engines
R1.0a for Ultimate I/O control engines
Problem is fixed in version: R8.1a for SNAP PAC control engines
R7.2h for Ultimate I/O control engines

Resolved In Version:

Problem is fixed in version: R8.1a for SNAP PAC control engines
R7.2h for Ultimate I/O control engines

Symptoms:

The following PAC Control commands could incorrectly convert a string's numeric value:

Convert Hex String to Number
Convert IEEE Hex String to Number
Convert Mistic I/O Hex to Float

This problem is more likely to occur if the string's prior length was longer than the length of the string passed to the command.

Example

A variable, sTemp, holds a string with eighteen characters.

sTemp = "11111111111111111"

Next, sTemp is assigned the string "0x400CCCCD", which has a string length of 8 and a value of 2.2 as floating point number.

If sTemp is passed to one of the problematic commands, a result of zero or an incorrect non-zero value may be returned.

Workaround:

Assign a blank string to the string variable that is longer than the string to be passed to the command. In the prior example, sTemp should be assigned a blank string of at least 9 characters.

sTemp = " "

Resolution:

Opto 22 has resolved this issue.

Questions?

Contact: Opto 22 Product Support.
Phone: 800-835-6786 or 951-695-3080
Email: support@opto22.com

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