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7.1 Primitive DataTypes

Table 22 shows the mapping between basic data types of both standards.

Table 22 – Mapping of primitive DataTypes

POWERLINK

Basic Data Types

OPC UA DataTypes

Description

BOOLEAN

Boolean

1 Bit

INTEGER8

SByte

Signed integer, 8 Bit

INTEGER16

Int16

Signed integer, 16 Bit

INTEGER32

Int32

Signed integer, 32 Bit

INTEGER64

Int64

Signed integer, 64 Bit

UNSIGNED8

Byte

Unsigned integer, 8 Bit

UNSIGNED16

UInt16

Unsigned integer, 16 Bit

UNSIGNED32

UInt32

Unsigned integer, 32 Bit

UNSIGNED64

UInt64

Unsigned integer, 64 Bit

REAL32

Float

Float, 32 Bit

REAL64

Double

Float, 64 Bit

DOMAIN

ByteString

ByteString with variable size

IP_ADDRESS

PowerlinkIpAddressDataType

IPV4 Address

OCTET_STRING

ByteString

ByteString with variable size

VISIBLE_STRING

String

Variable number bytes interpreted as ISO 646-1973(E) 7-bit coded characters

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