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Rockwell Automation DAG6.5.8 APPLICATION GUIDE SCADA SYSTEM User Manual

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Publication AG-UM008C-EN-P - February 2005

3-16 Configuring MicroLogix 1100/1200/1500 Controllers

Finally, you must determine the larger of two values, either the
configured slave RTS Send Delay or the turnaround time of the slave
modem. The RTS Send Delay time can be found by double-clicking
on the slave’s Channel Configuration icon and looking at the
particular channel tab of the Channel Configuration screen. Note that
the RTS Send Delay time is in intervals of 20 ms, so with a value of 3
in the box, the RTS Send Delay time would be 20 ms multiplied by 3.
Using this value (60 ms) for our example, and assuming that the
turnaround time of the modem is 50 ms (which will vary by modem),
you would choose to use the RTS Send Delay time of 60 ms for your
calculation.

Having determined the maximum message transmission time (224
ms), the average slave program scan time (20 ms) and the largest of
either RTS Send Delay (60 ms) or the modem turnaround time, the
minimum ACK timeout is simply the sum of these values.

Parameter

Example Values (in ms)

Max message transmission
time

224

Average program scan time

20

RTS Send Delay

60

modem turnaround time

50

calculated ACK Timeout

304

round up to nearest 20 ms

320

Use only the largest of these two values.