Det-Tronics S3 Graphics - Manual (Page 27)

3-4 PORTS
Version 6.0
The “Timers” button will open a dialog box allowing the “Polling” and “Watchdog” timers
for the port to be set. There are also checkboxes to enable each of these timers.
The Polling Timer determines how quickly the port will poll the attached slave.
The Watchdog Timer determines how long to wait for a response from the slave before logging a watchdog fault.
A sound can be tied to this fault from a pulldown menu.
The “Delete” button allows the removal of a port from the system configuration. Port
deletions are final, there is no “undo”, use with care.
The “Move” button allows a fully configured port to be relocated to a different port while
preserving its configuration.
Note
Moving a port will have no impact on the graphics since the dynamic and tAG objects are based on the tag
name not the port.
The “Name” button allows a name to be associated with a port. This name will then show
up in the printed documentation for the port. It has no other purpose except for the printed
documentation.
PORT CONFIGURATION