PLC-5 enhanced: binary, integer, BCD, ASCII, float, and string files

This addressing syntax applies to PLC-5/11, PLC-5/20, PLC-5/30, PLC-5/40, PLC-5/60, and PLC-5/80.
Fnnn:eee/bb
F
(file type)
B
Binary
D
Decimal
N
Integer
F
Floating point
A
ASCII
ST
String
nnn
(file number)
3-999 decimal
Binary, integer and floating point file types use default file number if the file number is absent. The default numbers are 3 (binary), 7 (integer), and 8 (floating point).
eee
(element number)
0-999 decimal
bb
(optional bit offset within word)
0-15 decimal
Bit offset is not supported for floating point file type.
Example
B84:113/13
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