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Rockwell Automation GMLC Reference Manual User Manual

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Publication GMLC-5.2 - November 1999

Defining Inputs and Outputs

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4. In the I/O Configuration area, make entries in the following fields:

Field

Description

Update Rate

I/O image file updates to and from the SLC are
executed from the servo interrupt routine, and
are independent of the SLC I/O scan. The
higher the setting, the more CPU utilization is
impacted.

Select one of the I/O update rates:
Slow

Updates the complete I/O image
file every four servo loops.

Medium

Updates the complete I/O image
file every two servo loops.

Fast

Updates the complete I/O image
file every servo interrupt.

Input Bits

1

Select the number of input bits you need:
8 (from 0 to 7)
24 (from 0 to 23)
40 (from 0 to 39)